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Figure 15. The HMS Agamemnon at sea while laying cable across the Atlantic Ocean.
opinions and destroying any reputation that he may still have.
“The Directors now, for the first time, put forward as a plea for my dismissal, my inability from illness to accompany the ships, one of the duties for which it is said I was “engaged” and “paid,” and which now is called “by far the most important,” though at midsummer no sort of objection was offered to my remaining at home and I was even confidentially advised by their secretary to do so.” - Whitehouse
no way for him to test the cable as it was being produced properly. The cable was being made by two different manufacturers, far apart from each other. Testing during manufacturing is essential, especially when you’re trying to develop a new groundbreaking technology. In future testimony, people will argue that he was given ample time to test and he did test. He was there testing. Perhaps he couldn’t do the test that he felt he needed to, but that could have been due to a lack of effort or energy on his side. If he had been easier to work
He was not aboard the ships Whitehouse didn’t go aboard the ships as they laid the cable. This came up as one of the reasons he was fired. He claims it has to do with illness and health issues, and they were okay with him not attending before this crisis. They argue that, as chief electrician, he should have been on the boat, and that was one of the reasons he was hired for. If he had been present, there might not have been a crisis, to begin with.
No proper test procedure prior to deployment
Whitehouse argues that there was
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