The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage

The Victorian Internet

Tom Standage

240 pages first pub 1998 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology informative slow-paced
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For centuries people communicated across distances only as quickly as the fastest ship or horse could travel. Generations of innovators tried and failed to develop speedier messaging devices. But in the mid-1800s, a few extraordinary pioneers at l...

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