New-York tribune., 1873-07-24

ahead n distance indicated on tho dals minute thus
furnishing tho tmo every minute to these dias Where
ever located II half minutes needed another pro
jecting wire placed tho chrOnOmoter directly Oppo
ate the first one will make the circuit OF electricity
again complete and indicate 1t on tho electric dial
Seconds can also be indicated by adding the necessary
number OF projecting wires. One battery Is sufficient
10 operate IN this manner dals In every house IN this
city and arragements have already boon perfected with
some OF the bnnks and banking Institutions to furnish
them with the correct time in this manner
IL will be understood that the chronometer OF INC
Telegraph Company furnishes the only correct New-forE
and Washington time as two sets OF hands arc to Do
affixed TO the clock 70 minutes and 70 seconds apart but
both sets will be operated By the same movement inns
plan, II is stated, will DO followed In al the prnGp
cities IA the Observatory time is estaDsned ~
the standard time and thus no Inconvenience VIII en
sue 10 travellers In connection with the eleculc uIa
q wonderful machine has Just boen invented Dy an oil
OF the Telegraph Company, which may dc cohneceu
Herewith and operated in the same circuit ,
BY this arrangement tho year, month day hour. ana
minute ia printed acting either automatically or by
hand, as may he desired The ELECTROMAGNETIC tlme,
printer s an invention in entirely new direction ana
beiur worked by an electro magnet docs not impair
the works OF the machine nor affect IL timokeeper.
Behind the electrOdia, which Is OF glass; ana luoates
the time, there Is an adjustment oi "loelo gu gu @ @
Chinery mot mechanical, but entirely inagnetcl con
i'm aDpearance such as il usually used for canceing
stamps receipts, and like purposes By placing az any
hour OF the day slip OF paper beneath the race OF
appears to be an ordinary die, and pressing down te
handle, there will appear insiananeously printed IN
it was done. This acts automatically, needs no reg-
latOn, is always correct, being connected WIN tle
ehronOmeter which IL regulated by tho WashlngtOm
Observatory does not get out OF order as no tlcoh
occurs and 10 IL about 10 DO put into general use
whole apparatus not larger than an ordinary mantel
timepcce, and is easy 70 handle Its advantages are
said be manifold 1t "a TO be used by persons IN charge
of railway stations who viii be required TO obtain an
impression Of the hour when trains arrVe pass OF eaV
the depot, thus tending 10 prevent accidents, ana
TO hold the different employees 20 rigid respOns ly
and placing the blame Of failure IA duty or accident
upon the proper persons. 1t is said that II VIII VIII
secure vigilance on the part OF watehmen, VINO
will DO required, at intervals during the nlght.
TO obtain impressions from the eiecule uneAeopYIt
and thus give evidence Of their fidelity 10 their trust 10
IL not possible TO manipulate the machine 80 that IL WI
record other than the time aud II IA said TO Do
fautess sentinel OF the passing hours For bankers ana
business is stated TO be- OH great value ana az an
ingenious device and an evidence OF what electricity
can be made ~ perform Is certainly marvellous.
The officers of the Western Union Telegraph Company
state that the record OF time obtained at san Francisco
by electricity from the Observatory at Washington VIII
be exact as the current passes nssntaDeousy Theos
OF time or rather the length Of time occupied Dy the
fluid In travelling 1000 miles is only threetenths OF a
second which for all practical purposes instantaneous
practicable to operate throughout tho whole extent
o the Union.