 | 1855 - 424 pages
...enough, the sea smooth enough, a •wire long enough, a ship big enough, to lay a coil of wire 1,600 miles in length ; though I have no fear but that the...address myself at this time to the question in so far as the bottom of the sea is concerned, and as far as that the greatest practical difficulties will, I... | |
 | American Geographical and Statistical Society - 1852 - 610 pages
...enough, a wire long enough to carry and lay n coil 01' wire 1,000 miles in length; though I have no fears but that the enterprise and ingenuity of the age,...myself at this time to the question, in so far as the bottom of the pea is concerned ; and as fur that the greatest practical difficulty will, I apprehend,... | |
 | 1854 - 750 pages
...calm enough, the sea smooth enough, a wire long enough, a ship big enough, to lay a coil of wire 1,600 miles in length; though I have no fear but that the...address myself at this time to the question in so far as the bottom of the sea is concerned ; and as far as that, the greatest practical difficulties will,... | |
 | 1854 - 670 pages
...calm enough, the sea smooth enough, a wire long enough, a ship big enough, to lay a coil of wire 1,000 miles in length ; though I have no fear but that the...called on with these problems, will be ready with satisfactory and practical solutions of them. " I simply address myself at this time to the question... | |
 | Perry Fairfax Nursey - 1854 - 664 pages
...long enough, a ship big enough, to laya coil of wire 1,000 miles in length ; though I have no fenr but that the enterprise and ingenuity of the age,...called on with these problems, will be ready with satisfactory and practical solutions of them. "I simply address myself at this time to the question... | |
 | 1854 - 688 pages
...long enough, a ship big enough, to laya coil of wire 1,000 miles in length ; though I haye no fear hut that the enterprise and ingenuity of the age, whenever...called on with these problems, will be ready with satisfactory and practical solutions of them. " I simply address myself at this time to the question... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...calm enough, the sea smooth enough, a wire long enough, a ship big enough, to lay a coil of wire 1,600 miles in length ; though I have no fear but that the...address myself at this time to the question in so far as the bottom of the sea is concerned, and as far as that the greatest practical difficulties will, I... | |
 | 1855 - 424 pages
...calm enough, the sea smooth enough, a wire long enough, a ship big enough, to lay a coil of wire 1,600 miles in length ; though I have no fear but that the...address myself at this time to the question in so far as tlie bottom of the sea is concerned, and as far as that the greatest practical difficulties will, I... | |
 | Matthew Fontaine Maury - 1859 - 428 pages
...enough, a wire long enough, and a ship big enough to carry and lay a coil of wire 1600 miles in length. I simply address myself at this time to the question in so far as the bottom of the sea is concerned ; and as for that, the greatest practical difficulty will, I apprehend,... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - 1866 - 402 pages
...the sea smooth enough, a wire long enough, a ship big enough, to lay a coil of wire sixteen hundred miles in length ; though I have no fear but that the...address myself at this time to the question in so far as the bottom of the sea is concerned, and as far as that, the greatest practical difficulties will, I... | |
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... miles in length ; though I have no fear but that the enterprise and ingenuity of the age, whenever called on with these problems, will be ready with a satisfactory and practical solution of them. 
