The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-11-06
,ClIOES FROM DEAD VOICES.
uoNDERTt'L POSSIBIITfTEs or MR. EDf-
snN.N L IILNT INTENTION.


The Tones Of the Human Voice 10 he Repro
durcd Wears Nncr Death ny the Ph"-
porraph Marvellous, Results Already
Achieved Description Of the Instrument.
The Sri,jdtfc American of this week con-
pin- the first announcement Of what may bc
Nh. most wonderful invention Of the day.
N,'hing could be more incredible than the
likelihood Of once moro hearing the voice of
,l.,lDu,. vet the invention of the now instru-
m,u' is said 10 render this possible hereafter
ms true that the voicrs arc stllcd. hut who
e,or has spoken or whoever may speak into the
mouth pic,c If the Phonogruph. and whose
words are recorded hy it, has the assurance
iha' hi- speech may be- reproduced audibly in
HI. own tones long after he himself has turned
Ia dust \ strip of indcntcd paper travels
through little machine. the sounds of the lat
.cr are magnin ii. and postcrty centuries hence
hear ~ dis plainly rs il We were present
sr.ooh has become. as 1t were. immortal. TIL"
>ullfs iul1'icdn says;
The to--ihlitlc. of the future are not much
oiur, wonderful than thoSn of TIA pr"~rnt. The
orator ia Boston sreaks. the ind"ntrd strip Of
unprr l. the tangible result: but this travels
1ulrr a second machine which may connect
with the telephone. Not only IL the speaker
hoard now in san Francisco for example. hut
ty passing the strip again under the repro
iuirhc may bc heard tomorrow. or next year.
or next century. His speech in the first in
sln'e H. recorded und transmitted sinui,d-
nsau-lv. and Indefinite petition Is pos~iutr.
ei1tri.Ity il involved. II a simple aflnir of
vibrating plates. thrown into vibration hy IL"
human voice. II L. crude vet. hut tho principle"
has been found. and moiill'ations and i'm
trlVrmrut- mr." only % matter OF time. So also
are H. lps- ,biltics other than those already
noiei VIII letter writing bc "a proceeding of
uo pusi Why NOT. u 10Y simply talking INTO a
n.Oiiupiccr our speech is recorded ON paper.
aud our correspondent can hy the Sam paper
hear u- speak Are W. 20 have u now Kind IL
book- There Is NO reason why the orations
OF uur modern Cic'ro~ should not hc recorded
AMI lcil.hnllv bound so that W. can run the
lndrutad slip. through the machine. and in the
1IiN' ol our own apartments listen again. and
IA often az We will. io III" eloquent wur II. Nor
nr. we restricted 90 spoken words. Music may
itery-f.llINnd as we'll Imagine an opera orun
orltorio. sung hy ia" great 4 living No'alisi-.
thus "ordcd. and capable oi being repeated az
w. desire.
A description Of the Photograph is con-
tanned in the following letter;
r. nt Ehip. ~ 0,c >ri,fN ime'icdu. In
youi ournul OF Nov. 3. png" 273. YOU mad. the
announcement that DIR. Ho~upeIv ami Prot.
Marcy have surcecdcd IN graphically recording
the movements oi ia" lips. ui the veil OF the
talte and the vibrations oithr larynN. and you
Ir0pto-y that thi~. anon. other important re-
stIt. ninv lead pnss Ihlv 10 the npriirntinn of
electricity for the purpose Of Transferring these
T. .ord- go distant points by Wiz
has II hrru fulfilled tn the letter, hut still moro
marvellous suits achieved 10y Mr.. TheuGs \.
bison. fhr renowned electrician OF New Jor-
sry. whn has kindly permitted m" to make pub
NOT only tn" fact. hut tn" muiuS oprrHu ID.
Nj Ellison. In the course 90 u series ~ extended
experiments IN the production of his speak in,
telephone lately perfected. conceived the highly
huid and original idea of recording tue human
voice uvuu strip oi pgpcr from viii u any
subsequent tim" II might TO- AUTOMATICALLY re-
delivered with all the vocal characteristics of
The original speaker accurately reproduced. \
speech delivered into the moutlpicce Of n
apparatus may hiy years hencc-long aiier tn'
original speaker Is drad-hr reproduced audi