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Submarine cable laying and repairing (1908)

Wilkinson, Henry Daniel, 1857- · London : "The Electrician" Printing and Pub. Co. Limited ; New York : D. Van Nostrand Co. · leaf 315

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together better, ib cannot be done when the cables are of different types or lay, and the overlapping splice has proved thoroughly reliable when made in sufficient length to suit the type of cable, and it takes less time to make than the method first described. It now only remains to cover the… … Fic. 167.—Lucas’s Improved Serving Tool. round by the handle while his mate follows round with the ball of yarn. Pairs of menare stationed along the splice, who com- mence serving at different points, and continue till they finish where their neighbours began, so covering the whole. The course of…

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