160 G. Mathiot on the Atlantic Cable. 
Is it any wonder under such circumstances that four or € 
Seconds, as Tumor states it, is required to convey into the 
the quantity of electricity required to raise the tension to’ 
point due to the great number of elements in the voltaie 
tor they employ. 7 a 
The electricians of the cable seem to have concluded that the 
tension of the terminals of the battery would continue after oom 
tact, although the demonstration of Ohm. and in f all 
analysts of the distribution, have shown that it would fall, and 
maximum intensity by generating the clectricity faster thant 
: that is as though the terminals of the battery _ 
1. vii eel forma ee 
vol. vu, p. 199). In the general formula RL 
nerally oo for the 
