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Ship cable samples

Dateca. 1866
Terms
  • Cables
  • Brass
  • Copper
  • Steel
  • Walnut
  • United States
Dimensions15.23 × 10.15 × 7.61 cm (6 × 4 × 3 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Wesley P. Wilmot (2001)
Object number2002.9.18
DescriptionSteel, copper, brass; unidentifiable materials; walnut. Four cylindrical samples of cable showing the successive stages of construction, mounted with two pierced brass supports to a walnut base. Sample of the cable laid by the ship "Great Eastern" in 1866.
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