Submarine cable

Length of submarine cable. Atlantic 1873. Core of seven copper wires.The inner sheathing of twelve iron wires are individually covered with a serving of hemp soaked in tar, india rubber and pitch with an outer sheathing of thirty-six wires grouped in threes.
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