History of the Atlantic TelegraphC. Scribner, 1869 - 437 страница |
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Страница 231 - Ring out the old, ring in the new ! Ring out the false, ring in the true...
Страница 30 - ... anchors, icebergs, and drifts of any kind, and so shallow that the wires may be readily lodged upon the bottom. The depth of this plateau is quite regular, gradually increasing from the shores of Newfoundland to the depth of from 1,500 to 2,000 fathoms as you approach the other side.
Страница 149 - O ETERNAL Lord God, who alone spreadest out the heavens, and rulest the raging of the sea ; who hast compassed the waters with bounds, until day and night come to an end...
Страница 32 - This he kindly gave ; and that eminent microscopist was quite as much surprised to find as I was to learn that all these 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.
Страница 34 - The practical inference from this law is, that a telegraphic communication on the electro-magnetic plan may with certainty be established across the Atlantic ocean. Startling as this may now seem, I am confident the time will come when this project will be realized.
Страница 30 - ... the bottom of the deep sea is concerned. From Newfoundland to Ireland the distance between the nearest points is about 1600 miles, and the bottom of the sea between the two places is a plateau which seems to have been placed there especially for the purpose of holding the wires of the submarine telegraph, and of keeping them out of harm's way.
Страница 435 - States be requested to cause a gold medal to be struck, with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions, to be presented to MajorGeneral Grant. SEC. 2. And be it further resolved, That when the said medal shall have been struck the President shall cause a copy of this joint resolution to be engrossed on parchment, and shall transmit the same, together with the said medal, to MajorGeneral Grant, to be presented to him in the name of the people of the United States of America.
Страница 229 - The Queen desires to congratulate the President upon the successful completion of this great international work, in which the Queen has taken the greatest interest.
Страница 328 - Reserved him to more wrath; for now the thought Both of lost happiness and lasting pain Torments him : round he throws his baleful eyes...
Страница 155 - Mend in the cabin were at the turning-point of life or death, and they were watching beside : him. There was a strange, unnatural silence in the ship. Men paced the deck with soft and muffled tread, speaking only in whispers, as if a loud voice or a heavy footfall might snap the vital cord. So much had they grown to feel for the enterprise, that the cable seemed to them like a human creature, on whose fate they hung, as if it were to decide their own destiny.