Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1855-06-30
Tho nl,otrlo Telegraph.

Tho Electric Telegraph.
LISA singular fact that llle MIST valuable In.
yeNliuuS have often times heeu known many yeats
before valuable use has Icen male Of lIem.-
SIachineSIs We believe find some men GIvcm in
originating new motions, anu OthrTS III app!yln'
these motions 10 practical purposes. The talent
fOt striking out new path, and that tut seeing
whu. that path may lead TO- arc not ofcd possess
ell BY the same Individual. We were struck with
this thought in reading fact which hos just come
10 our knowledge. Il appcats that The who'e plan
Of the Electric lelegpph was struck out more
Than HUNDRED yeats ago. title SGots AIHsNzlne
for February 1879, Is letter signed G. NJ, e"'i'
tlel "An exrediliousnethod Of conveying inteI!I'
eencc." II may Ue fount III Tho North British Re.
view fot February last, aud is here transferred 10
Ollt columns. Dated "ltcnfIcw, Feb. !, I1j3'"
the letter goes on 10 $ay:--
at is well known 10 all who aie c0NvetSAnt IN
electrical experiments, that The electrical pnwrr
may bs psOilAgaled along small wife from one
place 10 another without being Sensihly alIntrd hy
ihe length Of its progress. Let, then set Of wiIcS
equal IN nUInhCt 10 The letters Of the alphabet be
EXTENDED hoT2Onlally between two given places
parallel 10 Ulu another, and each VI them about
M inch distant from that next 10 H. At every
twenty Yards end lei them lie lxe on glass with
jewellers cement IL some finn bULy, both 10 PIE
vent llern from touching the eFtlli, " any other
non. electric, and from breaking Ly their own
tlnYly. Lei the electric gun battel be placed NJ
right angles with the cAreNileS OF the wife, AMI
about an inch belnw them. Also, let tile wires tG
fixed IN solid piece OF glass six inches ffOln liz
end, and let NIL that part which reaches if0H the
glass 10 tl,e MnChRe- have sufficient sprIIls and
Stiffness lO tecuvtt lis situation heE being brought
in contact with tho barrel. Close by HE support.
lug glass lei hall lie suspended from every wlEe,
aud about sixth Or M eight Of al incl below The
bAls, place the LCttetS oil the 0lphebst marked on
bits Of paper, Ut any 6tlet substance that may be
light enough 10 taise 10 the electrified ball, ami Of
lie Saus time lei, he 81 c0RlEived that eac VI
them fG.aSSnms lis proper place when ,lt0rl. All
things constructed Us above, and tile minute pre-
ViUlSly fixed IN tbs mdnnet. Having set The
electrical machine aNing as In UTllnarY eSpeIi'
menls, suppose aul 10 pronounce the word Sir,
will plsCr VI glNS, or uny Olllst tlsctfic per- Sc.
strike The VIE s SOFAS 10 hring it in contact with
The botel then |, then r, all the yane way; anu
my correspondent almost In the same Instant oh
serves those Set eTa Characters rise IN Older 10 Tie
electrified balls Of his end OF tle wires. Thus
spell away as long as think I'll, and my coffes
pVnhent GOt The sal Of memory, writes The char.
uclerS nS.. they rise, and may jim and read them
Afterwards as often as ku inclilIeS. Upon signal
given OF from choice stop Tue nmciinr, aud
taking M The pen in my Turn, write down al The
other end whatever my friend strikes out.
"if any hodY should think this way ltcSonle,
lei him, instead Of the balls, suspend taIIte Ot
bells from lie roof equal in number 10 The leteIS
,.f nh lat In Dty
The Bell A 10 Z, aud (IoM The horizontal wieS lei
lilete he another set reachIs 10 the seYetal bells,
one, MIS-, from the horizontal wlte to THE bell 4,
another fTOm The horizontal vie u - thu bell h,
&c. l'hen lei him who begins tue DISCOURSE hEiNs
lie wile In contact with batFe as hefOfr: mud The
electrical SIafk wor ,ingon bells OF efficient S2+S,
will Inform the correspondent by the sound what
wires have been touched. An Tins By some ptaG.
lice they may come ~ understand the language Of
lie ClRles in Whole words, without being put "
The Trouble Of noting down every letter, =
"rhvsalNe thing may be Otherwise effected. Let
the balls be suspended over the ctlatAcets as be.
ote, but instead OF bringing the ends Of the hon'
E0Rtal wites in contact with The bares, let sec:
UIl sci reach from tie electrified cGsS lbarEeN 80
as 10 be In contact with The horizontal ones; and
let Il L9 50 coNluve al The same line that any OF
them may be removed from its corresponding boti.
zOnta by the slightest touch, and may Bring itself
asain into contact when LEFT ct iUetly. This may
be done by the help Of small sPtIns aud slider,
OF twenty other methods, which the least nst nLl'
" will discover. In this way tho characters vii!
always aJhete 10 The balls, excepting when amy
one Of the stcondntieS is removed itOln contact
with It's horizontal, and then lie letter al lie other
end OG Ihe lotizOnlSl will Immediately drop from
its ball Hut mention this only 10y way OF vutle.-
w.
"SoEe may perhaps think, that although the
electric ite has not been observed 10 diminish
sensOly IN its progress Though any length Of wife
that has been Tiled hIliltlO yel Us That has neyst
exceeded Thirty OF forty yatds.' il may BE- ttadily
supposed that III lat greater length It would u
Remarkably diminished, nuJ probably would he
entitely dtaIHetl OF IN few miles by the surround
ing air. l'opFevent Tue objection, and save lung
argument, lay over the wires from ono end 10 The
u,het with thin coat Of jewellers cement. IIns
may Ot done for title oil additional eSrsnssi AMI
as II Is an electric per SC, will eliectualy secure
my part Of tie wire ffoIn mixing with The atlIbs
phcle." "
The Reviewer reEy properly adds, '
Here We have mn electric Telegraph upwards Of
hundred yeats old, which OIL lhe ptesent day
would convey Intelligence t4psditiOusly, aud we
alo constrained " admit that 9. NJ. WIS tle tue
inventor OF The electric telegraph, and that every
step made since that time, however spacious anil
valuable, cali 10 viewed In no other light than an
improvement. Its singular that the ingenious all.
thor Should not have adopted some Of tie obvious
modes Of diminishing Tue number Of witesi but
as 10 seems 10 lave had no expectation Of his in
yenon beng adopted, he probably contented him
self with a general view Of the ptlncple. avp
49, t.af alr.. ..
'tae Author was obviously lsaoraM Of Sir W. Wat
toms experiments.
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