The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-21 00:00:00

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stele purpose. It remain' to give a description of the dial-
end its admirably arranged and easily combos
system of lettere and figures. This plate is about
six inches high and ten broad, and is divided in its height
into several compartments. There axe two indicators, or
hands, which are not eniqrizetie. These are moved by • sort
adonble-headed hammer, in the form of the letter T, which
b attached to a magnetised ring on the Weide of the tele-
graph, in the upper periphery of which ring the centre of
motion resides. The indicator. are inclined, when at rest, at
ea angle of about 60 degrees ; when in action they move to
• venial position, just as we can imagine the hands of a
dock or watch being at rest at the hours indiestedgla 8 and 4,
and on motion being imparted to them, rising rrapidly to the
vertical position indicated by the hour of 12. T e letters of
the alphabet are distributed into two vertical columns on the
dial, the first or left hand column comprising the letters from
A to M ; the second, or right hand column, the letters from
Nto Z. Between A and N, the first letters of their re
'pettily.) columns, the figure 1 is placed, the meaning of which
is, that one motion of the indicator from its angular position
to a vertical one, will signify Aor N. But which / Nothing
more easily determined. 'lf it be the left hand indicator
that moves once, the first letter on the left hand column
is meant—that is A. On the contrary, if it be the
right-hand indicator that moves once, the first letter in the
right-hand column—that is N—is signified. In like man-
ner, between B, the second letter of the left-hand column of
letters, and 0, the second letter in the right-hand column of
letters, 2 is inserted, which means, that to indicate B, there
must be 2 motions of the left-hand indicator ; and to indi-
cate 0, there must be 2 motions of the right-hand indicator;
and so for the letters C and D, and P and Qu (u being al-
ways joined with Q) respectively, there must be three and
four motioas of the indicator. Now, as it world manifestly
occupy some time, and may give rise to error, if 13 motions
of the indicator were required for the letters M and Z,
which stand thirteenth in their respective columns, a differ-
ent arrangement has been adopted from the letter E, in one
column, and the corresponding letter It, in the other
column, downwards. From these letters downwards, the
figures, like the letters, are distributed into two columns.
Opposite to E, stands the fig. 1, and opposite to it, stands the
fig. 1 also. How, it will be asked, are these letters to be
distinguished from each other, and from the letters
A and N, which are also indicated by the figure 1 ?
Simply thus : If the letter to be transmitted be
E, 0,,e single, distinct motion of the left-hand indicator
(E being in the left-hand column of letters) must befirst
made, and the right-hand indicator must be then made to
move once, by reason of its having figure 1 on the right-
hand column, on the same line with letter E. If, on the
contrary, the letter It is to be transmitted, one motion of the
right-band indicator (R being in the right-hand column of
letters) is to be first made, and then one by the left-hand
indicator. Thus, instead of five motions of the left-hand
indicator being required to indicate the letter E, but two are
required, care being taken that the first motion is made by the
left-hand indicator, and the second by the right-hand indi-
cator. The remaining letters are indicated in a similar way.
To spell the word NO, then, by this invention, we have
merely to move the right-hand indicator once : that means
N. Discontinue the motion, and the indicator, by mere
gravity, falls into its angular position of rest. Again, move
the same indicator twice : twice it assumes the vertical posi-
tion, and you have the letter 0. NO.
to spell the word ARE you have only to move the
left-hand indicator once for A; the right-hand indicator
once, and then the left-band indicator once for II; the left-
hand indicator once, and then the right-hand indicator for
E, and thus you have " are," the first word of "are you
ready ?" From what has been said it will be seen that this
may be called the alphabetic telegraph, and it is unquestion-
ably more simple than the one in use at present, is which a
system of arbitraries must be employed. But if there be any
advantage in using a symbolic system, as there sometimes
may where great expedition is required, that advantage is
possessed by the telegraph of Messrs. Brett and Little as
effectually as by any other. The patentees have discovered
very ingenious contrivances for preventing the escape of the
electric current from the wire lines while passing through
the poets, by a more perfect means of insulation than has
been heretofore adopted, and also for giviag the lines greater
tension. Experience and use can alone apply the proper
test to these improvements ; but, as far as we could judge of
their operation, they are likely to prove of considerable
importance.