cable work

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Army, reporting the results of recent experiments in ocean cable work, stated that a universal automatic telegraph transmitter, applicable to radio, land lines and submarine cables, has been tested on artificial cables in the laboratory.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was to supply such a desideratum for cable work that Sir William Thomson invented the siphon recorder, his second important contribution to the province of practical telegraphy.

From Heroes of the Telegraph by Munro, John

Another comparison method much used in submarine cable work is the method of mixtures, originally due to Lord Kelvin and usually called Thomson and Gott’s method.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

The firm of Thomson, Varley & Jenkin took a prominent part in cable work; and Thomson and Jenkin acted as engineers for many large undertakings.

From Lord Kelvin An account of his scientific life and work by Gray, Andrew

Ha continued to improve this apparatus and at the same time busied himself with a recording instrument to be used for cable work.

From Masters of Space Morse, Thompson, Bell, Marconi, Carty by Towers, Walter Kellogg