THE SUBMARINE CABLE.
The Wellington Argus understands that the instruments used for receiving on the Australian cable are Thomson’s universal mirrors. The average speed attained is about fourteen words per minute. The signals are shown by a flash reflected on a screen, which screen is in two divisions, being divided by a fine silver wire. The flash on one side represents the dots and on the other the dashes. The alphabet is the same as in our colonial system. The instru ments used in the various offices in this colony are known as the Morse recorders. The average speed of transmission by these instruments is about thirty-five words per minute. The great advantage that the Morse has over the mirror is that it can be worked by one operator, while with the mirror one is occupied in reading off the screen while another writes the message. Upon cables of any very great length the mirror instrument is the one invariably used,
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Globe, Volume V, Issue 534, 4 March 1876, Page 3
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161THE SUBMARINE CABLE. Globe, Volume V, Issue 534, 4 March 1876, Page 3
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