"::darkshadows::" <bat@cave.org> wrote in
news:b6nu255h2chfa9eocoudkp7o4jqjf9kl9o@4ax.com:
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> British Fact of the day...
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> The steamship and the telegraph, new technologies invented in the
> second half of the 19th century, underpinned British imperial
> strength, allowing it to control and defend the sprawling empire. By
> 1902, the British Empire was linked together by a network of telegraph
> cables, the so-called All Red Line.
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> The British Empire survived long enough to witness the American War of
> Independence, the Napoleonic Wars, and both World Wars.
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>
AND the entry of Mercury into service LOL.
Mercuiry.
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