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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"Sunday,
July
15.--All
through
yesterday
the
paying-out
machinery
worked
so
smoothly--the
electrical
tests
were
so
perfect--the
weather
was
so
fine,
that
fresh
confidence
in
the
ultimate
result
has
been
naturally
inspired.
The
recollection,
however,
of
the
reverses
of
the
expedition
of
1865
is
always
before
those
who
have
the
greatest
reliance
on
success;
and
there
is
a
quiet
repose
about
the
manner
of
the
chief
practical
men
on
board,
which
is
an
earnest
that
they
will
not
allow
themselves
to
be
carried
away
by
the
smoothness
of
twenty-four
hours'
events.
The
convoy
kept
their
position
accurately
during
the
day.
The
Terrible
signalled
that
a
man
had
fallen
overboard.
Her
cutter
was
speedily
lowered.
The
sailor
had,
however,
laid
hold
of
a
rope
thrown
to
him
from
the
frigate,
before
the
boat
reached
him.
"Monday.--Still
everything
going
on
well.
The
sea
like
a
mill-pond.
The
paying
out
of
the
cable
from
the
after
tank
progressing
with
uniformity
and
steadiness,
and
the
electrical
tests
perfect.
"Our
track
is
about
thirty
miles
to
the
south
of
that
of
last
year,
and
at
that
distance
we
passed
parallel
to
where
the
telegraph
cable
parted
in
August,
1857.
Our
average
speed
has
been
about
five
knots.
We
were
obliged
to
stop
the
screw
engines
in
order
to
bring
down
to
that
speed,
and,
moreover,
to
reduce
the
paddle
boiler
power.
Captain
Anderson's
ingenious
mode
of
cleaning
the
ship's
bottom,
which
he
carried
out
last
winter
at
Sheerness,
has
proved
to
have
effected
this
very
desirable
object.
Mr.
Beckwith,
the
engineer,
is
now
enabled
to
regulate
and
adjust
her
speed,
and
get
more
out
of
the
ship
than
he
could
last
year,
when
her
bottom
was
one
incrusted
mass
of
mussels.
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