Show OLD AND NEW N 9 w ATLANTIC ATLA TELEGRAPH CABLES Wea we are indebted to cyruse cyrus W field Esq eq for the following descriptions respectively ot of the tb cable submerged between ireland and newfoundland by the atlantic telegraph company in 1858 and of the cable now being manufactured for the same company by Afef nies omeara JM esra eara sra eiliot elliot co at morden wharf east ait greenwich OLD 1 I ATLANTIC canle CABLE NEW ATLANTIC canle CABLE 1858 I 1 1864 j conductor A copper st consisting of 7 wires 6 laid ail round ae one and weighing I 1 g hin bin I 1 g me ibs per nautical mile insulator gutta percha laid on in three coverings and weighing lbs ibs per knot external protection 18 strands 0 of charcoal iron wire each sach strand co composed of 7 wires 6 laid round one laid spirally pi rally raily around the core which latter was I 1 previously padded with a berving solving ot of hemp bat eat with a tar mixture the separate wires wore ware each gage the strand complete was no 14 gage weigh weight tin in air 20 cwt cat per nautical mile weight in water 13 4 cwt cat per nautical mile or equal to 4 85 times its weight in water per knot that is to say gay it would bear its own weight eight in a little less than 5 miles depth deith of water breaking strain 3 8 tung tang 5 cwt cat deepest water to be encountered 2400 fathoms or less than 2 15 1 5 nautical miles in de depth deeth at th the tho contract strain wab was e equal ual to 4 85 times it its weight eight per nautical mile in water ona one on knot being in fathoms thoms f 1014 x 4 2 05 times the thi a str strength e ngoh requisite for the deepest water Conduct orA copper strand consisting of 7 wires 6 laid round one an and w weighing lb ibb iba per nautical ail mile mlle e embedded m d d d for fr solidity in Cb chatterton atterton a compound gage oc of single singla wire ordinary 18 19 gage gage of strand ordinary no 10 stimulation lation gutta percha 4 layers of 0 which are laid on alternately with 4 thin layers of compound the weight weigh of 0 the entire insulation ibs lbs lb per nautical mile diameter ot of core circumference of lore core 1392 1 external protection 10 bolli wires ot of the gage gaga No 13 gage drawn from webster and Hors horb Horsfal falls fails Ps homogeneous iron each wira wire surrounded separately with five strands of manilla yarn saturated with a preservative compound and tha the tb whole laid spirally around the core which latter is padded with ordinary hemp saturated with a preservative mixture weight in air 35 cwt cat 3 ars per nautical mile weight ia 12 water 14 cat cwt per nautical mile 0 or r equal to eleven times 1 its ts weight in water per knot that ie is to say it will bar bear its ita own waight weight in eleven miles depth of water breaking urain drain 7 una ana 15 cwt cat deepest water to la be encountered 2400 fathoms or less than 25 nautical miles in depth the contract strain ia is equal to 11 times its weight per nautical mile in water one knot being in fathoms 1014 x 11 4 64 t imes times the requisite for the he deepest water ST sto PAULS LONDON lonnon st paul pauls london in the sixteenth century must have been a dreadful place mr walcott the ot of thus thua describes the which it was put in m that age the desecration was something horrible and only worse than the filth of the floors and the decay of the fabric drunkards and vagabonds slept ot off their drunken orgies on the tha bench of the choir floor butchers and water carriers conveyed their wares and men wora wore their hals has hab through the aisles mules and horses were driven across them sold in the nave teamsters seam and booksellers book sellers plied their trade a carpenter worked in the crypt trunk makers in the crypt disturbed the services cervices vices chantries had become cel cei cellars farar larar lumber rooms and glaziers shops choristers cho as at litchfield and westminster but less 1285 courteous than those of ripon who distributed apples to t the congregation on christmas morning bunted booted gentlemen for tor spur money only less vociferously than beggars pursued the other company the usurer touted in the south aisle simony presided on tha the north the horse fair in the central alley and money was paid on the font masked women homen women mufflers ruf flers ballad bongers mongers stall etall knights captains out of service and quacks haunted the place the servant waited to be hired at the serving berving ir mans log the sergeant at law received his client at his bis special pillar whilst aroun around d were seen the merchants change and fashionable lounge 0 As A supe in a western theater hasing hating has hal haing haling ing been inducted into the ghost part of hamiet hamlet hla fla for this night 0 only n 1 ki 2 per pei performed formed the part so badly i that be he was wa 9 hissed 1 sa ed of off the manager came forward bowed gracefully pul put hia hla h a hand on bis his heart and announced that smith had bad agreed to give up the ghost A grave grava rave rava digger who buried a mr button I 1 placed he the following item itera ina lna in a bill which be sent gent to the widow of atthe the deceased Toraaki ilg a hole hoie 50 nto ceata cea cen ato tB 21 2 1 |