Two Samples of Telegraph Cable for Mines

anonymous, 1865 - 1875

Twee monsters met een kern van zeven koperdraden in een dikke isolerende laag van een zwarte kunststof en papier.

  • Artwork typesample, telegraph cable
  • Object numberNG-MC-1889-75
  • Dimensions(1): length 5.4 cm x diameter 1.9 cm, (2): length 11 cm x diameter 1.05 cm
  • Physical characteristicscopper, paper and an unknown material (probably gutta percha)

Identification

  • Title(s)

    Two Samples of Telegraph Cable for Mines

  • Object type

  • Object number

    NG-MC-1889-75

  • Description

    Twee monsters met een kern van zeven koperdraden in een dikke isolerende laag van een zwarte kunststof en papier.

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Creation

  • Creation

    manufacturer: anonymous, unknown

  • Dating

    1865 - 1875

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Material and technique

  • Physical description

    copper, paper and an unknown material (probably gutta percha)

  • Dimensions

    • (1): length 5.4 cm x diameter 1.9 cm
    • (2): length 11 cm x diameter 1.05 cm

Explanatory note

  • Oorspronkelijk hoorden er vijf monsters te zijn. Dit soort kabel werd gebruikt om de mijn elektrisch tot ontsteking te brengen.

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  • Subject

  • Period

    1865 - 1875

Acquisition and rights

  • Copyright

    Public domain

  • Provenance

    …; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889

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anonymous

Two samples of Telegraph Cable for Mines

unknown, 1865 - 1875

Provenance

…; transferred from the Ministerie van Marine (Department of the Navy), The Hague, to the museum, 1889

Object number: NG-MC-1889-75

Entry

Two samples of telegraph cable for mines.

One is a short piece of shroud-laid copper wire with seven strands, in a thick insulating coating of a black synthetic material (NG-MC-1889-75-1). The other (NG-MC-1889-75-2) has a core of seven copper strands in a thick insulating coating of a black synthetic material and paper.

These samples were found separate and unnumbered and their identification is by a process of elimination. Originally there were five samples for this catalogue number. No historical details are known. This kind of cable was used for the electric detonation of the mine.

Citation

J. van der Vliet, 2016, 'anonymous, Two samples of Telegraph Cable for Mines, unknown, 1865 - 1875', in J. van der Vliet and A. Lemmers (eds.), Navy Models in the Rijksmuseum, online coll. cat. Amsterdam: https://data.rijksmuseum.nl/200685304

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