The "annihilation of time and space," extolled by the public and the press, referred especially to
a. the development of aircraft.
b. trans-atlantic submarine telegraph cables.
c. transcontinental railroads.
d. the science fiction musings of H. G. Wells.
e. an accurate clock.
ANSWER:
b
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