. The Standard Underground Cable Company manufacturers of telegraph, telephone and electric light cables ... . on ; and to the ease and cer-tainty with which their wires may be placed beyond the reach of suchdangers. For submarine work the Standard Underground Cable Companyare prepared to furnish a first-class cable, complete in all the require-ments for such use, heavily armored, and of sufficient tensile strengthto guarantee successful wear and long service. Lightning, the great enemy of underground cables, has never causedany trouble with this cable; although a section of it connected witho
. The Standard Underground Cable Company manufacturers of telegraph, telephone and electric light cables ... . on ; and to the ease and cer-tainty with which their wires may be placed beyond the reach of suchdangers. For submarine work the Standard Underground Cable Companyare prepared to furnish a first-class cable, complete in all the require-ments for such use, heavily armored, and of sufficient tensile strengthto guarantee successful wear and long service. Lightning, the great enemy of underground cables, has never causedany trouble with this cable; although a section of it connected withoverhead wires has been worked during the present summer, withoutany lightning arrester or other protection. The insulating material, which will not carbonize at less than 180c degrees of heat, may be melted by a heavy charge of lightning; butresumes its former condition without injury. ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRES. The high insulation qualities of the Standard Cable and the ex-emption from danger to the insulation, from heat or heavy electriccurrents, make it the best cable in the market for Electric Light fig. 4. Cables for this purpose of Nos. 4 and 6 gauge stranded conductors areshown in Fig. 4. Cable of this style for arc lightning is made inlarge quantities by the Standard Company and smaller cables for in-candescence lights are also made. ELECTRIC LIGHTS IN MINES, STEAMERS, *C. The use of incandescence lamps on ocean steamers has become verygeneral within the last few years; and there can be no question as to thegreat advantage which such lights possess over the oil lamps of formerdays. But on all such vessels, and especially those constructed of ironthe protection of the insulation has been a serious question; and for thispurpose the cables manufactured by the Standard Company areunequalled. In other localities, where the use of Electric Lights hasbeen .mpossible because of the difficulty in preserving the insulation,the Standard Cable be found to have opened a new
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