Two Samples of Telegraph Cable for Floating Mines and a Break, Two samples of telegraph cable for sea mines, each with brass rings at the ends. Both are a blow with a heart of seven copper wires in a thick insulating layer of black plastic. The outer sheath of the thicker cable consists of cable strands of seven yarns. The 'break' (?) Consists of a tube with two pear-shaped brass plates at the ends, one of which has a hole for a key., Matthew Fontaine Maury (possibly), United Kingdom, c. 1866, iron (metal), brass (alloy), copper (metal), (1): l cm × d cm (2): l cm × d cm (3):

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Two Samples of Telegraph Cable for Floating Mines and a Break, Two samples of telegraph cable for sea mines, each with brass rings at the ends. Both are a blow with a heart of seven copper wires in a thick insulating layer of black plastic. The outer sheath of the thicker cable consists of cable strands of seven yarns. The 'break' (?) Consists of a tube with two pear-shaped brass plates at the ends, one of which has a hole for a key., Matthew Fontaine Maury (possibly), United Kingdom, c. 1866, iron (metal), brass (alloy), copper (metal), (1): l cm × d cm (2): l cm × d cm (3): h cm × w cm × d 1 cm

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