Cables

Examples

• This class of bridges is usually constructed with chains or cables passing over towers, with the roadway suspended beneath. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It is supported by four iron wire cables, each consisting of 1056 wires. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Edison was now asked if he thought he could get a greater speed through submarine cables with this system than with the regular methods, and replied that he would like a chance to try it. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• The roadway hangs from these cables, suspended by 624 vertical rods. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The bridge, 800 feet long, is a single span, supported by four enormous cables of wire stretching from the Canadian cliff to the opposite United States cliff. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The cables pass over the tops of lofty stone towers arising from these cliffs, and each cable consists of no less than 4,000 distinct wires. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The car is connected to wire cables passing over large sheaves at the top of the well room to a counterbalancing bucket. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Cars, holding twenty passengers each, are carried up and down these cables, one car balancing the other, by means of a cable attached to each, which passes around a drum at the top. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• By another modification of the hydraulic press pipes and cables are covered with a coating of lead to prevent deterioration from rust and other causes. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Underground conduits are built, central offices located and cables provided with an eye to the future, and if these plans are carried out important economies are obtained. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• The ends of the chains or cables are securely anchored. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Storms and earthquakes that destroy telegraph systems, enemies that cut submarine cables, cannot prevent the sending of Marconigrams. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• In this the hoisting cables from which the car is suspended have at the other end a counterweight and pass around driving sheaves in place of a drum. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Nice calculations have to be made as to the tension to be placed on the cables, the allowance for deflection, and the equal distribution of weight. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• There are four supporting cables, each 16 inches in diameter, and each composed of about 5,000 single wires. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• The cables are then passed over towers, on which they are supported in movable saddles, so that the towers are not overthrown by the strain on the cables. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• It has a central span of 1,595? feet between the two towers, over which the suspension cables are hung, and has a clear headway beneath of 135 feet. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• I was at the pains of making ropes and cables, by twisting ten, twenty, or thirty of the thickest and strongest of theirs. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• Rigid triangles of iron pipe are secured to these cables and the trolley wire attached to the triangles. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• It consists of pairs of wire cables supported by bridges placed about 300 feet apart. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• So the engineers who studied the problem finally contrived two huge sets of cables, securely fastened at the top, and fixed to a landing place a short distance from the base of the mountain. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Thirteen cables work daily across the Atlantic, and an additional one is being laid from Germany. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Current was supplied to the road by underground feeder cables from the dynamo-room of the laboratory. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.

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