The New York herald., 1866-07-06
The New Cable Completed and Much
Superior to the Old.
Its Shipment ON Board the Great
Eastern, and Scientific AppIi-
ances ON the Other Vessels.
The Route and Work From Ireland 10
Newfoundland.
&c. &c. so.
The Gable 20 he Lard.

IfTom tlc London Times, june a.itI
II any illustration needed a. eho. tic m.
ainching determination Of English cntcrpy sc
signal example could be pointed titan n the repeated
costly aid almost yearly efforts made a. establish per
manent electrical communication between this country
and America within week from this date tho lflh
expedition organized for this purpose el leave England
Ia 1851 tho first effort made and led when ahout
three hundred miles from tho Irish sborc. Ia lsbs
4 was again attempted, With The t"e halves Of
non, and the terrible hurricane which both vcsfels
met with thsn, doubt, did serious injury u thor
easily injured freight Nevertheless the EFFORT per-
severed with, aud some hundred miles laid ana
lost between ships Again the 'airc squadron
II called returned 10 Ireland 20 starr again for
another attempt ana to the asonishmcnt ~ all thr
damaged~ cable was not only lai but actually worked
with cearness for some days when Il gradually became
incohcrent then rambling with occasional CLEANS o In.
teigenre. till at last u became utterly unntoligihc
and 80 died out II is needless o. ~ how unharpily
the expedition last year failed ana to this dav II
not known whether tho iDidry % tho cshos insulation
caused by accident or wantcn mischief The
mcrca loss upon these failures ht been great hat
Of evil has good for - thr interim tho
science OF making testing anu ay pg rahis much
improved that an nndcsced fault Insulated 9.rc has
now become literally Impossible, While III much are tho
instruments FOR sgnaling improved tntl only a
siRht fault be disrsgarded II neces.lty Int Il II even
easy 10 work through submarine with foot
of ~ copper conductor stripped and barc 20 the
water This latter result, astonishing as Il may
appear, has actually been achieved f1r soma days
past with Tho whole Atlantic cablG un board tho
Great Eastern. out ~ a length ~ than |, 100
miles, a col has been taken from W centre, thr
ccpnOr conductor stripped clean of a. Insulation f0r
foot IN length and in ths condition lowered tho
vessels ssde tli Il rested the ground Yp, through
this fho dearest signals have been sentso clear indeed
at time to raise Tho question sbchor Il would not
be worth who To grapple for the ri old Atlantic cable
ever laid, aud. with these new Instruments working
gently through u for year or NJ least make Yay
~ cost Nothing n fact, fiso better idea of ts
change which has orer the scionc' - sahn
toeeraphy than by Tho statemcn, 81 The manner IL
which the three cables Of isas, 1885, and thai ~ "a
year have been constructed The actual constituents a
each Il a. fonowa;-
Conductor IN Ishs-A copper strand, consisting o,
seven wires six laid round onel and weighing 10, ~
per nautical milo,
DItto o5-roppcr strand, consisting Of seven wrs
tHx lad round onel and weighing 100 y per nautical
mile, embedded for sohd'y " Chst,srton coiound
strand la ordinary No 10 gauge.
Ditto in 1900 -SzInc.
fnsua,or IN is5s.fiutta p"rcha laid on In three cos.
erings aud wcigIrng 2Gl Id per knot
Insulation IN 1865 Gutts percha four layers of which
are laid on alternately with -four thin layers ~ Chatter
toms compound Tho weight Of tho entire insulation
100 lb per nautical mile Diameter of coro cot SIR
cumicrence of core, ~
DITTO, lsGS.-Saino
EruasAl PROTECTION
External protection 10 ls5s.--Eightssn strands or
charcoal iron wire each strand composca
slx laid round one laid sprally the cvrc which
latter was previously padded WITH servins q hefnp
each 22t gauge tho strand complete vas No II gauge.
