The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1848-09-05
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The first is TOOTH or notch to allow the lever to
fall once-then small space to de note full charac-
ter-then notch and space. three four
potcnes space, five notches. and then long space to
denote the end of a word. New, a new word COM
mences with notch for Ia small space-then a
short type or space for O-then notches for and
Directly over the groove of types is lever working
on pivot at the rear end and held I'D at the end In
'front.' OF the type by fiat arm or Leg fastened firmly
TO the lever and resting the groove or long spa
ahead OF the type and high the top of the teeth
on the end OF the lever next to the
points, connected and bent cownwards This machine
Is connected with a gavanic battery (Cruikshanks),
and also connected with the ten mile lie myth of wire
The groove containing the types is to under the
lever by cog wheel and crank which is now tur ned
by hand, and the operation commenced thus The
END OF the Nat arm sinks into the first tooth which
lowers the lever enough to allow the copper
points on the end to fall into two Guns of mercury
which instantly brings in contact the positive and
second staion-the types continue to pass the
lever and when the end Of the fiat Is on the top
OF the teeth, or on spaces of the height, the
copper points must be raised out of the mercury and
tb shock or spark ceaeesbut often as the fiat arm
TAILS INTO tooth or ON space of same height (for
cypher) the shock or spark must be continual | will
leave this, to describe the machine. and effect
produced at the other end of the ten mile wire.
second station or place to receive intelligence,
has piece OF iron in form of horse shoe, connected
WIN the great conducting wire the horse shoe is
horizontal and in front of it is cylinder arou nd
winch is fastened sheet of paper this cylinder is
made to revolve and also one inch forward at
every revolution Between the cylinder and horse
shoe Is horizontal steel bar-fxed into this bar is
peDtagraph holding pen pencl-this bar is also
movable the insta mt the horse shoe receives the
shock or spark from the wre it becomes an electro
magnet and attracts the bar to it, while the pen
pencil Is by that motion forced against the paper on
the cylinder, and again withdrawn often as the dat
at first station is raised the top of the teeth or
types. ~tE
The first spark which reaches the second station
rings bell to warn the keeper Of the cylinder
from that moment receives nd continues n motion of
equal speed with the Of types and at the
W hava mada tha
paper a register similar to the following:
Up to the first large space the dots correspond to
ii 345, which, in the dictionary, is the number for
Steamboat. Up to tie next large space they make
dots make 10 which, in the dictionary stand against
Burned This much be done the present appa-
ratus Of Professor Morse, in about six minutes and
it is probable that the result would ensue aud
in the same space Of time il the wire 500 5000
miles long
leaden tubes, filed with pitch, and to lay them nder
ground and on the bed of rivers.
The principal objection to this machine is the pro-
liability Of water "a second rate conductor)
the wire and attracting all or diminishing the force
Of the galvanic fluid before It reaches its
But 1t is supposed by great mauy good judges that
the galvanic fluid would continue to follow the best
CONDUCTOR "copper" wre) water should
reach 1t at every mile foot the route II such
possible to commu nicate the account of a shpwreck
from Cape Horn or Terra del Fuego to New York in
less than hour! So much for the develop me nts
of science discovered by Galvapi merely seeing
the effect produced by two cold metals touc ng the
nerves Of a dead frog.