The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-06-26
Improvements In Telegraph'ng.
lYinn thu trial In Waahinainn fau en- OIL

During the trial In Washington osity was
much excited IN relation 70 the improvements ~hch had
taken place within few years in teegraphng, to enable
70 lay before readers the proceedings OF that trial
at Washington regularly and accurately II II had
taken place In city; and wonder all was,
how many wires, instruments and necessary 10
accomplish this great feat Upon inquiry at the Office,
we were much surprised 10 learn that the great bulk OF
gle wire with two Of operators for
Gay and one for night, the House Printing instrument
Notwithstanding The fact that have beeu in daily
cept Of dispatches and frequently very long ones
entirely upprepared TO find extensive bu.ioess
in the wny of teegra pbns that carried No q
Wall street, 10 this CITY, Ia the first which
tered we found ak 6ouse Instruments four Morse and
Hughes IN full operation, aud connecting with all the i'm
poiaDt cities the United States ami British Provinces
dispatches being received from New Orleans, ST. Lons
Cincinnati, Buffalo, Charleston, S. c.; Nooe, Boston,
Montreal and ST Johns Fall bearing date OF the day
on which 10 ide visit. We seemed 70 be upon
chanted ground, FOR there, in that room and before
own vson, the mind OF from the remolsst parts
Of the continent being portrayed, as II by magic. The
network OF wires seemed to raise up and draw in the
boundaries Of the country.
The Phelps nstrument-or rather the Comb 10 alton
Instrument, as II is called, being a combination
OF the beet features Of the house nad Hughes
macbines--s particularly worthy OF not CO; more
especially 80 as 1t has been bu. recently Introduced
and pever before described in public print Its general
appear s similar to the House instrument but It's
workpgvery dissmiiar. The type wheel OF the House
instrument IS propelled by the breaking and closing Of
the circuit, ooe letter at tme by step by step motion
while that o. the instrument at the rate of
from one hundred 70 hundred and fifty revoluous
per minute, ard the sending and receiving Instruments
can be so correctly adjusted aud governed to run
II he kew tba latter A
pressed down in New York the wheel will advance until
the circuit breaker in contact with the protection
under soch key, when the circuit broken and the
ter s printed In Philadelphia any other place with
which the nstrament may be connected 1t will DO on
served that by hs system the circuit is broken but
from letter to letter. however situated az regards
order In the alphabet, while with the House instrument
10 go from TO the circuit is bros and closed thirteen
times. With the circuit breaker revolving at tho of
one hundred revolutions per minute 800 cleo
trical vibrations the wires in that brief PERIOD
hence the necessity Of powerful batteries for working OF
the House instruments.
The Morse alphabet being composed Of dots and lines
and the letters produced by the breaking Of the circuit
by hand for the number Of marks or ndentatons, re-
quired only varying from to Elk dots and dashes per
letter, the vibrations are much slower consequently
much smaller battery answered the purpose, while
the new Instrument, breaking aud closing but
for letter, sl smaller battery suflces The hsx Of
TIL new instrument. is similar to that In the Merse
stands end and instead Of long strip Of iron for
the armatue acynder about three quarters Of inch
In diameter and q inches high used with grooves and
holes in the sde which is encased in brass cy Under
with corresponding and holes that when the
circuit is closed by the pressing down Of the key repre-
senng the desired letter. the iron cylinder sra,urc s
brought down by the power Of The magnetism the head
Of the helix which allows volume of air supplied
in the way in the House instrument, to pass
through the grooves and holes in the case to the
head OF tho piston which being thrown back it's orgi
nal position by the force Of small wire spring this
changes the currep: OF TO the other piston
which LOCKE the printing apparatus and holds it until
another In required, and the key touched as before
It's apeed be changed at the will of the operator
either end, witbeut notice. the instrument gives
DO ice whether g running faster slower III the
at the other end.
The Advantage which this system to possess
all others is the great speed which be attained it,
length of Circuit. which be worked and cost
material battery Tor working it, At hun bred and
fifty revolutions per minute, person has yet been able
TO touch the keys combination fast the instrument
will print