By Leopold Heath
Portsea   W. Woodward & Son
8" by 5" [3], 4-7pp
An immensely scarce pamphlet of Leopold Heath's methods of organising cables in ships, written upon the H.M.S. Arrogant.
By Leopold Heath

1859 Description of a Method of Coiling Submarine Telegraph Cables Whereby the Danger of Kinking Will Be Avoided

Portsea   W. Woodward & Son
8" by 5" [3], 4-7pp
An immensely scarce pamphlet of Leopold Heath's methods of organising cables in ships, written upon the H.M.S. Arrogant.
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Description

Rebound, Very Scarce

A vanishingly scarce work, no records of this work on Jisc or WorldCat.

A pamphlet describing Heath's interesting method on coiling submarine telegraph cables in such a way that it avoids kinking the cables.

Written whilst Heath was commanding the H.M.S. Arrogant.

Leopold Heath was a Royal Navy Officer, joining the navy in 1830 and having a career that spanned more than forty years.

Condition

Rebound in marbled paper wraps. Externally, smart. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned with a couple of spots.

Very Good Indeed

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