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Sample of Telegraph Cable
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Sample of Telegraph Cable

anonymous · 1865 - 1875 · iron (metal); copper (metal); paper; plastic

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

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Sample of a telegraph cable, presumably for sea mines. It is a short piece of wire rope steel cable of ten strands, surrounding a copper wire in a thick insulating layer consisting of an unknown plastic (presumably gutta percha) and paper.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
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Credit lineSample of Telegraph Cable. 1865 - 1875. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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