ABSTRACT
Although the state of the art as it existed in 1903 had convinced everyone that signalling across the Atlantic by wireless waves was an accomplished fact, it was still not sufficiently advanced to support a reliable commercial service. Nevertheless, it had given the cable companies much food for thought, and the burden of their thoughts was that they might well be the reluctant chief participants at a modern Belshazzar’s feast. Were the days of the cable telegraph numbered?
