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Page 31
Two years of experimental labor was spent in the construction of this clock ; and
its cost , when completed , was over $ 700 . Thousands pass this clock every day
, step on it , walk over it , many in their busy rush unconscious that they are ...
Two years of experimental labor was spent in the construction of this clock ; and
its cost , when completed , was over $ 700 . Thousands pass this clock every day
, step on it , walk over it , many in their busy rush unconscious that they are ...
Page 55
The idea of the machine was taken from the Jacquard loom ; and its speed is ,
practically speaking , limited only by the type of conductor and insulator adopted
when the original cost of the cable . was considered . Sometimes it is found in ...
The idea of the machine was taken from the Jacquard loom ; and its speed is ,
practically speaking , limited only by the type of conductor and insulator adopted
when the original cost of the cable . was considered . Sometimes it is found in ...
Page 57
Sometimes defective chirography causes very ridiculous mistakes , as in the Cost
of Cables case of the message sent from Calcutta An Atlantic cable costs about
half as to London some years ago , which read , much as a first - class battleship
...
Sometimes defective chirography causes very ridiculous mistakes , as in the Cost
of Cables case of the message sent from Calcutta An Atlantic cable costs about
half as to London some years ago , which read , much as a first - class battleship
...
Page 58
Sometimes a cable is reRepairs are frequently very protracted paired very
speedily and cheaply ; but and costly . They are necessitated by a one trans -
Atlantic cable cost $ 375 , 000 , or variety of causes - crushing by icebergs ,
almost a tenth ...
Sometimes a cable is reRepairs are frequently very protracted paired very
speedily and cheaply ; but and costly . They are necessitated by a one trans -
Atlantic cable cost $ 375 , 000 , or variety of causes - crushing by icebergs ,
almost a tenth ...
Page 60
The cost of cabling is therefore considerably reduced by this means . An
international telegraphic bureau at Berne , Switzerland , transacts all business in
regard to cables and telegraphs ; and forty Governments and twenty corporations
have ...
The cost of cabling is therefore considerably reduced by this means . An
international telegraphic bureau at Berne , Switzerland , transacts all business in
regard to cables and telegraphs ; and forty Governments and twenty corporations
have ...
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