 | American Geographical and Statistical Society - Geography - 1852 - 610 pages
...Lieut. Maury, extending from Newfoundland to the coast of Ireland. He remarks : " The bottom consists of a plateau, which seems to have been placed 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.... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - Industrial arts - 1854 - 664 pages
...is concerned. " From Newfoundland to Ireland, the distance between the nearest point is about 1,600 miles;* and the bottom of the sea between the two...especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them » Prom Cape Preels, Newfoundland, to Erris Head, Ireland,... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1854 - 670 pages
...ii cancemtd. " From Newfoundland to Ireland, the distance between the nearest point is about 1,600 miles;* and the bottom of the sea between the two...especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them * From Cape Freeli, Newfoundland, to Erris Head, Ireland,... | |
 | Telegraph - 1854 - 750 pages
...is concerned. From Newfoundland to Ireland, the distance between the nearest points is about 1,600 miles;* and the bottom of the sea between the two...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... | |
 | Technology - 1854 - 688 pages
...concerned. " From Newfoundland to Ireland, the distance between the nearest point is about 1,600 miles j* and the bottom of the sea between the two places is...especially for the purpose of holding the wires of a submarine telegraph, and of keeping them * Frum Cape Freels, Newfoundland, to Errls Head, Ireland,... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Arts - 1854 - 246 pages
...river St. Lawrence, and the west coast of Ireland, the bottom consists of a plateau, which, as he says, "seems to have been placed 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... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1855 - 424 pages
...is concerned. From Newfoundland to Ireland, the distance between the nearest points is about 1,600 miles ;• and the bottom of the sea between the two...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... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...is concerned. From Newfoundland to Ireland, the distance between the nearest points is about 1,600 miles ;* and the bottom of the sea between the two...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... | |
 | Dionysius Lardner - Telegraph - 1855 - 302 pages
...St. Lawrence, and the west coast of Ireland, the bottom consists of a plateau, which, as he says, " seems to have been placed 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;... | |
 | Chambers's journal - 1856 - 432 pages
...the secretary of the navy at Washington, that the bottom of the sea between Ireland and Newfoundland 'is a plateau, which seems to have been placed 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... | |
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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... 
