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 is employed in Europe and in submarine cable work.
From Pluck on the Long Trail Boy Scouts in the Rockies by Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand) Sabin
After staying a week he returned to the factory; but he began experiments, and corresponded briskly with Sir William about cable work.
From Heroes of the Telegraph by John Munro
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 Andrew Gray
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
