There he sees the
cable ranged, the windlass disconnected, the compressors opened; and there, after giving his own last order, "Stand clear of the
cable!" he waits attentive, in a silent ship that forges slowly ahead towards her picked-out berth, for the sharp shout from aft, "Let go!" Instantly bending over, he sees the trusty iron fall with a heavy plunge under his eyes, which watch and note whether it has gone clear.
The emperor concluded me to be drowned, and that the enemy's fleet was approaching in a hostile manner: but he was soon eased of his fears; for the channel growing shallower every step I made, I came in a short time within hearing, and holding up the end of the
cable, by which the fleet was fastened, I cried in a loud voice, "Long live the most puissant king of Lilliput!" This great prince received me at my landing with all possible encomiums, and created me a NARDAC upon the spot, which is the highest title of honour among them.
This oil-filled type of
cable carried the telephone business safely through half a dozen years.
Athos followed him before the felucca rose again on the waves; the
cable which tied the boat to the vessel was then seen plainly rising out of the sea.
"Have dismissed Cathcart for incompetence - road started - progress magnificent," he wired one week, and shortly afterwards a message came back - "Cathcart
cables resigned - scheme impossible - shares dropping - wire reply."
Cable me at once, at my expense, that there was no basis of fact for your story, At the Earth's Core.
The series of soundings taken by the Susquehanna, had for its aim the finding of a favorable spot for the laying of a submarine
cable to connect the Hawaiian Islands with the coast of America.
Had she been any other boat Disko would have taken his chances, but now he cut the
cable as the Carrie Pitman, with all the North Atlantic to play in, lurched down directly upon them.
With a rattling song the starboard watch bent to their work and hove the
cable short, then got the anchor home, and our bark moved off with a stately stride, and soon was bowling along at about two knots an hour.
At dawn she got up and went listlessly and sat down on the
cable coil again.
Sommers went to the corner and waited for the
cable car.
The audience dispersed at last, discussing how far they would enjoy crossing an abyss on a wire
cable. "Suppose the gyroscope stopped!" Few of them anticipated a tithe of what the Brennan mono-rail would do for their railway securities and the face of the world.