The Technical World Magazine, Volume 4Technical World Company, 1905 |
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Page 53
... cable in its watery bed . In tropical seas , where the teredo and the sawfish make this human contrivance the subject of almost fiendish attacks , there has to be a thin ... Cable . ON BOARD A CABLE SHIP . deck , which carry. OCEAN CABLES 53.
... cable in its watery bed . In tropical seas , where the teredo and the sawfish make this human contrivance the subject of almost fiendish attacks , there has to be a thin ... Cable . ON BOARD A CABLE SHIP . deck , which carry. OCEAN CABLES 53.
Page 58
... cable was laid was $ 5 a word ; now it is down to 25 cents , and some cable reformers predict a ten - cent rate in the not distant future . Repairing Ocean Cables Repairs are frequently very protracted and costly . They are necessitated ...
... cable was laid was $ 5 a word ; now it is down to 25 cents , and some cable reformers predict a ten - cent rate in the not distant future . Repairing Ocean Cables Repairs are frequently very protracted and costly . They are necessitated ...
Page 59
... cable ; and the greatest depth from which a cable has been recov- ered is 2.744 fathoms , between Lisbon . and Madeira . The grappling for a cable , and raising it from such a depth , rarely occupy less than 24 hours , though the ...
... cable ; and the greatest depth from which a cable has been recov- ered is 2.744 fathoms , between Lisbon . and Madeira . The grappling for a cable , and raising it from such a depth , rarely occupy less than 24 hours , though the ...
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