Submarine telegraphs; their history, construction, and working. Founded in part on Wèunschendorff's 'Traitâe de tâelegraphie sous-marine' and compiled from authoritative and exclusive sources (1898)
Bright, Charles, 1863-1937 · London, C. Lockwood and son · leaf 616
an\- torsional twist in the wires when laj'ing up. Moreover, if such a cable as fast as manu- factured was coiled direct on to a drum, and if it was possible to pay it out from the la\-ing vessel to its destination from a drum, such a cable should alwa\-s be free from torsion except when — whilst… … Fig. 121. — Trott and Hamilton's Light Cable. from there into other tanks on board the laj-ing \essel, the conditions are different. In the first place, turns are put into the cable as the bight is coiled into the factory tank. These turns are taken out as the cable is uncoiled from the tank, but…
Cables, Submarine
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