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 320
the ponderous living mass was seenslowly to pass astern, just grazing the cablewhere it entered the water—but fortunately with-out doing any mischief. All seemed to go well up to about eight oclock ; 290 THE ATLANTIC CABLE the cable paid out from the hold with an even-ness and regularity which… … ]N COLLISION WITH A WHALE DURING CABLE LAYING. can by means of additional weights be made toincrease the pressure or strain upon the cable,yet, until these weights are still further increased(at the engineers instructions) it is impossible toaugment the strain in any other way. To guardagainst…
Bright, Charles Tilston, Sir, 1832-1888 · Transatlantic cables · Telegraph
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