. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. hs somewhat)less than a ton to the mile, and is one of the lightest andstrongest of its thickness yet manuactured. A few weeks after the allied army entered the Crimeaa single wire cable was laid across the Black Sea, a dis-tance of 374 miles, between Varna and Balaklava, and it was through this that the English and Frenchgovernments were apprised every day of the movements of the belligerent forces on either side. Thisis the longest submarine cable which has yet been laid. In the fall of 1857, an attempt was made to
. Appleton's dictionary of machines, mechanics, engine-work, and engineering. hs somewhat)less than a ton to the mile, and is one of the lightest andstrongest of its thickness yet manuactured. A few weeks after the allied army entered the Crimeaa single wire cable was laid across the Black Sea, a dis-tance of 374 miles, between Varna and Balaklava, and it was through this that the English and Frenchgovernments were apprised every day of the movements of the belligerent forces on either side. Thisis the longest submarine cable which has yet been laid. In the fall of 1857, an attempt was made to lay a cable between Valentia Bay, Ireland, and St. Johns,Newfoundland, a distance of 1650 miles. The attempt was unsuccessful, the cable having parted aftersome 300 and odd miles had been laid. It will be again undertaken this year, and it is to be hopedwith better success. From the following engravings it will be seen that the transatlantic submarine cable is somemhat dif-ferently made from any previously manufactured. The core, or conductor, is composed like that of the. 3404. 3405.
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