The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-20

loom In the unworthy OF wow YORK III Ca's
asked him if he had seen the paper published or
swered Mo-" He then informed Mr Morse that
he would find the principles of success explained IN
element, he should employ one of number Of pairs;
that instead Of . magnet with short wire, he
should use ono with q long coil.
Mr.. Gale stated that BE had apparatus Of the
kind in the building, and that, by applying it, &C
tion was produced through the wire for a distance
Of half . mile.--See page 92, s. ps D., ct al.
Professor Henry states that Professor Morse, after
b@ uy on the 81 lis
ments. lie states tina. Stienheil first used ground
circuit in 1887, and that Morae did not adopt it, or
the use Of posts, until after bis unsuccessful at
tempt to convey bis wires in leaden tubes under
iS43-'4i
RE says that, 81 heard nothing of the secondary
return from Europe, whittier he went in 1888: 1t
was not until after this that Mr. Morse used the
earth as part Of the circuit, in accordance with
the discovery of Stenheil."
having made any discovery in the science or prin-
cples of electricity, electro agnetc principles
and that he formed his plan of machine, which is
peculiar 10 himself, worked by principles and i'm
science, which were discovered and given to the
world by Others and which no individual can excu-
sively appropriate See pages 80 aid 81, in the
Had Barlow been in possession of Professor
Repry's improved methods of forming magnets,
the telegraph would have been in successful opera
sion OF what Ampere did before him, or Henry after
him, with money to have aidedhim, he would have
succeeded in establishing a permanent working
I telegraph on Long Islapd, in 1876.
The account of Dyars experiment is given by
himself, in letter to Luther ]. Bell. Esq living
near Boston, written from Paris, in lSiS We can
not close without giving some account of it..
his letter to Mr.. Bell il dated, "3l Rue dc 10
Madeline, Paris, March s, 1873" His letter is
too long to give entire, which seems to have been
written in reply to inquiries made by Mr. Bell, re-
on Long Island, in 1926. He claims that Professor
Morse's mode in representing the letters OF the al
pbsbet is similar to his own-
"Since reading ycur letter, when searching for
\ some papers in reference to my connection with
this subject. found letter of introduction, dated
the day before my departure from America, in
February, 1881, from an old and good friend Chas.
Walker, to his brother inlaw,, 5; T. 3 Morse.
artist, at that time in Europe. At the sight of this
letter, it occurred to that this Mr. Morse might
be the same person as Mr.. Morse Of the electric
telegraph, which found to be the The fact
OF tho patontee OF this telegraph being identical
With my Own, being the brother in law and living
with my friend and legal counsel, Charles Walker,
at the time Of and subsequent to my experiments
on the wire, or electric telegraph, in 1926 and
le27-or about twenty years ago--has changed my
opinion as to my remaining passive and allowing
another to enjoy the honor Of discovery which, BY
priority, is clearly due to me, and which, pre-.
4 Us
without any material Invention the part OF
another" (Sce evidence in case Of S. and d y,
20, AZ
I MI Dyar, although deserving Of much credit, did
not a cccmplsh any more, if as much as Others who
had pre- coded him, and particularly Ampere, in
France, in 1870. From his statement, it seems
likely that Professor Morse may possibly, while in
Europe, in 1881, have learned something of what
Dyar had attempted, from himself, or of attempts
made in Europe by leading scientific men, by other
parties, or from scientific publications. And that
4 DR.. Jackson had also heard Of the electric tse.
I graph experiments Of Ampere and others, and that
both, returning home in the same ship, having the
subject in their heads, conyersed freely about it
and that DR.. Jackson, understanding more Of cleo
trio science than Mr.. Morse, who had been for
some years devoted to the palette painter, and
that the latter freeysought information Of the for
mer on the all engrosspg subject. AS far as the
original discovery Of the electric telegraph was
exclusive claim to it.
Mr.. Dyar says that he contemplated in 1926, ex.
tending telegraph wires on poles, through the air,
from New York to Philadelphia, but thinks he was
ten years too soon
Il invented telegraph which should be indie
pendent Of day or night, or weather, which should
extend from town to town or city to city, without
any Intermediary agency, By means OF an IN sal1ted
which wire intended to send strokes of electricity
in such maner as that the diverse distances of
time, separating the divers sparks, should repre-
between the words II and e. The absolute stops
on the relative difference Of time between the
several sparks, intended to take of from an
electric machine by little mechanical contri.
vance regulated by pendulum, and the sparks
were inteRded to be recorded upon moving
or revolving shec, Of moistened litmus paper,
which, by the formation OF nitric acid, by the spark
in the air. in its passage through the paper, would
leave red spot for each spark this blue test pa
per-" These spots he proposed to be so spaced as
to represent the letters OF the alphabet, for other
signs to be transmitted. over any length Of wire,
baau vpav Nd nr for rla nj nd 10 am
ploy auxiliary aid along the wire TO gain great
er impulse Imeaning, PROBABLY, electro. magnetic
power.-Authorl
sln reference to what did to carry out my in
vention, associated myself with Mr.. Brown, OF
Providence, who gave me certain sums OF money 20
become associated with me in the invention We
employed Mr.. Connel, OF New York, to aid in
getting capital wanted to carry the wires to Phill
delphia; this we considered as accomplished; but,
before beginning on the long wire, it was decided
that we should try some miles of it on Long Island.
Accordingly obtained some fine card wire, intent
ing to run it several times round the
Long leland. We put up the wire, j. O., Mr. Brown
and myself at different lengths, in curves and
straight lnes by suspendpg il from stake to stake
and tree 10 tree, until we concluded that our
experiment justified undertaking to carry from
New York to Philadelphia. At this moment our
agent, MIR. Connel, brought suit, or sum mons,
against me for $1,000. for agencies and services,
which found was done ia extort a concession of a
share of the whole project. ! appeared before
Judge Irving, who, on hearing my statements, dis
missed tho suit as groundless few days after
this, Joseph L. White, who knew about our plan Of
new telegraph by wire hung in the air, and who
was our patent agent, Intending to take out a
patent when we could no longer keep it secret,)
came to Mr. Brown and myself, and stated that
Mr.. Comet had obtained writ against US, under
the charge Of conspiracy, for carrying on secret
communication from city TO city, and advising us
to leave New York until he could settle the affair
for us, as the Sheri's officers were then after u.s.,
AS you may suppose, this happening just after the
notorious bank conspiracy trials, we we're fright
enld hey ond measure, and the same night stepped
of for Providence, whore remained for some time,
and did not return to New ork tor many months,
and then with much fear Of suit F" This seems to
have put an end to MIR. d S experiments. On re-
tuning TO New ok. he thinks that no consulted
Charles Walker, who thought, however groundless
such charge might be, that it Nigh. give me inf
mite trouble
In the late trial before Judge Kane, at Philadel-
pba, in the OF Benjs French q ais, re-