The Battery and the Boiler: Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables
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Robert Michael Ballantyne. The Battery and the Boiler: Adventures in Laying of Submarine Electric Cables
Chapter One. In which the Hero makes his First Flash and Explosion
Chapter Two. Refers to a Notable Character
Chapter Three. Early Aspirations
Chapter Four. Extraordinary Result of an Attempt at Amateur Cable-Laying
Chapter Five. Prospects of Real Cable-Laying—Robin meets with his First Electrical Acquaintances
Chapter Six. Tells of our Hero’s Visit to the Great Cable
Chapter Seven. The Big Ship—First Night Aboard
Chapter Eight. Laying The Cable—“Faults” and Fault-Finding—Anxieties, Accidents, and other Matters
Chapter Nine. In which Joys, Hopes, Alarms, Ghosts, and Leviathans Take Part
Chapter Ten. Tells of Great Efforts and Failures and Grand Success
Chapter Eleven. Home!
Chapter Twelve. A Great Dynamo-Electric Sea-Fight
Chapter Thirteen. Tells of a Sudden and Unlooked-for Event
Chapter Fourteen. The Raft
Chapter Fifteen. Life on the Raft
Chapter Sixteen. In which will be found more Surprises than one
Chapter Seventeen. Strange Discoveries on Pirate Island
Chapter Eighteen. The Pirate’s Island—Continued
Chapter Nineteen. An Exploration and an Accident
Chapter Twenty. Various Subjects treated of, and a Great Fight detailed
Chapter Twenty One. Departure from Pirate Island and Hopeful News at Sarawak
Chapter Twenty Two. Bombay—Where Stumps comes to Grief
Chapter Twenty Three. Stumps in Despair—And Bombay in Raptures
Chapter Twenty Four. Shows the Dreadful Depravity of Man, and the Amazing Effects of Electrical Treatment on Man and Beast
Chapter Twenty Five. A Great Field-day, in which Slagg distinguishes himself
Chapter Twenty Six. Begins with a Disappointment, continues with a Great Reception, and ends with a Series of Surprises
Chapter Twenty Seven. Describes Several Important Events
Chapter Twenty Eight. The Cable Laid
Chapter Twenty Nine. Uncle Rik’s Adventures
Chapter Thirty. The Wright Family reunited, and Sam becomes highly Electrical
Chapter Thirty One. Describes a Happy Home and a Happier Meeting
Chapter Thirty Two. In which the Story finds a “Fault,” and the Electrical Current ends
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Sparks, as a rule, are looked upon as a race of useless and disreputable fellows. Their course is usually erratic. They fly upward, downward, forward, and backward—here, there, and everywhere. You never know when you have them, or what will be their next flight. They often create a good deal of alarm, sometimes much surprise; they seldom do any good, and frequently cause irreparable damage. Only when caught and restrained, or directed, do sparks become harmless and helpful.
But there is one Spark in this world—a grand, glowing, gushing fellow—who has not his equal anywhere. He is old as the hills—perhaps older—and wide as the world—perchance wider. Similar to ordinary sparks in some respects, he differs from them in several important particulars. Like many, he is “fast,” but immeasurably faster than all other sparks put together. Unlike them, however, he submits to be led by master minds. Stronger than Hercules, he can rend the mountains. Fleeter than Mercury, he can outstrip the light. Gentler than Zephyr, he can assume the condition of a current, and enter our very marrow without causing pain. His name is Electricity. No one knows what he is. Some philosophers have said that he is a fluid, because he flows. As well might they call him a wild horse because he bolts, or a thief because he lurks! We prefer to call him a Spark, because in that form only is he visible—at least when handled by man.
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Thus was frustrated the laying of the first submarine cable between England and Denmark!
“The Atlantic Cable, Madge.”
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