Two Samples of Telegraph Cable for Floating Mines and a Break, Two samples of telegraph cable for sea mines, each with brass rings at the ends. Both are a blow with a heart of seven copper wires in a thick insulating layer of black plastic. The outer sheath of the thicker cable consists of cable strands of seven yarns. The 'break' (?) Consists of a tube with two pear-shaped brass plates at the ends, one of which has a hole for a key., Matthew Fontaine Maury (possibly), United Kingdom, c. 1866, iron (metal), brass (alloy), copper (metal), (1): l 5.4 cm × d 1.9 cm (2): l 5.3 cm × d 1.7 cm (3): h 2.2 cm × w 1.4 cm × d 1 cm
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Two Samples, Telegraph Cable, Floating Mines, Break, Two samples, telegraph cable, sea mines, brass rings, ends, blow, heart, seven copper wires, thick insulating layer, black plastic, outer sheath, thicker cable consists, cable strands, seven yarns, break, Consists, tube, two pear-shaped brass plates, hole, key, Matthew Fontaine Maury, United Kingdom, c, 1866, iron, metal, brass, alloy, copper, 1, l 5 4
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