TELEGRAPHY - COOKE, WILLIAM FOTHERGILL.

Telegraphic Railways; or the Single Way recommended by Safety, Economy, and Efficiency, under the Safeguard and Control of the Electric Telegraph: with particular reference to railway Communication with Scotland, and the irish Railways.

London, Simkin, Marshall, & Co., 1842.

Contemp. clothbacked marbled boards. Stamps on title-page. 39,(1) pp., 4 lithographed plates (3 folding and one very large).

First edition. Cooke and Wheatstone established the first electric telegraph in England (1837). This work is the application of their invention to the railway lines.

Order-nr.: 55306