Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1844-06-20


time aHestiBs the s.tentiOs r our eislzsn., !
viii Be pleased 10 read his account Ct is
.eoveFy and operation:
Electric TtlkgrePhs The elects
galtapic powers have been la,sty erpi|
ed in Transmitting felegrsphtc slz
through wires 10 sny assign sbie diti
More thai lhffteen Teafs, ago. SIR tit1-
w, DIR. Richie. sud several others, IN
ed The idea Of ~eouskociine an eisfca
,sleerspb md ISIS The mode a.
an.s,s,rs foy, purpose was AiAe'
srM- Alsxbsf 70 ibe Society 1 Aa;s
:ra;,hnr Professor VVhesJ pns Z
W;.r:. ~ ne. London, lately nae cor
s;S.5,h hProsemenis IN The konslrut
,isn zee ,nsirumenis. particularly
kenon o. the number II wires Z,
.auisIe such an appsratds. The gen
" al fc'pie On Hhich s0sb an operaii,
IA ueo, IS that Of causing the - l tau
Ell 10 deaect q needTs poised on
and, bg certain srrangemept
needle 70 pss1. 10 point 10 any leil'
dial fiats. Professor Wheaistons
baratns consists OF two small oalYlni
tnohs or bat,eifes Sanr Ieng,hs n cor
Isr. 81 Objsciiesemblins = br.ss cloci
rth seal, ePening or i'd o. the surfsc
ufEicieats snow single IeKer al time
4 ~ by'hls an upright p1yot Of bfass2
7 nj ttfee inches his1. having = cir
f.op inscfIbed With tie letters az y.
Pike sssi P pa aitfSRs lrdp The WIS
stands on q table, erselthe wires, <hien
being four mileAin lengisnd wbSpPeu 70
nuni5erless colvolntnn5\ 4hTougn NE
vaults Of the college are AseSyaole 9Ely
Of their exireme;es 10 cAnexion @rh
the apparatus. The galFhIc pyPoIly
generated in the batteries ismndfo pr
coed along The pires. and in II go -. -
effect the mechanism 10 ihf Prai a.u'
now described The leiieK.n y eA-
posedA ther1e Of two f ~ see e
A gentleman tho wing a,e Pe..9 fern.
snes says.s"A lady II, 'i is,S Viz es's, sSa
with Der finger br'osn1 :aso Ms~ zoe
word Lorpos, in4 le igDe Il could be III
tered leiie r.by ie,iers alq Tough The idea had
to travel though four ailes Of wire"
Tna capabilities Of he principle Of
III, instrument have zen tested on ne
fine of The. Gseat Nesern Railway. Ia
Seplsmber. 1899, thu wires Of the cleo
TIC Telegraph we're ysrried 10 DrsYton, a
aisfanee Of Gfleen Iiles from London and
me experiment. Us attended with com
Fieie success. Tysvch question as the
iolio wing -" How 9auy passengers start
60 rom DrsyloD BY tho 10 o'clock train r.
.ne answer cou.d be transmitted from the
terminus 10 Drayios and back 10 less Than
Two minutes. jne wires of conmunica.
lion pass thrOdgh hollow iron tube al
Inch and d half 10 diameter. which Il *
ID about s5x inches shove the ground
'arallei with the railway, and about tx6
" three feet distant from il; andeit IL
'robablc that, by this time, they have
,een carried forward the whole length or
he railway. which extends to Bristol 4
istance Of III miles.
In transmitting The electric influence
trough wires-however great the dis
laee-ihe lime occupied 10 the trans
lission Is nearly The same, for there il
'ason to believe that il flies with The same
sloeily as light, whose rate of motion j.
Early two hundred thousand sr;tzs IN Sc.
md. Wepo- wis., ssLts = 4 - f-e-.. p..asS..
China. on theone hand. and TO America
the other, intelligence could be trans
tilted 10 those regionsin asshoFi time as
conveyingsit across a garden or large
i'll. 1T is hard TO say TO what extent
goals may, in point OF fact. be comfnu.
Gated. ia this way, 10 the course of the
which are now going for
ard. Were the nations OF Europe liv-
& 10 perfect amity and peace, and 10 |
endly communication with each other,
legraphs Of this description might be
mifed throughout the wnole extent OF
. continent from north 10 south, and |
I'M east 10 west; and the expense OF
them would be but slight
IN compared with the sums expended II
useless parade. in warfsre, and in II
iemes Of folly-They might, at any Il
.. be. spread In different directions
-ouehout the island Of Great Britain, or Il
least along the great thoroughfares,
ding towards the metropolis and Of. II
ess established at different stages for
and 4eceiying intelligence |
with prices affxad corresponding 10 the
stance from which The intelligence is /
nveyed II is easy to see that such |
pid communication OF in,elligence--in /
merous instances. which our limits will
1 permit US 10 speeify-migh: be highly |
MEDICAL 10 the interests Of general So
,ty.
Thus il appears that The same physical
nciple or agent which produces the
ked and Gre 5all lighlings, anil sll TIE
BAD phenomina Of a violent thunder
rends 10 pieces The sturdy
/, aud strikes whole herds Of cattle
,leis 10 the ground-which Displays
terrific energy 10 the awful phenomena
hurricanes. and earthquakes
hat the agent is now. BY human srt.
ldered subservient 10 the conveyance
swift intelligence from one place 10
,theE. and 10. many other useful pur-
es Ia sociely-snd. perhaps. ere long. I,
destructive energies may be complete.
counteracted BY the conlrivances Of Il
nan ingenuity. when its nature sid e
'persies aud lis modea of operation 9
II be more completely unfolded. And, /,
: not unlikely, as the Investigations Of .
'IosoPhy proceed that nav principles e
y be discovered in the system, of "a.
Q. more wonderful than any that have {
come within The reach Of cur knoRi- =
re-, which may both enlarge our Ware
the Creator, aad be applicable 10 mani.