telegraph-wire

Certain minor facts were added to the Iping story, notably the cutting of the village telegraph-wire.

The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

Mabel, — for among other luxuries Mrs Montacute Jones had her own telegraph-wire at Killancodlem.

The Duke's Children 2004

War, when a telegraph-wire found its way across the Mississippi to

Mark Twain: A Biography 2003

In 1856 there were four thousand miles of telegraph-wire stretched over

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Various

In Australia there are now in operation twelve thousand miles of telegraph-wire.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Various

Head-Quarters by a telegraph-wire, and visual signalling was established at all important points.

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

The line to his rear was weakly held, the telegraph-wire on both sides of him was cut, his rear guard had been attacked near Jagdalak, there was a considerable collection of men on the hills to his front, and, as he reported, 'the whole country was up.'

Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts

The fact that when lightning strikes the telegraph-wire it jumps from the wire to the posts, often tearing in pieces half a dozen in a row, ought to be conclusive in regard to insulating lightning-rods.

Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 26, August, 1880 of Popular Literature and Science Various

If one could imagine a swift, intense stream of air, no thicker than a telegraph-wire, producing a keen, whistling rush in its passage, he would understand the impression made upon my mind.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 45, July, 1861 Various

The paper, when thus prepared, is passed rapidly through an instrument attached to a telegraph-wire, at the other end of which is a similar instrument which runs in unison.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 97, November, 1865 Various