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Five Samples of Cable
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Five cable samples, four of galvanized iron and one of copper; all five samples are held together at the ends by brass rings. The iron cables are all cable-laid, consisting of six strands around a core, strands and core consisting of six wire-laid wires around a seventh. The copper cable is also cable-laid, consisting of six wire-laid strands around a rope core; the strands also each consist of six copper wires around a rope core.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineFive Samples of Cable. c. 1860 - c. 1887. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.