Wilkinson, Henry Daniel, 1857- · London : "The Electrician" Printing and Pub. Co. Limited ; New York : D. Van Nostrand Co. · leaf 391
en the boats. Cable is meanwhile hooked and buoyed to a cask by another of ship’s boats and when ready the boat-raft proceeds to the buoy and raises cable aboard. By means of lines round the cable the bight is hauled in over the side and got in position over the fore and aft sheaves. The cable is… … Fic. 208.—Trench Work for Laying in New Length from Beach to Cable-house. eight men to each boat will be necessary. The electrician is, of course, aboard with testing instruments, battery, &c., and if it is not a plain break, a cut-in is made for testing. The distance of the fault having been…
Cables, Submarine
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