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 122
le of links. On the bottom being touched, thelinks reverse position, owing to the weight beingtaken off, and so set free the cannon ball {B) 96 THE ATLANTIC CABLE or plummet. The line is then free to be drawn upagain with merely the light rod. The latter hashad its open cylinder-end pressed into… … BROOKES SOUNDING APPARATUS longer drags it down ; and so, by means of a revolu-tion-counter, the depth is accurately ascertained. The soundings gave a general depth of abouttwo miles and a half, gradually shoaling on theNewfoundland side, but rising more quickly to-wards the Irish shore. The entire…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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