Sample of Atlantic telegraph cable
date: label: date made
content: 1858
name: label: associated person
content: Field, Cyrus W.
label: maker
content: Glass, Elliot, & Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: A piece of the first transatlantic cable donated with the Roebling mineral collection. Conductor is stranded copper. Brass ferrules on either end.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from John A. Roebling II
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.320040
label: catalog number
content: 320040
label: accession number
content: 243906
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Cable
label: Object Name
content: cable sample
label: Other Terms
content: Cable; Cables and Wires; Submarine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 1/2 in x 5/8 in; x 13.97 cm x 1.5875 cm