Wilkinson, Henry Daniel, 1857- · London : "The Electrician" Printing and Pub. Co. Limited ; New York : D. Van Nostrand Co. · leaf 133
PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION. 103 than the first in order to keep the cable taut. Power from the same machine is transmitted by endless messengers to other draw- off gears placed in convenient positions at the side of the tank, and over it to lift the cable and deliver it therein. At the rate … the cable comes in from the machines (four or five fathoms per minute) one man in the tank can attend to the coiling, and whitewash the cable at the same time to prevent the turns sticking. Fig. 49 gives a general idea of the arrangement of
Cables, Submarine
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