Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1841-1853, 1844-06-13
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The "asb'' gion correspondent Of the Evening Post
furnishes The foii.wing account Of this w~onLcIlci plan If
communication:
| paid u visit yesterday 10 the room in which Professor
Mof-e l. Erecting operations AID experiments upon ihs
new aud most wonderful plan OF communication. The
WIS are exica died. yet only twenty two M - on the roal
To Baiiinpre This invention la, le,n 80 freque,ry and
fully descrbrd that could not hope t. give a clearer idea
OF II than your readers probably now have. But in NJ,
accounts - The m'de Of writing II dicatd. Thc pm used
may be called a three prongusd fork, "a 50 many lule
rointci srrsws; The iuk l. e, circty. Ia speaking &c IL.
therefore You may say thai YOU ~nte with a steel pen
and frked lightning
Tie manner Of writing is is:-Th chiropr,rher
takes hold IT The lpo>e end Of tie masn. TIC wrr. lie
dips ihis e"d IN a liit'e deposit of mercury or quicksilver
whi'h communicates The electric sparA. and this spark
toi ehain lghihiHg) pass : along the wire with lhe speed
81 thought. possessing a sufficient force To press The steel
points have alluded t., Down upon a strip oi paper mad,
10 pass beneath them. The dlslarce Travelled by III fund
n'e"g one wire. twcn'y t~p M - and back upon the other
sol course f'riy four mics. The speed If IT. passage g..
ind Gated ty the fat that the very isiant th- end # IA.
VIE y seen To DIP INTO he quicksilver tie lnt!r poins are
pressed on the Taper-in other words. there was - pr
cePu'le interval between itS starting upon and return
if"m ~ TRIP oi forty four miles. |, would 60 round the
globe 10 one.seysnth of a second.
But now L, he characters employed i'm this new scheme
ct o'ilrsr'phy !, Is evident that the mere pressure Of
The po'nt' upon The paper would produce ONLY dots. Bat
when II - wished L, make - communication. a SIN 81
raP-t Is made 10 pass along fron a rolcr, unAer these
points. The letters. the words. or tie phrases desired -
be expressed. are Indicated 10y the ic, 9Th of the n,ris
"f hy me ifqnencv 81 pauc'y e the dots nad,. Thus.
slips The litter \ L, lie Ieprcsr ni,d ty the IA &C SIN. I,
dots. the writer dips the point of wire IN, and wlhdaws
u a. quickly a. possible. $, that III. ppints only strike The
paper. and inst'tt Nv A. back They thus make. II J.,
MINUS the htst po,sbe Impression; thtt Is. aGly do,
fr each po nt- Bat suppose q Ia lie rrprcs, nied by lines
half au Incl. long The writer has onl, l., keep The cad
OFT wr'e on quicksilver until the paper has passed along
THAI distance under The p rats which ~ pressing upan u.
oi curse Z + mad. Il wii be prcc,ei hat The USE
lulhrss ut this system Ut communication dc1rurs IN /,
great degree upon the eli .icncv Of the plan If strnosrt-
ply devised. For II the distinctive Characters smp,nyel
were no more complete nor canpr, hcn-i,e IL, heir .cra-
rate ~isritica;ion, than the Irii, IS # the alphabet. a per
con could convey v.ry little ini nation even IN a day.
The correspondent OF the Ohio Statesman writes Of
thu Telegraph as fellows:
The Eiecir, Magnetic Telegraph consists Of two parallel
wires elevated caci. a lcci apari) o a Ire If posts II ar
The line oi the railroad. averaging - feet high from the
earth. IN be oat 1T The reach 0i accident. On. wire e., n.
mnnca'rS the ews from Bal ia re--ihr rier is The
respoadrai. The required l,tcis If he al pAalci. ~ a SER
'esce Of news. are dcsiSnated hy a combination If
e.eeirc shocks g ven 10 til, WIG. ~ Baltimore, fr example.
and quick as a II ,sh. or al a speed w.,i,h would run round
The wpsn M tie sixth part of a seconds space # time.
The words are lmpsI,ed along the wire 40 miles. 70 and
through an electrical apparatus in a r IN at the capitol.
aud 81 mped ty II upon a slip o. paper as !, passes under
a ryli der.
In the communication from Bl'timorc To Washington
10y ihi~ Telegr iph. from TIE difference IN he n.i;udr. /
minutes Il (,pparenr) time are actually gained. For
Instance. the man Il; he Bal Il,se !e c,faph rii G as.
- Whit time have you 1T i l. o'elo,k with u" The
answer from Washington would BE-. !" 4 minutes t. Il"
Here. then. We have a pen forty mites long. literally uip.
ped IN chain l'ghsnirg. (c!ectreify) communicating a
thought as quick a. thought itself. anil capltc 1T clrcual.
venting the round earth 100 coo times ia IL hours. icav-
i"s Old fine a. tar in tie back grou d ~ II locomotive
would have a man at The road side digging post holes.