Here is one of the machines used for armoring the cable. By armoring
is meant winding steel wires around and around the cable to protect it
from being cut by sharp rocks on the bottom or by deep sea animals like
the teredo, which might attack it.]
[Illustration: The “Great Eastern” which was the first ship to carry a
cable across the Atlantic Ocean.]
[Illustration: This is a section of a telephone cable, known as a
“bulge.” It contains inductance coils to offset what is called the
condenser capacity of the cable, which would otherwise cause the
talking to become blurred.]
[Illustration: THE DOTS AND DASHES WHICH FLASH ACROSS THE SEA