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 236
devised a dynamometerapparatus — for indi-cating and controllingof the strain duringpaying out—which wasa vast improvement onthat embodied in theprevious machines. The working con-nections of the friction-brake and hand-wheelreferred to, may beseen here. A more completenotion of it, however,as well… … Between the stern ofthe vessel and the ma-chine the cable was bent somewhat out of the straight ^ The Electric Telegraph, by E. B, Bright, M.Inst.C.E. 207 SIR CHARLES TILSTON BRIGHT line by being led under the grooved wheel of the dynamo-meter. This wheel had a weight attached to it, andcould be…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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