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i^OLUME XXXVI JANUARY 1957 NUMBER 1 



Transatlantic Communications — An Historical Restime-' 1 6 1^57 



MERVIN J. KELLY AND SIR GORDON RADLBY 1 



Transatlantic Telephone Cable System — Planning and Over- All Per- 

 formance 



E. T. MOTTRAM, R. J, HALSEY, J. W. EMLING AND R. G, GRIFFITH 7 



System Design for the North Atlantic Link 



H. A. LEWIS, R. S. TUCKER, G. H. LOVELL AND J. M. ERASER 29 



Repeater Design for the North Atlantic Link 



T. F. GLEICHMANN, A. H. LINCE, M. C. WOOLEY AND F. J. BRAGA 69 



Repeater Production for the North Atlantic Link 



H. A. LAMB AND W. W. HEFFNER 103 



Power Feed Equipment for the North Atlantic Link 



G. W. MESZAROS AND H. H. SPENCER 139 



Electron Tubes for the Transatlantic Cable System 



J. O. McNALLY, G. H. METSON, E. A. VEAZIE AND M. F. HOLMES 163 



Cable Design and Manufacture for the Transatlantic Submarine 

 Cable System a. w. lebert, h. b. fischer and m. c. biskeborn 189 



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System Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link 



R. J. HALSEY and J. F. BAMPTON 217 



Repeater Design for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link 



R. A. BROCKBANK, D. C. WALKER AND V. G. WELSBY 245 



Power-Feed System for the Newfoundland-Nova Scotia Link 



J. F. p. THOMAS AND R. KELLY 277 



Route Selection and Cable Laying for the Transatlantic Cable 

 System j. s. jack, capt. w. h. leech and h. a. lewis 293 



Bell System Technical Papers Not Published in This Journal 327 



Recent Bell System Monographs 335 



Contributors to This Issue 338 



COPYRIGHT 1957 AMERICAN TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY 



