Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1848-03-04

rr,nrovement in TelesEdPhAe ANoPo
S;nos !, is manifest that the Telegraph IS,
.;',e 10 become part of the daily use OF
III classes. as much as the newspaper Is
on every one is looking with anxiety iof
n.y., n.y. ;mproyement whereby the reportihg
Sun soav he facilitated and cheapened, IN order
that more news may be transmi.leu, oa IN
wires. The great point IS now 70 u,n ~
the labor of the operator. IN .,a' mansane
sucb a document as the PRESIDENT -
!, required from fifteen to sixteen ~. ho,, ~
steady attention. This eNceeu9 D. ~ ebange
;cal power of single operator. =! ,vara 90
of GENERATORS, plumbers ana eiiols 80 he =
ant 10 occur, that it already pesan ao ~ bs
question whether the leieslaPn
1rel;ed on for transmitting long uoou'nsn,s.
Rut as il seems fundamen'ai aA.o M, vi" III
American. that nothing Is iiIpossio,e' .,.o
sran;ps of our countrymen mas oee.i a. "J IN ~
ga Manipsilator has been invented ny IL
% Roe. of Illinols-which, IN Tue esu-
=. of many, may revolutlonize tne
iiiaa system of reporting,so as TO transmit
W., words merely, but the schote side q q
TO- n.., in one impression. The inventor is
y at Washington, and this machine nat
nrallv excites the very deepest interest,". be-
cause its importance can scarcely De estliha-
,sJ correspondent of the New York
Post thus describes 1t; A
.The Manipulation consists OF, lst, move-
able types. which are conductors OF the gal
van;c current: Cd, printing press. and sd,
.n,oveable metallic 'wand.' made to traverse
The fare of the fppes with rapidlty, and es-
tabiishine, in continuing or breaking the
oaIyanic current, according to the forms OF
the types. For operating Morse's Iele-
graph. the types on their faces correspond
with his alphabet of dots and lines. They
are set up from the case like ordinary type,
except that, instead of being in columns,
they are arranged in lines running the en-
fire length of the FORM After being lock-
ed M in the chase and a proof taken;
the form is then placed on the bed OF the
Manipulation, and By one revolution green
bu a crank, al, entire line of types as passed
under the s,rand, thereby telegraphing them
to all points connected by ,cires, as by the
present method. Instantly on the passing OF
one line of types as described, the wand
shifts itself, and, by a reverse motion OF the
crank, the nextlne of types is passed under
the wand and these alternate motions are
repeated, until all the matter has been
teiegraphed. To facilitate this process, it
may aforementioned that the ines of type
succeed each other, first Fl a left to right,
and then from right to j alternately"
As to the time ga d the following fact
will showthe immense change on the pres
ent system:g8fg9 a aiee
"The Manipulation makes successfully
and distinctly about fifty characters in a
second of time; which ratio gives $4,000
an hour. and would, mt that rate, have trans
mtted the Presidents Message to every
point on the Telegraph line, in less than so
mnutesW .yahNssH. WkHA
1t also has the advantage, that cit can
be adapted to Houses mode of transmitting
intelligence by telegraph, as well as to
Morse's."
The only question now is, can it be APP
piled so as carry out the intention of the in
ventor. The difficulty is, "sthe paper at
the terminus of Transmission would have TO
traverse the wheel with vastly accelerated
speed. y Whether this can be obtained, we
, know not: but those who have examined it,
seem to think it can easily be effected, as
ss the experiments on a small scale have per-
fectly succeeded
The influence of this Manipulation, the
imagination can scarcely conceive; for, in
fact, it is transferring the whole newspaper
SET up in an office at New Orleans, to New
York, Quebec'er Montreal. in the course of
the time that it would take to desposit the
mall in hepost-office.
We have always thought that the tele-
graph, like the steamboat, was capable of
almost indefinite Improvement. Ffce miles
per hour was once good speed for a steam
err, whereas fifteen is now demanded, and
tlcenty- four has been attained on the Hud-
son River. But this improvement in tele-
graphic reporting seems to leap over the
chasm of wears, and at once brings the tel
egraph where the experience of a century
would have landed it.-W iseonsin.