| Show A I COMMON BLUNDER BLUNIER MANY PERSONS EXPECTED AT LAUTIC LANTIC CABLE WOULD FLOAT problem kot not understood when men first cable was laid plans to ob emte the supposed dif faculty when it was first proposed prop oed to lay a marine cable mm intelligent persons said it would ren ain ous ended at a certa n depth bebau e of too anity ct cf the wate du to pressure from above of cou con se tho the rr esaure ure in creases with tha the depth on all sided of the cable in its descent through the sea but as practically everything on earth is more compre ble than water it is obvious fiat that the iron wire yarn gutta p reha and copper co conductor torn forn ing the cab a mu ran t be more and more compres ed as they ides dese ceni etil ihus the cable constad li I 1 in iea ica P in density 0 specific gravity in boing dov 11 wh ie Is th equal bulk of water si at grounding it cont ones to have practically s caking nearly the sama same gravity as at tho the surface aitho it this i valuable property erf of wi ter the preas press would not ex some of the most distinguished na val men have mods made the b under that is mentioned aboe above even at a corn com parati ely recent period cap bia mari riat 3 at of the driel h navy the celebrated nau I 1 al at ait aia ai t or wrote in one of hi hl nove s I 1 hat a min of w alth in I 1 a bar ed in tho the sands what riches I 1 e entangled among its rod s or re mun m un cusp in the unfathomable gulf where the compressed fold is equal in gravity to that which it en on circles when the first At atlantic lartic cable was about tobe to be laid to obviate this sup posed difficulty it was gravely pro to festoon the cable across at a given maximum leath bett con buoys and floats or even parachutes at which ships shoals call hool hoof on ani aril send messages to the chore others apropo ed to apply gummed cotton to the cable set it afloat and leave ohp gum to dissolve and let the cable dow n quietly |
