The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-10-23

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cable me sounding wire use 9, board sns AIoao
Of one half 10 weighs and nos ono etne ~ pnaop N
seea M absolute Weigh When mSpenssd y ,ss T,,sr
wss squa, not rsaasr, snd 4. ns,U less. va hi,
vsTy saI vss nAnss "a b " A6Am real on board VIA
,ssn Of syns ne eabis ana recovering in safety was
enecsd ihs ezpsrssoe gained In handling This hae 10
valuable
prcducave Of no little vesy dearly bought experience In
Inc mode of laying and Ne troubles 70 DO anticipated In
ss,.o,e uSmsIns csSss .s - nave been
laid have been IN comparatively shoa wa.es. Those
between Ehshnd and the Continent are IN ie1 than
connecting Newfoundland and The main land. Ia @a
thar ninety eve hons the waters OF the tack Sea- be-
,rses Hsvs and Yarns. .nsrs ne "a graz 80 suocsss
skes, while those portions OF the MediterrAneAn cable
ihas have successfully laid less than coupeo
t,eep Bar TINA ami Aigeiv where the depth ncrcases
miles that b,th attempts have been i0cctsfui
me syng Of the Atasiic cable sDui entails difficulties
which have peyer yet been overcome, wing 70 Tvs Inn
meme kugh ana the enormous tepta Of the water,
exceeding two and third mi the DsArts 81 proech
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e1perepee has been gained which, kaown on s,srd tue
SaEsra hcah have prevented he lo1s Of the cable.
se,hrg but the mss a.rocous biunde1ng has ever 90
casoned Inc loss Of beae Ines while paying tne ous still
IN dong avery oifousy IL overcome which 10 met 10
psypg cot the oabie from the stem Of the Niagara.
ABIDE from their connection with The Atlantic telegraph
there surveys have Of insereAt developing
The physical geography OF The North Atlantic few
years Ego this volrme OF nature WIS scAlei book. which
The dir lire spd shaker end Mssgy's sounding sppa
ratus and Brooks and eAnds leads and Saxtons Their
momr Win score Of other Ing. nious Inventions, have
indebted our own government and the asors Of The a.
Gers Of our pavyone deep sca exploration having thrown
world had done before narrative Of Such portions OF
Neae labcrs connected with the teegAphc scheme
might be Of inteYest bus ofsuh TO throw inherent
iro detail 10 void & incident ~ the casting Of the deep
leso and the recording Of ~ readings and The chArao
ter Of the bottom bus IN interest 10 hro by liz
connection with the teegrapbo scheme mus connected,
karnedy Of Is AMI the wonders shows During VI brief
popularity II we'll that the columns o. the HHEALD should
give correct dass 10 the scnreYy il and the aods
orerardt Of conducting these deep sea explorations
simple and natural method Of seeking 70 obtain these
ocan Rns WIZ simple me ana tinker n.s been IN use
d peH, ThouYs, and ether officers o the Eng sh Freoch
spd nucb nsves. IN his poar explorations Captain Ross
Obtained cctem 81 depth Of nearly one mile, bringing
or hundred weight Of sui marine specimens with an
appariion which he chYisteced - clam" This IN
matte cscp sss sIuorstoc, we've a. ,hs rne s:.emped
Some recent French Admiralty charts exhibit deep
sorBdinss everywhere dotirg tie Atlantic. but very
unreliable mature OF these returns 10 understand this the
mind be t,vesec or OIL preconcc-ed ideas Of Oh el
and tae sounding line t-s The depth WITHIN she fraction Of
'sthom. IN the ocean Gil This different The deep
cad ceases 70 tacend with any npdy after the frs few
hour dndnE the DO, ON. This q Lot e.ster
IMAM the dr Of he SHIP than ihe currents would
NE line away. 10 thus impossible 70 discern by wt.ch
Of these csusa ne aopndnE line = being carried way
By the irg Of the lead the force Of he current Nor
me shoe. OF the lead ssng bottom perc.paole oeven
-nis ende being taken away must seek same ether
method OF MoceAinlrg the real depth me one which
has hcen wh kassys scrnd.nC apparatus which makes
use Of The principle that wheel turned by TIE pas Nc OF
water iii In proportion 70 ne rapdiy Of ihai
Tassse, and its Yevosutors were toYed woulf
dcse the exao. distance had been drawn through the
water n me constructor Of hassy's sclndns appars-
,estersd by means Of co wers Eursa ccers d Han
ax assured that In her service This considered
the sny reispie means Of learning anything IN relation 10
depths eIceedre fe hundf ed ttnoms NJ being
generally adopteo In own service IN orpostou 70 Lieut.
haury opinion, ~ho st cr 70 the old and exploded
In bis SAILING directions the principle on which Msssy's
constructed lauded ~ working admirably and, indeed
csnsds,ed a. quite worth eoryng .. biz own iryentan
which he denounced ~ worthless, bss robbed hN nior
on these sub ecs or inc value hn name would otherwise
imply.
Kent hat BEEN nsde Of BROOM cad which Z, mi.
gerious invention fcr detacbrg the snker from The
msispa and even "cvs b. : s sa sSs,sss h ss
Isnds, and variety o. ether Inventions.
ssxsous rerrcmeter - far more Important invsnisou.
IN g-ea depths the 70 which tie
subecsed such REQUIRE special for measuring
the mperAiures Many niak we're made Of d6ercus
kinds a. Instruments bot the moss suooe ssful wNs r-
tons metallic Thermometer, which tela TIE temper sture
ty the contraction and expapsiou Of gTal piece OF ne
"a ibe iound.s apparatus % use o. board the Arctic was
On sdsraon Of al here Frs, the saxton thermornctsv,
attached few fsahoms above the Iead sher hAssy's
soundBr apparssu, 90 attached o. 70 be affected by vs
ihcr the r,iaoDs o. the tine OF the sounding lead
which Navy conceived 10 be IL greatest OF error
er p~low peculiar sdaptation Of weight desactsd by
ether Procn or Sxnds' method, WHICH Capt Eeyry msn
conceived 10 concentrate the sdvsstages without the die
Advantages Of sl the various forms OF eads In use
Viewed - who e ME returns OF the Arctic arv the
~ satHftrtoSy thai have been yef Obtained
OF !nporanoe, % adding 70 tne resb rty Of the ese
srsrhs surveys o. lsst year,