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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
84
The
cable,
doubtless,
had
just
passed
over
some
Alpine
height,
and
was
descending
into
some
fearful
depth
below;
but
chiefly
it
was
owing
to
the
great
size
and
bulk
of
the
cable.
This
was
a
warning
to
the
Atlantic
Company.
The
point
to
be
aimed
at
was
to
combine
the
flexibility
of
a
common
ship's
rope
with
the
tenacity
of
iron.
These
conditions
were
thought
to
be
united
in
the
form
that
was
adopted.[B]
A
contract
was
at
once
made
for
the
manufacture
of
the
cable,
one
half
being
given
to
Messrs.
Glass,
Elliot
&
Co.,
of
London,
and
the
other
to
Messrs.
R.
S.
Newall
&
Co.,
of
Liverpool.
The
whole
was
to
be
completed
by
the
first
of
June,
ready
to
be
submerged
in
the
sea.
The
company
was
organized
on
the
ninth
of
December,
and
the
very
next
day
Mr.
Field
sailed
for
America,
reaching
New
York
on
the
twenty-fifth
of
December,
after
an
absence
of
more
than
five
months.
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