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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"Lieutenant
Berryman
brought
up
with
Brooke's
deep-sea
sounding
apparatus
specimens
of
the
bottom
from
this
plateau.
I
sent
them
to
Professor
Bailey,
of
West
Point,
for
examination
under
his
microscope.
This
he
kindly
gave,
and
that
eminent
microscopist
was
quite
as
much
surprised
to
find,
as
I
was
to
learn,
that
all
those
specimens
of
deep-sea
soundings
are
filled
with
microscopic
shells;
to
use
his
own
words,
not
a
particle
of
sand
or
gravel
exists
in
them.
These
little
shells,
therefore,
suggest
the
fact
that
there
are
no
currents
at
the
bottom
of
the
sea
whence
they
came;
that
Brooke's
lead
found
them
where
they
were
deposited
in
their
burial-place
after
having
lived
and
died
on
the
surface,
and
by
gradually
sinking
were
lodged
on
the
bottom.
Had
there
been
currents
at
the
bottom,
these
would
have
swept
and
abraded
and
mingled
up
with
these
microscopic
remains
the
debris
of
the
bottom
of
the
sea,
such
as
ooze,
sand,
gravel,
and
other
matter;
but
not
a
particle
of
sand
or
gravel
was
found
among
them.
Hence
the
inference
that
these
depths
of
the
sea
are
not
disturbed
either
by
waves
or
currents.
Consequently,
a
telegraphic
wire
once
laid
there,
there
it
would
remain,
as
completely
beyond
the
reach
of
accident
as
it
would
be
if
buried
in
air-tight
cases.
Therefore,
so
far
as
the
bottom
of
the
deep
sea
between
Newfoundland,
or
the
North
Cape,
at
the
mouth
of
the
St.
Lawrence,
and
Ireland,
is
concerned,
the
practicability
of
a
submarine
telegraph
across
the
Atlantic
is
proved....
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