Hardwicke's Science-gossip: An Illustrated Medium of Interchange and Gossip for Students and Lovers of Nature, 27. köideMordecai Cubitt Cooke, John Ellor Taylor Robert Hardwicke, 1891 |
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... miles . If we include India and the Colonies , the British Empire owns altogether two hundred and sixteen cables of a total length of 3811 miles . NORWAY 32 23 4 28 5 6 12 13 14 SPAIN 27 15 16 18 EGERSAND ARENDAL HOLLAND 25 BELGIUM ...
... miles . If we include India and the Colonies , the British Empire owns altogether two hundred and sixteen cables of a total length of 3811 miles . NORWAY 32 23 4 28 5 6 12 13 14 SPAIN 27 15 16 18 EGERSAND ARENDAL HOLLAND 25 BELGIUM ...
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... mile each in length . eighty - nine cables ; and Germany third with 1579 miles , and forty - three cables . Britain being fourth with ninety miles less . The oldest cable still in use is the one that was first laid , that namely from ...
... mile each in length . eighty - nine cables ; and Germany third with 1579 miles , and forty - three cables . Britain being fourth with ninety miles less . The oldest cable still in use is the one that was first laid , that namely from ...
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... miles ; and the River Plate Telegraph Company with one cable from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres , thirty- two miles long . The smallest Government telegraph organisation is that of New Caledonia with its one solitary cable one mile long ...
... miles ; and the River Plate Telegraph Company with one cable from Monte Video to Buenos Ayres , thirty- two miles long . The smallest Government telegraph organisation is that of New Caledonia with its one solitary cable one mile long ...
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... miles long , the other laid in 1887 , 892 miles long ( 12 ) , and one cable to Vigo , Spain , laid in 1873 , 622 miles long ( 13 ) . From Lisbon the cable is continued to Gibraltar and the East , whither we need not follow it , our ...
... miles long , the other laid in 1887 , 892 miles long ( 12 ) , and one cable to Vigo , Spain , laid in 1873 , 622 miles long ( 13 ) . From Lisbon the cable is continued to Gibraltar and the East , whither we need not follow it , our ...
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... miles and having passed through twenty- four cables and some very long land lines , instead of passing , had it been possible to have sent it by the direct route , over one short land line and six cables , in all under six thousand miles ...
... miles and having passed through twenty- four cables and some very long land lines , instead of passing , had it been possible to have sent it by the direct route , over one short land line and six cables , in all under six thousand miles ...
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