Baille, Jean Baptiste Alexandre, b. 1841, Armstrong, John W., ed · New York, Scribner, Armstrong, and co. · leaf 134
tage of making known the dangers to which sub-marine cables are liable, and the subordinate factsrelating to construction and management whichought never to be neglected. CONSTEUCTION OF LINES. Ill A submarine cable consists, in the first place, ofan electric conductor, forming, as it were, the… … Submarine Cable. each of which had a special destination. Each ofthese wires was surrounded by an isolating sub-stance which preserved the electricity as much aspossible in the wire, and prevented its escaping.This isolating substance varied with the cable.Generally Chattertons composition, already…
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