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 185
(paying-out cable)further on. ^ This has ever since been universally adopted, for theabove reason. 155 SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT communicate their course of action, and Messrs.Newall adhered to the ordinary rope lay. The technical details of the above matter havebeen gone into at length by one of… … Cou-ateracting WeightFRAME FOR HOLDING MID-OCEAN SPLICE necting the ends of the two lengths on each ship,in order to neutralise the untwisting effect thatwould otherwise tend to result from the contractorshaving adopted opposite lays. The two ends wereplaced in grooves cut in a semicircular frame…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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