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Calendar of Industrial Pioneers

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December 3, 1863. John Watkins Brett died.—A pioneer of submarine telegraphy, Brett obtained permission in 1847 from Louis Philippe to establish connexion by cable between England and France, a project which was first carried out in 1850.

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S., E. Calendar of Industrial Pioneers. Nature 110, 756 (1922). https://doi.org/10.1038/110756a0

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