The life story of the late Sir Charles Tilston Bright, civil engineer; with which is incorporated the story of the Atlantic cable, and the first telegraph to India and the colonies (1899)
Bright, Edward Brialsford, 1831-, Bright, Charles, 1863- · Westminster : A. Constable · leaf 110
THE PAYING-OUT APPARATUS iron rail at the stern. The drum was fitted witha flexible iron strap on its circumference, attachedto a lever hand-brake, to check the cables rateof delivery outboard. Without this precaution inthe deeper water (nearly a quarter of a mile inplaces) the heavy monster would… … THE CABLE TO IRELAND men in the hold, one turn got on several occa-sions under another, making a foul flake, whichwould pass up in a tangled mass. This necessi-tated the stopping of the ship and a temporary-cessation of paying-out operations till the greatknot was unravelled. Such an operation as…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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