The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1844-06-18
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We have the battery and key at Washington The
wires from Washington to Baltimore and the magnet and
writing apparatus at Baltimore At every touch of the
key at Washington upon the plate below however rapid
the huid and pass Baltimore and back
every passage othe nud the pen by the attraction OF
the iron bar to the ends of the Magnet is brought mp
against the paper with such force to indent and in
ssnty recedesso that the paper moving the pen
receives succession Of dots and intermediate space
BY holding the key down little longer, line is mark ed
upon the paper BY this means at the option Of
asor at Washington, dots spaces and lines OF any comb
nation are made upon the paper IN Baltimore with perfect
At Washington the operator desires inform his
correspondent at Baltimore that The Senate is in xecu
nvo session" Express thus /: Sen Elk. sess. With the
he makes first eight rapid touches upon the brass
plate, which at Baltimore notifies the attendant that
messages ahout to be sent by the ringing Of hel which
motion is produced in the same way that for moving
the pen. He then COOS to make dots in rapid sue
cession with space, between them longer space dot
then follow: by the same mode ths dots
spaces longer spaces and lines to finish the sentence
comnses The sans ,,na a. an:
to signify that 1t il finished.
The clock work which moves the paper is started by
wI'sf BY his through the
upon smooth roller the little Hy Of the clock train
and stopped after the end of the message has
roller through the action Of the clock work itself
We have now described how messages may be sent
from Washington to Baltimore and it may be asked. how
10 returned Imagine tie same machinery az
has now been described reversed with the exception that
nere - no battery in Baltimore and the whole 10 com
piele TOT sending and receiving communcations either
way.
We have said that from of the poles Of the battery
IN washington wire extends to Baltimore and there
circling the iron bar, returns Washington The re-
turn wire is not absolutely necessary
From the first commencement oil the working of the
Telegraph at Baltimore, but one of the wires upon the
poles has been used The wire, instead Of going back
washington after leaves the coils descends to the
ground and soldered to copper plate buried in the
earth in Baltimore. At Washington, a copper plate OF
the same dimensions 10 buried in the cellar OF the Capitol
from which wire 10 taken and soldared to the key. So
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Baltimore and returns to Washington through the earth
az its conductor.
Prof Morse has his alphabet so arranged upon square
board that by drawing sde letter is substituted for
another thus changing throughout the common alphabet
correspondent in Philadelphia without the possibility OF
ts being intelgibe to any except the individual TO
arument IN New York or the attendant in Philadelphia
caa dccipher il.
With perfect the key can be changed every day.
at every 10 words OF the correspondence.
This mode Of secret more suro and
sale than that OF ordinary cphers used for that purpose
ton OF other plans which Prof has for condensnr
much in little, when long communications sent
This beautiful and wonderful invention made by
kind was known in Europe. The Electric Telegraph
now used in England and invented by Prof Wheatstone
obliged to watch the movement of several magnetic
needless upon which the letters OF the alphabet and
as they appear In sight to note them dewn one should
escape his eye il lost and cannot be recalled There
lore the superior advantages OF Mose American Electro
Magnetic Telegraph in recording its intelligence without
even the attendance Of any be easily appreciated
triumph OF American genius, and give to every city
throughout the Union thu advantages which may be de-
rived from It, Thousands beholdng its and perfect
performance, awe struck and contounded have asked
what are we coming tot" "what next tho inventive
and restless genius Of man produce beautiful and
destined to work greater changes in this broad land Of
hoery2" May this Government foster with ell her care
and give to the Union this bond Of her perpetual stability
and may she also reward her Of Bunker Hill with
substance and honor
Professor Morse prssides at the Electric Register in the
Capitol Washington, and by manipulating there writes
upon the Register in Baltimore whilst Alfred Vail, Esq
presides at the kind Of instrument in this city
by similar manpulations, in like writes the
Register at Washington.
The poteness and accommodating disposition Of both
these gentlemen in giving explanations and aordng in
formation to those who have visited the Telegraph during
Its operations have been spoken of in the highest and
most complimentary terms.
Mr. c. Avery who has charge Of the batteries In this
cry u also very polite and obliging.