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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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FOOTNOTES:
[A]
"The
ocean
bed
of
the
North
Atlantic
is
a
curious
study;
in
some
parts
furrowed
by
currents,
in
others
presenting
banks,
the
accumulations
perhaps
of
the
debris
of
these
ocean
rivers
during
countless
ages.
To
the
west,
the
Gulf
Stream
pours
along
in
a
bed
from
one
mile
to
a
mile
and
a
half
in
depth.
To
the
east
of
this,
and
south
of
the
Great
Banks,
is
a
basin,
eight
or
ten
degrees
square,
where
the
bottom
attains
a
greater
depression
than
perhaps
the
highest
peaks
of
the
Andes
or
Himalayas--six
miles
of
line
have
failed
to
reach
the
bottom!
Taking
a
profile
of
the
Atlantic
basin
in
our
own
latitude,
we
find
a
far
greater
depression
than
any
mountain
elevation
on
our
own
continent.
Four
or
five
Alleghanies
would
have
to
be
piled
on
each
other,
and
on
them
added
Fremont's
Peak,
before
their
point
would
show
itself
above
the
surface.
Between
the
Azores
and
the
mouth
of
the
Tagus
this
decreases
to
about
three
miles."
[B]
The
results
obtained
are
thus
summed
up
in
the
London
Times:
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