New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-12-03
REVOLUTIONARY INVENTIONS,
Electricity and Type Setting Played Gu,

New York dispatch to the American
Press Association, dated November 90, says.
Mr.. T. A. Edison, the electrician of the
Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph company,
while experimenting with light as force,
has made a remarkable discovery, which
promises to ravOlntionize the science of
telegraphy. Mr.. Edison CLAIMS that his
experiments have resulted in the discovery
OF new force, of a nature similar TO cleo.
tricity, and possesses it's efficiency without
being subject to many of the varied ipflu-
ences which affect the latter.
The earth has no effect upon the wires as
o conductor whatever while operated by
this new agent. The wires can work pe r
fectly lying on the ground in any position,
SO long as they are unbrokeu. CLASH IL,
however. conductor. Mr. Edison intends
to pursue his investigation with the view of
applying the new force to telegraphic uses
1t will have numerous advantages over the
present method. The current will not be
interrupted by anything short of com
plete breakage of the wire, instead of being
influenced by every variation of atmOs-
phere or change of position, as at present.
The wires can be laid along the railroad
tracke. under the rails, and a large proper
ton Of the heavy cost OF constructing lines
as now used will thus be avoided.
The Washington correspondent of the
Baltimore San, in d late letter, says:
There are now here, and in use, sets of
m sohinery which, although at present used
mainly for the transcription and multiplied
ton of law papers, have been SO far i'm
proved and perfected as to have attracted
much attention. The method now in use
consists fret, of an ordinary typewriter,
which prints legibly but coarsely, the letters
being made by touching keys arranged like
those of piano. The copy thus made is
used as the basis of photographic printing by
the graphic process; that lie, the printed
sheet is transferred to thin composition
upon stone. from which press copies are
now taken ct . rate often greater than 500
per hour. This method has been in daily
use here for many menths, and its use
makes quite an extensive business.
IL is the improvement of this method
which it is claimed will enable a printing
ofice to dispense entirely with compositors.
The first change has been to givs the type.
writing machine" variety Of wheels, each
holding twelve kinds of alphabets, etc.,
embracing all the kinds OF type now in use.
The next has been to regulate the depths of
the impression and the method of Justify
ing" and this has also been done. 1t lie
claimed that this will enable a Typewriter
using the machine to make fac si,nile of
any newspaper head or column ut the rate
of ninety letters q minute. The combined
WOIk tnu8 zone on TOUR or nve machines in
one hour will. it is claimed, furnish matter
enough for 2 newspaper like the Sun, and
the copy thus made will be used like 3
newspaper form" on graphic pres SEES, which
have been 80 improved as to be capable of
printing 1900 per hour. As the use of man
fold paper upon ype.writing machine
will enable it to make four or Eve copies,
one such machine will supply 'formsb for
as many graphic presses
1t is expected that the new machines for
this purpose will be completed next month,
and will be in use before the first of Jan.
usry. The cost of composition by this pro.
cess will not exceed three cents per 1000
ems, and in view of the advances already
made, 1t seems far more likely that the
newspaper OF the future will be indebted to
this process more than to any other machine
for composing OF distributing type that has
been or will be invented Experiments are
now being made with view TO use cylin.
dricsl stones, instead of fiat ones, for the
graphic press. If this can be- effected the
speed OF Hoe press can be given to q
graphic press.
1t is understood that Mr. James O.
Clephane and other we'll known eteno-
graphers of this city are the owners of this
new process, which, we are told, will create
Q revolution in the art of printing.