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93/113/1 Cable, telegraph, transpacific, brass mounted, 1870-1905
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Object statement
Cable, telegraph, transpacific, brass mounted, 1870-1905
Production Notes include information about the design, manufacture and marketing of an object. Production notes
Based on period H C Russell was Government Astronomer.
History Notes include facts about what has happened to an object since manufacture. This could include who owned it and how it was used (provenance). It may also describe any cultural meanings with which it may have become associated. History notes
According to family history, the cable was given to H C Russell, the NSW Government Astronomer, by the captain of the of the ship which laid the first cable across the Pacific from Australia to the United States. It has remained with Russell's descendants. The donor is a great-grandson.

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Description
Cable, telegraph, transpacific, brass mounted, 1870-1905
Piece of cable with brass rings of 10 mm width on both ends. There is an inner core made up of a 7-stranded copper conductor. This is surrounded by dark insulating materials including gutta-percha. As well there is an armouring of 10 outer wires.

Made: 1870 - 1905
The Registration Number of an object is a unique identifying number applied by the museum at the point of acquisition. Current numbering format comprises the year of acquisition, followed by a sequential number. For example, '2007/45' is the Registration Number that represents the 45th acquisition in the year 2007. Registration number
93/113/1
Production date
1870 - 1905
Height
65 mm
Width
30 mm
Depth
30 mm

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Acquisition credit line
Gift of Mr R King, 1993
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