 Ireland, the distance between the nearest points is about 1,600 miles ;* and the bottom of the sea between the two places is a plateau, which seems to have been placed there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and...  The Mechanics' Magazine - Seite 2911854Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1855 - 424 Seiten
...therq especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too...shallow ; yet it is so deep that the wires, but once landed, will remain forever beyond the reach of vessels' anchors, icebergs, and drifts of any kind,... | |
 | American Geographical and Statistical Society - 1852 - 610 Seiten
...there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too shallow. Yet it is so deep that the wire, once landed, will remain forever beyond the reach of vessels, anchors, icebergs, and drifts of... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1854 - 664 Seiten
...distance is 1,611 miles; from Cape Charle» ur Cape St. Lewis, Labrador, to ditto, the distance ii 1,601 miles. out of harm's way. It is neither too...beyond the reach of vessels' anchors, icebergs, and drills of any kind; and so shallow that the wires may he readily lodged upon the bottom. " The depth... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1854 - 466 Seiten
...there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too...shallow ; yet it is so deep, that the wires but once landed, will remain for ever beyond the reach of vessels, anchors, icebergs, and drifts of any kind... | |
 | 1854 - 750 Seiten
...there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too shallow; yet is so deep that the wires, but once landed, will remain for ever beyond the reach of vessels' anchors,... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - 1855 - 302 Seiten
...there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too...shallow; yet it is so deep, that the wires but once landed, will remain for ever beyond the reach of vessels, anchors, icebergs, and drifts of any kind... | |
 | 1855 - 424 Seiten
...there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too...shallow ; yet it is so deep that the wires, but once landed, will remain forever beyond the reach of vessels' anchors, icebergs, and drifts of any kind,... | |
 | 1855 - 424 Seiten
...there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too...shallow ; yet it is so deep that the wires, but once landed, will remain forever beyond the reach of vessels' anchors, icebergs, and drifts of any kind,... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1856 - 432 Seiten
...there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too shallow ; yet it is so deep that the wires, when once laid, will remain for ever beyond the reach of vessels' anchors, icebergs, and drifts of... | |
 | Charles Frederick Briggs, Augustus Maverick - 1858 - 274 Seiten
...there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a Submarine Telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way. It is neither too deep nor too shallow; yet it is so deep that the wires but once landed, will remain for ever beyond the reach of vessels' anchors, icebergs, and drifts of any kind,... | |
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