<영어로 읽는 고전 _ R.M. 발렌타인의 해저 전기케이블선의 모험>
1882년에 출판된 "The Battery and the Boiler"는 해저 전기 케이블 부설과 관련된 모험 여행을 시작하는 Frank와 Mark라는 두 주인공의 이야기다. 이 소설은 해저 전신 케이블의 초기 시대와 관련된 기술 발전과 과제를 다루고 있다.
R. M. Ballantyne의 작품은 종종 모험과 교육적 요소를 결합했으며 "The Battery and the Boiler"도 예외는 아니다. 이 책은 독자들에게 그 시대에 해저 케이블 부설에 사용된 엔지니어링, 역학 및 내비게이션 기술에 대한 통찰력을 제공해 준다.


"The Battery and the Boiler", published in 1882, is the story of two protagonists, Frank and Mark, who embark on an adventure involving the laying of an undersea electrical cable. The novel deals with technological advances and challenges associated with the early days of undersea telegraph cables.
R. M. Ballantyne's works often combine adventure and educational elements, and "The Battery and the Boiler" is no exception. This book gives the reader insight into the engineering, mechanics, and navigation techniques used in the laying of submarine cables of that era.

CONTENTS

Chapter I. In which the Hero makes his First Flash and Explosion.
Chapter II. Refers to a Notable Character.
Chapter III. Early Aspirations.
Chapter IV. Extraordinary Result of an Attempt at Amateur Cable-Laying.
Chapter V. Prospects of Real Cable-Laying?Robin meets with his First Electrical Acquaintances.
Chapter VI. Tells of our Hero’s Visit to the Great Cable.
Chapter VII. The Big Ship?First Night Aboard.
Chapter VIII. Laying The Cable?“Faults” and Fault-Finding?Anxieties, Accidents, and other Matters.
Chapter IX. In which Joys, Hopes, Alarms, Ghosts, and Leviathans Take Part.
Chapter X. Tells of Great Efforts and Failures and Grand Success.
Chapter XI. Home!
Chapter XII. A Great Dynamo-Electric Sea-Fight.
Chapter XIII. Tells of a Sudden and Unlooked-for Event.
Chapter IV. The Raft.
Chapter XV. Life on the Raft.
Chapter XVI. In which will be found more Surprises than one.
Chapter XVII. Strange Discoveries on Pirate Island.
Chapter XVIII. The Pirate’s Island?Continued.
Chapter XIX. An Exploration and an Accident.
Chapter XX. Various Subjects treated of, and a Great Fight detailed.
Chapter XXI. Departure from Pirate Island and Hopeful News at Sarawak.
Chapter XXII. Bombay?Where Stumps comes to Grief.
Chapter XXIII. Stumps in Despair?And Bombay in Raptures.
Chapter XXIV. Shows the Dreadful Depravity of Man,
Chapter XXV. A Great Field-day, in which Slagg distinguishes himself.
Chapter XXVI. Begins with a Disappointment, continues with a Great Reception, and ends with a Series of Surprises.
Chapter XVII. Describes Several Important Events.
Chapter XXVIII. The Cable Laid.
Chapter XXIX. Uncle Rik’s Adventures.
Chapter XXX. The Wright Family reunited, and Sam becomes highly Electrical.
Chapter XXXI. Describes a Happy Home and a Happier Meeting.
Chapter XXXII. In which the Story finds a “Fault,” and the Electrical Current ends.