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SUBMARINE CABLE LAYING AND KEPAIEING. 



at the time of laying the West India cable, in the early 

 seventies, the screw adjustment being subsequently added by 

 Mr. F. C. Webb. Before it was introduced, the only holding- 



back appliance consisted of several sheaves with jockey 

 pulleys over which the cable passed in line. These proved 

 very unsatisfactory in practice on account of the compound on 



