Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-12-03

general farts nothing seems - haes ,hea, hpown
about them. When the csbIs 80 la ~ An.
gust tie instruments wsres on ~ 0eineipls a
Morse's recording telegraph. aecor1in6 y TIE sys,
t,m OF which three or four eurrena q aenAls seal
across the Atlantic srs necessary = hs1 ons lst-
tor Of word, While the cAhls ~ e 9sod ordss
and It, insulation tolsraLly perfect this plan
worked we'll enough. its grsatsst and nose serious
drawback being that the mcthod waa yssy, allow
one. since. on the average, four signals wers re-
qured to one letter. and I've lettss on he average
W. Ss"s 81. w.;d as M:w:y.r 3. went ~ until
bcc,,me mSnifsst, and the earth edrrsnts hs1sn b
take most unplsssant part In tAs tslsgrsphine.
A the electric current Of thV signals Iosf ibrce
nearing the Irish shors, the eays6 eurrsu>s OVER
powered them, and In the middle Of ths letter
made one or more unintelligibls Akns ths TAX Of
the increasing dsrangsmsnt Of ths lins, copseeu-
tive words gradually oeased, and q laes eyDn let
tors came only At rare intervals. Comparatively
speaking. this dimculty was not expsfispced on
this sido Of the Atlantic TILL for The rSasons NJ
have ststed, II had long ovsfoome the mslsaseS 70
America; and TO this reason IL Il owing that sveu
the Arst signals sent from hsss we're constantly
"Send slower" So much for the st0ppaee Of mo
wire. The reason for Mr.. Hughes confident Be.
lief of being able now 70 work through lfNpiy
sri4ea frnm the fact that his inarument print.
ing telegraph-is not cxp'asd to anything like The
same amount of risk from earth currents, .His
same principle ~ to shape and plan % Mf. HOES
American printing machine. Il u worked by
means Of key-notss. like those of small ptano,
each key being marked with lsttsrs Of ths, alphar
bet. Thus, touching q key At one end Of The wire
transmits a current to the other, where, instead Of
tho paper. a. In Morse's telegraph, rscsivlpe =
dint or mark that forms part of letter, the sSisS
la Ia nj nka~ AZ
Obvious. Ono current sufdces to form sNa. letter
ins,nntaheously. instead Of four or ave currepts.
Loss time IN thus given for the action If earth
currents; or. even In case of their aevihk IND
printing Ia some caaes other leeteSs tlMl lthseo
sent, 1t by no means follows that the lNktssp,s o.
misplaced would prevent the accurate msanipg, ,of
the sentence being read. Allow that, under Tie
circumsiances one-fourth Of the letters, oFf
ing to the action of tho earth-cufru0ej, Wese
wrong. sufficient would 10 right and BuilnisnGy
consecutive to permit the meaning Of the whole 70
be freely read. At all events. Mr.. Hughes mar
chine utlizes the currents to their utmost, since
he makes one suffice for clearly printing Uas lsster
instead Of requiring three or four" The only
doubt is, can two such complicated machines be
made 10 work with mathematical ACCURACY whom
1900 miles apartf This objection b Urged -
something almost insuperable. though K0aS deny
that 1t IL purely . mechanical one, and One that,
can be overcome. So far, however, ere "a from
considering it insuperablo tnat wa thiNk a. very
simple process would remedy II II praStiSS such
AL obstacle is found to exist, which w" BY no
means deny might be the case. Both tho lnAs
chimes st Newfoundland and Valencia wpula ahase
to be mado with tho accuracy of chrppomateyN, n
being understood that both are to BE- put bepE %
received. Let the fret current then fa4ht ~ y
message either way. liberats and sst botAiishsh-
ments in motion, precisely inI the samN yAN ~ thg
letter 10 now printed, by libcrating the ,ArnStpEe