The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1859-01-16
Professor Hughes Printing Telegraph.


We happen to be in position to offer few re-
marks upon the subject of the above letter, in
which we shall show that the Atlantic Company
have yet greater duty to perform in accepting
the Ems proposed by Professor Hughes. The At
lantic cable is at present lying waste and any cleo
trican, whoever be may be, has just right to ex-
pect very liberal remuneration for rendering IL
available to the company and to the public The
very first proposal of Professor Hughes, which is
10 enter upon the necessary experiments upon the
cable with his own instruments at his own expense,
is, we submit a most liberal offer. MIR. Phillips
second point is not better substantated than his
hrst. Against his assertion we oppose ours, and
say that the Hughes printing apparatus is much less
liable than the 'Whitehouse- Morse system" to de-
rangement from earth currents, for the compact
ness with which me ssage il recorded by the for
mel is much greater than with the latter. The aues
ton OF iapidity OF commandments Phillips
thfd points not very important one in
The present state of affairs, but we think
Mr. Phillips must have failed to comprehend the
capabilities of the Hughes instrument in that re-
spect As to the last paragraph of the above letter.
we do not see how Professor Hughes do more
towards proving his assertion to others" than he
has already done in making the offers he has made.
On Tuesday last we visited Mr. Heney's works
at East Greenwich and saw Professor Hughes in
strnments in operation, and the result of inves-
legations is that there is better than the
Times announced for believing that the Atlantic
cable may yet be rendered the channel for perfect
communication between England and America in
both directions. What the Tunes stated respecting
have no doubt whatever that the Hughes inatru-
ment as modified to snit the circumstances Of the
Atlantic cable, is thoroughly well adapted to the
transmission and receipt of signals by means Of the
faint currents now sent through that cable. But, in
addition to the advantages Of the printing appa-
ratus, Professor Hughes has an invention by
which the fantest conceivable currents may be
utilized. To assure us of This, battery was formed
on Tuesday of two fragments of wire, excited TO an
extremely low degree only. The current from this
battery was OF course, so faint to be entirely in
capable Of producing anything like detection in
the needle Of fine Henley galvanometer, even
when the instrument was placed in the circuit close
TO the battery. Yet this extremely faint current,
when passed through $40 miles of the Australian
cable, now shipping from Mr.. Henleys works
worked the printing apparatus perfectly--so well
is thai apparatus qualified TO receive the influence
OF the most diminished electric current The con-
cusion is, that not only the currents obtained
at Valenta from Newfoundland sufficient to record
signals, but that the Hughes apparatus may be
worked, and signals recorded perfectly even long
after all currents perceptible by the ordinary i'm.
struments have ceased 90 exist. Need we add one
word to induce the Atlantic Company TO close al
once with Professor Hughesi