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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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"I
simply
address
myself
at
this
time
to
the
question
in
so
far
as
the
bottom
of
the
sea
is
concerned,
and
as
far
as
that,
the
greatest
practical
difficulties
will,
I
apprehend,
be
found
after
reaching
soundings
at
either
end
of
the
line,
and
not
in
the
deep
sea....
"A
wire
laid
across
from
either
of
the
above-named
places
on
this
side
will
pass
to
the
north
of
the
Grand
Banks,
and
rest
on
that
beautiful
plateau
to
which
I
have
alluded,
where
the
waters
of
the
sea
appear
to
be
as
quiet
and
as
completely
at
rest
as
at
the
bottom
of
a
mill-pond.
It
is
proper
that
the
reasons
should
be
stated
for
the
inference
that
there
are
no
perceptible
currents,
and
no
abrading
agents
at
work
at
the
bottom
of
the
sea
upon
this
telegraphic
plateau.
I
derive
this
inference
from
a
study
of
a
physical
fact,
which
I
little
deemed,
when
I
sought
it,
had
any
such
bearings.
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