SUBMARINE TELEPHONES.
The officer who has conducted the recent experiments at Havre with a view to establish telephonic communication between vessels and the shore, has addressed an interesting report to the National Telephone Company, from which it appears that the operations have been attended with complete success. In spite of rough weather the cables were easily laid, and various persons and offices in the port were placed in communication with a vessel anchored at nearly a mile distant from the premises of the Marine Christine Club. The conversation, it appears, was very distinctly maintained, whether by the aid of an Ader or a Croploy apparatus. Some time later,’ it is stated, the wind gained strength and the vessel rolled considerably; but the voices of the parties in communication were nevertheless distinctly heard. This new application of telephony is expected to render important services to maritime commerce, since it will allow vessels arriving off a port to place themselves immediately in direct communication with their owners or agents ashore.
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Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2702, 5 December 1882, Page 3
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168SUBMARINE TELEPHONES. Globe, Volume XXIV, Issue 2702, 5 December 1882, Page 3
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