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... cables especially ; but there can be little doubt that india - rubber is a far more durable material , and it is slowly coming into use , notwithstanding the opposition of the manu- facturers who have embarked large capital in the ...
... cables especially ; but there can be little doubt that india - rubber is a far more durable material , and it is slowly coming into use , notwithstanding the opposition of the manu- facturers who have embarked large capital in the ...
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... cable ever laid , without special care or knowledge , remained in perfect order for ten years , and when taken up the other day for repairs was found nearly throughout in as perfect a condition . as when it was first laid down . This is ...
... cable ever laid , without special care or knowledge , remained in perfect order for ten years , and when taken up the other day for repairs was found nearly throughout in as perfect a condition . as when it was first laid down . This is ...
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... cable were in working order , for instance , a man through its instrumentality could sit down to write a letter in London , and feel certain that a facsimile of his handwriting was at the same moment coming out of the telegraph office ...
... cable were in working order , for instance , a man through its instrumentality could sit down to write a letter in London , and feel certain that a facsimile of his handwriting was at the same moment coming out of the telegraph office ...
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... cables . When it is remembered that the problem to be solved is to produce some envelope which shall perfectly isolate and protect a conducting wire , running for thousands of miles , as the Atlantic cable for instance does ; when it is ...
... cables . When it is remembered that the problem to be solved is to produce some envelope which shall perfectly isolate and protect a conducting wire , running for thousands of miles , as the Atlantic cable for instance does ; when it is ...
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... cables , and we saw the machinery for twisting the various strands that compose them now standing idle . As a relic of other days , a portion of the great cable of the Royal George , sunk at Spithead , hung up in the ropery , is ...
... cables , and we saw the machinery for twisting the various strands that compose them now standing idle . As a relic of other days , a portion of the great cable of the Royal George , sunk at Spithead , hung up in the ropery , is ...
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