The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-09-27
A SOUND INVENTION.


Discovery-A Substitute for Electricity.
The fate OF inventors Is hard. In the fulness Of
time their works are sometimes appreciated, but
they themselves may be past the opportunity of
requital or reward. few days ago DR.. L. A.
Everett, Of New Orleans, had brief notice In the
HERALD Of q new idea in telegraphing which he had
invented but which was cavalierly treated one OF
the many inventions which, like perennial spring,
are evermOre bubbling to the surface, and
unless particularly noticed fade from mems
minds as the bead disappears upon the
surface Of the running rvulet. Yesterday DR..
Everett made another OF his experiments in
acoustic telegraphy at the Fulton ferry house,
Brooklyn, and succeeded in showing that "a new
light has dawned upon the world in tn matter Of
lnstantaneously transmitting thought, and that
electricity has formidable rival In the matter OF
sound.
The full development OF the present theory that
sound can be reflected through wire any distance
with perfect distinctness VIII simplify telegraphing
to such an extent as to render 1t easy the mos
limited understanding, ana make Its use universal
Alter some ten years OF investigation, DR.. Everett
G e tnat Sound was atomic N rts
medium any distance OF space, making Itself intel-
gible and readily interpreted through pre-.
arranged formula The Doctors theory ID that sound
q trlune molecule OF matter, consisting OF silent
inertia, impulsive force ana explosive sound; and
part Of, the mechanism of all the organic atoms In
nature. That these molecules can be evolved from
i n
mechanicai agencies either as impnislye force or
exnIosive soiind separafely or together or NAV he
aijpwed tn remain therein in thar nactive nTes.
cent state as silent Inertia and that the whole min
erai yegetobie anmai physlcal aud moral world q
are influenced and controlled by their divine func.
| tiOnal organic powers
The acoustic battery evolves the trune molecules
from their bed of silence collects them into units of
sound of the first and second order rejects and
transmits them through wire that requires no lns.
atOn whether submerged in water buried in the
ground or suspended in the air, as proved by DR..
Montague and Mr.. Jackson, who attended the
various experiments at Wallabout creek and other
places.
Two primary orders OF sound echo their djstinc-
tive characters as they fly or the distant extremity
OF the wire which Is In direct contact with glass
receiving bell. The silicum, potassium oxygen
nitrogen ana other cognate atoms Of sound hich
sounds the moment they ring their characteristic
symbol Hence no confusion or commingling Of con-
secutve sounds occur however quickly they follow
one another.
From experiments made with the acoustic batteries
II is proved that the velocity and intensity OF sound
In proportion to the narshness and density of the
medium through which IL passes SO that the lighter
and softer the medium the slower the motion: the
heavier and harder the greater the velocity Hence
times greater than air, VIII convey sound $3.50
times further in one second OF time than air. Dr. Ev
erett expects to prove this to be true by direct expe
riment, soon as he can Law q cable or
simple naked brass wire, that shall determine the
question Of the velocity OF sound when indicted into
that machine of transit. This act Of Induction of
SOUND by reflection has heretofore been unacoom.
pished BY any philosopher and considering the fact
That the elements which compose brass wire are