Object data
copper, paper and an unknown material (probably gutta percha)
(1): length 5.4 cm × diameter 1.9 cm
(2): length 11 cm × diameter 1.05 cm
anonymous
Two samples of Telegraph Cable for Mines
unknown, 1865 - 1875
Provenance
...; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889
Object number: NG-MC-1889-75
Copyright: Public domain
Entry
Two samples of telegraph cable for mines.
One is a short piece of shroud-laid copper wire with seven strands, in a thick insulating coating of a black synthetic material (NG-MC-1889-75-1). The other (NG-MC-1889-75-2) has a core of seven copper strands in a thick insulating coating of a black synthetic material and paper.
These samples were found separate and unnumbered and their identification is by a process of elimination. Originally there were five samples for this catalogue number. No historical details are known. This kind of cable was used for the electric detonation of the mine.
Citation
J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Two samples of Telegraph Cable for Mines, unknown, 1865 - 1875', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: hdl.handle.net/10934/RM0001.COLLECT.666992
(accessed 28 April 2024 17:04:33).