Glazed case containing specimens of Atlantic cables

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Glazed case containing specimens of Atlantic cables, 1857/8
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Glazed case containing specimens of Atlantic cables, 1857/8, 1865, 1866, 1873/4, 1880 and 1894

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Category:: Telecommunications

Object Number:: 1949-307

type:: case

credit:: Lent by King's College, London

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Glazed case containing specimens of Atlantic cables

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