The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1837-09-08
TIE Use OF ELECTRICITY.

taA A@tt@ 49, w. ~
the lnllwiag article, u appears by the
Journal Dl Commerce, Is Az Inven nn uI
our country man. Mr.. $. F Is. Morse,
President oil the National AcadeRy of
Design, aud Professor Of the University
New York. The general idea was made
known BY him five years ago IN France,
and he has Il plan nov 10 operation at
the UMyersity. aud Is making arrange
meats In secure patent.
rtam' D. s,>aN tcan,Ile Advertiser
A New an Beautiful InUsaiion.-An
Fugush paper contains the following de-
scup,l"m oi a new and highly ingenious
mode ii applying the principle Of rlectrr-
clly, ar galyanism, 10 the communication
Of iDlelligenre--or in other ~ rds, TO the
construction OF an Electric Telegraph.
The theory is probably couecl, but We
fear thai serious obstacles will prevent It's
application To an extended scale. as APP
pears 10 be contemplated by the writer.
"~When IN London, few days ago,
We learned tina an eminent scientific gem
tleman Il at present engaged IN maturing
an invention which promises to lead IN
the most astonishing results, and to ex-
erl vast influence un tie future progress
Of soriety. II is an Electric Telegraph,
the powers III which a. much surpass
,hnse Of the common instrument bearing
that name, as the art Of printing SURPRISES
the picture writing ri the NJ xicans The
telegraph consists oil five wires, enclosed
in a sheath If lndla rubber, which isolaies
them from each other, aud protects them
from the external air. A galvamc trough
or pile is placed at the one end al the
! wires, which act upon needles Al the 9TH
eT; and. hen any ol the wires Is put 10
communication with iht trough, mu.
ton Is instantly produced 10 The needle
al the other extremity, Which motion
ceases the moment ihe connexIOn brIw cen
/ the wire aud through IS supended. The
five wires may thus urnote as MANY let.
tiers; and. h. binary or uHary comblna.
tlons. the SIX and twenty letter, of the
aIphab1 may easily b. represented.
b. simple mechanical Continuance,
| iht commni Icalinn between the wires and
the trough max be established and stop
ped, as tive keysol piano forte are Iourh-
ed BY pracused musician. ard the udl-
catlnns will be exhibited al tie uthpr end
| oi The cham ot wIrrs a. quickly a. they
ran BE- read of. In 'be experiments al
ready made. the chain ii WIr~s ras been
extended TO a length e fi,p mites ID.
forming numernu> coils within limited
surf CO. ana lhr tWu ENDS being STAGED
near r""h ns'Jer, j. Is found that the irans-
MISSION "ft9 electric action Is, So lar a.
| The hHnan - nsrs ran discern, perfectly
| HIs'nn' ateUUs. Llulr doubt Is entertain
ed that II NAV bP conveyed over hun
drtd or a thousand miles with the same
veiacty. aud The powers of the inslru-
met promise % be as great as the action
Is rapid. 1t viii not BE- confined, like the
common telegraph, To the transmission If
lew sentences, Or a short message, and
this only IN the day time, IN clear wea-
ther, and by repeated operalIons. each
CONSUMING portion III ulnt; ior while II
works hv night or BY day, il will convey
'"'relg' 80 with the speed II thong /,
and with such copIousness and ease, that