History of the Atlantic Cable & Undersea Communications
from the first submarine cable of 1850 to the worldwide fiber optic network

Henry M. Ash and CS Faraday (1)
1879-1900

On December 10th 1894 Henry Ash registered at Stationers' Hall in London the copyright on a little book titled "Souvenir of the 1894 Mackay Bennett Atlantic Cable, Laid by Messrs. Siemens Brothers Co. for the Commercial Cable Company". The registration certificate (dated 14 December 1894) and a cover for this book are in the collection of the Library and Archives Canada. From the format of the cover, the book appears to be a collection of his sketches.

The registration certificate notes that: "One copy of each publication should be forwarded forthwith to the British Museum; and four copies delivered here for the Oxford, Cambridge, Edinburgh, and Dublin Libraries". However, the book is not listed in the catalogues of any of those institutions.

The detailed copyright deposit record from the books of Stationers' Hall, now held by the UK National Archives at Kew, shows that the book was published by Ede, Dearberg & Co., 40 Queen Street, Cheapside, London E.C. Henry Ash's address was given as 12 Queen Anne's Gate, Westminster.

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