Ditto is06 fen .olid wires ~ the ganse COS so. II
gauge drawn from Webster and horsfas Homogeneous
IRON each wire surrounded separately sth ave strands
MANILA yarn saturated with prcsars alive COMPOUND,
and whole ald sprallY r0uud rnGh aifrr
padded wt, Jute yarn saturated With prcs"rsaiiye
mtttur.
rauge drawn fa1m Webster and Horsfaiig homo
ron ard galvanized each wire surrounded separately
with I've strands - white Manila yarn, and To shoe
laid spraiy round tho core. ~hi.h latter padded Win
ordinary hemp 'atgrnlof with prcHeryaliye ntxture
woightin ~ 10 ls5r. = - ct 1'r nan,ica mile.
DIDO, 1905 y cwi qrs pr nautical m.ie
Ditto, taG9 II Cwt por nautical mile.
WgGpE wsrr1
Weight n Water in lsJs.-i i5t cwt pcr naIic4l mile
Dti0, 1895 "a est Der nautraf milo
Ditto, 1890 Ii. cvt pcr nautical milo
sraa~.
breaking strain In ls5s % tons 8 cwt ~ equal ~
asf times lts W ght ~ water per kuo that Il " say
he cable sould bear = weight IA iulo lea tnan
p4uo, IsG5 ~ tous y cwt o. equal . II ,iucs II,
wright n water per knot That Y - -, ne cable all
bear iis own weight 10 ~ miles depth ~ wAirr
pltto isc9 : tons cwt, equal 70 u times ~
weight IA pr knot tbsi = q say tbc cable w
bear - oNn cighi % ~ mics dep,h y vurr
prrrfsr sirfh ~ ~ rsfptsfftgn
Deepest water % be encountered, i-ss 100 fAihons
Duo lse5-2 400 falhorns
Dtlo, isc6- 4, 900 f.ihons
ogsIRtCT srNgfy
con,r.i strain s5s-EqgAl lotss times a. -eisht
per nautical mlie 10 wAtar.
Dpo 1895 Equal - II lmes IA soghi pr nautical
Dtto. Isss -Eaaal . Il times H. weigh, por nautical
IA l'o 10 water
Lrsarr % camE smrTrp
Leugh of oshie - ppcds lsss ~ naui'cai nlies
prso. " ~ shppod, 70 comple'e both lines it6S,
yrosa the improvsmen, -hioh hs.s oomp.n,vs =
bles show both In The inorcaard strength of ths f0ps
increased eonduc,ivty by The enlarged copper wre,
and shove ~ BY a. lncresed and carefully guard
800. h.,s se~a s,as. ,os.,s. ai,,s. r.,,.o'
ton hat q . chiefly 10 shai cannot be aesn,
easy stpainci V The ssnersl reader, In ~
instruments for dstscung fsolta and for wogilnr
throash them whsn they detected, tbs, ~. main
progress has been made, AMI 10 tbs NJ expedition
With viii start week p-rfrct the prsssni
y "a rarft tllrf ~ aifft rfeai a IL
The Great Eastern vii leave rhserpes eariy on tbs
morning q s.iarasy nsrt Dur ~ ue pat ruif Captain
AndsrDyu and VI Haftn hF chief 0~cer have w0gx II
almost neeaaastly sl her into perfect peaguns rn
and shs will start bert week n better oorfon than abe
has bsforn eonfnsHr~i soyag~ Byavsry simple
apparatus Invented ~ capsa Anesrton eyory par a
tie bsti0n = ths ~ Las been Mofyushiy acrubtef
And baw much ttis "a wanting may y l8arcd from
the tat hsi IN msny pafts 10 masssls we're
10 ciualrr n mors than t~e feet thits pfon
her Geuing "a n tbs roaEh, shapsisw rnas#
snol an bosr " ~ ve4s.l sreef All uas bo~sn hsfs
been thoroughly csaaed ar1 felA'et "a ~gegy f2r anf
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g0lns ahead wiih one and Astsfn wyb the otLa, 10
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sll y ~ H. vsry 49, imF.rtAnes - "a agerao1k
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tons a eAlis dsaa shs okfys q mpfe Tar 10 gpl
l9nt IN al NrrfaNss - ehEiHss rE ana 81 sbfI
alilrE1, vhsh uii sfnoas. =, hts'iy = nsss $50
ftis tyrewer. enlY hft0 tts Nrttsl egsn " b~r
ftr .oad fass inta ths psfse Yata IN - - tbs
sn a., ysar -hss NJ giDosi s-sl = A. ssgry AitAn
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