The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-09-04
SCIENTIFIC.
A New System Of Teiegraphing.


its nature to accomplish great revolution in tee
gaphy, and In fact in all existing systems Of CON- 81,
municaton The discoverer, Mr. J. H. Mower has ne
allowed me furnish the following Of Al
experiments and aspirations, which is his first i1
closure of his important secret:- Wi
young man OF modest men and unpretending sc
exterior came to this town about three years since
and took lodgings In an humble farm house. dis
tant about five miles from the village, appearing
| tensibly as O student. He was then twenty-three
| wears OF age, and s therefore now twentysx.
There with moderate fortune for an unmarrie :,
man. he read and considered the theories Of eve
author extant on the subject Of electricity, wit ~
| view to grasp Its own Unborn conception and ""
| n,s resn,ts before manxind Armed for this mn lay
| with ample funds he provided himself with Hose
| o,uano battery and a donble n,ate al, Volta
| machine, with all the necessary Nnic''i
| producing substances and metallic agents, hicuoh
! to make the most extensive experiments prepare"
| scure retreat. His operations went III MS oo
| remarkable discoveries for year, wheI si'hou' Any
| gagged in chemically testing every kno' ne was Gu
| within his reach, with the object T. IN SUBSTANCES
| quantitive and qualitive magnetism uiscoVer ''s
| about the time that the Atlantic cal ~ was 'heh
cipent stages OF success, and byws was IN us III
| turned his attention to electricity " INVERSION TIC
| ing agent and subjected 1t to n u coHmuhica'
in this direction He noted the u'o e~aihiiia'oh
ure that was made In laying 0o.inous eApenur
sought to obtain some cheap - 'o 0"o'o anu
,,.I,.,. .,a. ,u.s 81, md desirable conduc-
gree OF electricity was brour e""i0 VI "gh oe
he continued his investigaf ~ ioquisi'ion' anu
go nc ..hon ho,,n &ons for upwards of six
..o,o ,o,,os ,osor,aa ( exhausted all magnetic
~ ,,,.,. ,o.u;a,, TO the electricity OF Frank
-, , , go, 4 too in its most powerful
80 S,s 49, ouan. rom time to time, as nature
-, ,.g,. ,o,n, 10 mould 1t to his
" -. ESitsOns. He used a sub
,,S., an, ni iductabiliU and received
He observed the { discharged 1t into water.
thi, Y,nyyorfuI chen rec JmpOSi ton OF water
Icioi means tn Ve, iSe agent, and resolved by arti
and profuse naD - current rel, great in intensity
6as a,yavs denl' en- OF which the scientific world
exact inquiry II nn 0 y @ WHICH, sues od'
| VIo,tac nile ~ ~. Ingenious method Of uniting the
trica mach ,,a e ~ at producing power with cleo
Intricate a chnrac MS own construction and OF too
ntnn;Sh, o.E Ter to be described here, "a fluid of
aeS;rabe " q ties was emitted, possessing all the
noso,. or waS ties to quick and thorough decom
he or onv "S ,r. IL now became necessary to test
.ne enTacy 81 this combination purposes
feet onr and al accordingy reservoir Twenty-Five
ont nr s SIX rect deep was built and the differ
enS ely of ~ OF the apparatus were immersed. A
;stsct s,e periments showed that of
e straiGnt nnuenees decompose the water in
S rnm IN, inc Of transmission at uniform depth
U =" SURFACE, separating the water INTO Its con-
st SUI e elements, oxygen and hydrogen from
was ~ stantaneOusso quick, in fact, that its transit
o1 Sti. not be measured by the smallest division
sif ng such encouraging results, ne caused to be
a lie an instrument 10 receive the chemical ingre-
Wv nus as decomposed ana measure them successfully
- transmitted both in weight and volumes and their
c.uantitive relations to each other being known
Oxygen to hydrogen as one to two in volume and
= eight to one in weight, he easily tabulated set Of
q signals by which at last was secured inteligble
"a iacile and rapid communication. This evolution
~ IS known among chemists as the electroIsis of
III water, though, of course. 1t is greatly modified.
This then, was his discovery In miniature.
h me limits OF the farm house were now too small for
his ad sea omt for ns su ma
make his experiments upon an enlarged plan in the
the i7th Of June 1865 and j. then became
confidence a gentleman scp Uc at.
ere tanments would assist him such matters OF
et exact degrees OF latitude at the |,7nlmi Of line
parallel TO the equator and therefore, to have each
the western terminus OF this line point the
ey OF Mas nn W. sgree ssGe and its a
north Several days were spent in reducing set OF
intricate astronomical observations to the extreme
III OF the EARTH This being done they went to the
county in tins state and located i with the same
y, degree or precision as In the first instance not ne
ell line Joining these two points is about one hundred
y and thirty miles long, and is, as before stated, due
IN considerable distance from the shore in twenty
five feet Of water, and was protected from the vo-
wooden buIkheads completely surrounding 1T.
Accompanied by your correspondent the expert
other portion OF the apparatus was sunk in the
same depth Of water when unnnenced BY the
It, latitude. II was likewise protected by a wooden
~ forty cubic feet capacity were placed at each end
IN properly adjusted TO receive and measure the
I'd constituents as they should be resolved 10 conform
liz to the previously codded signals by which the
electrical effects were to be interpreted on the 9Th
y day ofJuly everything had been arranged with scru
RS pulous care, the various parts Of his battery
c. chine and connecting apparatus appropriately
n adjusted and the final trial commenced. dozen
- rntess attempts were made TO make the instruments
err perform their Offices AT last the parts
lie brought UP for inspection and the fault was soon
NJ discovered and his co-worker duly informed by
VI Telegraph. Three days passed, and Monday, the
e. 10th OF July. at two O'Clock, everything was again
I'd got in position, the weather being calm and the
10 water smooth and unagated. scow was secured |
=, IRON which TO operate and finally anchored ut |
lc each end. He then commenced TO generate power
~ ful stream and immense quantity of the decom-
S, posing uid which he stood ready TO let loose upon
s. the susceptible medium, hundred radlatng agents
~ o,om.eigng 10 a common centre, all charged with
a needed touch TO speed the fluid upon Its impulsve
T: GRAND. AZ seventeen minutes past two O'Clock he
d handled the operating screw and sent the following
e despatch:-
J. Il. SPEARYAN-
l. | the RESPONSE $500
, | Mr.. MOWER |
= The world will acknowledge your triumph.
y | J. II. SPEARMAN. |
Twohours were then spent in uninterrupted commu
ncatlon upon matters relating chiefly 10 the appara-
y | tus Its operations and disposition. |
u Inc theory upon which he determined 10 make the |
ne o, ,ransmssion-a parallel OF laude-ls founded
upon the natural disposition OF electricity over the
earth put as to the particulars Mr.. Mower declined
70 enlign,en me as was also the case In regard TO
| many points OF his apparatus.
| AS 10 the whole evolution OF despatchng messages
through water, using 1t as the only medium without
the aiu OF any wire or insulated conductor, II he
explained thus:-The water at the poInt of contact
with the nuid Is decomposed the ilrs drop when
me cneical separation advances to the second go-
Due anu there effects like change, communicating I
the evolution to the third, and so on in the line OF
transmission, always In the same stratum OF water,
10 the end OF the series: and when posye deconi.
position takes place In the first negative dccomposi
ton - evolved In the last. II will be seen at once
that the quantity OF electricity required to resolve
In 10 nj