The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1877-03-08

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PROF. BELLS TELEPHONE. ,9t3.
rhee hellH Human ilasildv Voice Carried Haadred
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. WASHINGTON, February 10.
} Prof. A.;draham Bell; the inventor Of
the telephone, comes from the staid old
city of the witches-Salema He is pro
fessor rqof. ."yocal physiology" in the Bos-
toni University, About fye years ago he
first began to think about the possibility
of the transmission of sound by telegraph,
and the idea took possession of him COM
pletely. His invention had 50 far taken
form eighteen months ago, and with the
iassistanca of "a practical electrician, Mr..
n Thomss, Watson, he began to expert
ment, using for the purpose "a wire be-
tween Boston.apd Cambridge, about two
miles long. The success lof the inygen-,
tionl was to, him from the first only q
question of. time: He had ssgot it down
fine, p as the boys say, and the successive
experiments were only 80 many steps to-
ward rendering the instrument practical
for general use. li,y .s:7,5G nlubealc -.
i. The first time the practical success of
the telephone wasll emoustrated to- the
satisfaction of others were on October g.:
1876; when an experiment was made over
She private wire of the Walworth Manu-.
tfacturinr .Company;of Cambridge, The,
telephone then spoke for itself, and the
conversation. of the operator in Cam
bridge could be distinctly heard at the
Bostonsndef theiline,1 An interesting
dialogue took place., the speakers talking
lin their ordinary key, The experiments
were continued almost constantly, Prot.
: Bell and Mr.. Watson conducted their
operations in the fifth story of q lodging
house inEaeter place, in, this. city and,
iwers exceedingly careful whom they sd-
.mitted to;their rooms. 10 found my way
up psthere to-day, and had an interesting
chat with Mr.. Watson, who. seems to, be
d bright young man, and is veryenthusi,
astic concerning the telephone BE said
that ProfjBell was the sole inventor OF
the instrument. and no other human be.
ing had ever tackled the. idea. The frst
patent was taken out about year ago,
and several had ,heen obtained esubse-
duentiy. Mr.,Watson gave an interest
iuci,account Of the recent experiments
With the. machine, most of which have.
been iover the Eastern. Railroad, C0mpa-e
ny'slwire between Salem and Boston. -:
The time selected for: these experiments
Isl generally the Sabbath day, because
there is then less probability Of the wire
being muse. ,,e i'lpd Goi,nJt, 5dt ~ 1jjs
One of the experiments, which occur;
redron. January, 81; !; WIS eminently graft.
fying in its results! Not Only every word
suoken in Boston, but even the tones and
inas1ioNs of the several voices Iwere ac-
cniately transmitted and readily recog.
nized by those at the Salem; end Of the
line. ir0ther experiments demonstrated
the factthat aiadylin Maiden could sing
t'The Last Rose.of Summer" and every
note could be heard in the room at B Ex-
eter placsj Boston. -. The sound was per-
fectly clear, and had about the same eff,
fectI rs If, the listener were; at the rear OF
q concert hall, say one hundred feet away
from the singer. Subsequent trials showed
that laughter, applause or instrumental
music cohld be equally well transmitted.
III the case of the latter, not only the
key could be transmitted = but also, the
QUALITY of the music. Aviolin could be
distinguished from vioioncello. - 2
oThe greatest distance that has been
yauduished by the telephoneis LAB miles
from Boston to North, Conway, N. H..
The most recent improvements made on
the instrument do away with batteries
altogether, and permanent magnets are
now employed instead, the electric wave
used in transmitting the sounds being
generated by the voice itself. This is
regarded as very important step in ad.
vance. as the bother and expense of
keeping batteries in order has been the
greatest drawback to the employment of
the instrument for private purposes. The
honor of having received the hrst news
paper dispatch belongs to the Boston Globe
A'irepoft of alecture by Prof. Bell in
SaIeraa was transmitted verbally to it last
Monday night: This lecture was about
the telephone; and in the course Of the
evening series of remarkable iexperi-
nients Was madein the presence of the
audience. Songs and brief speeches were
se;n1ti from Boston, and the applause
which greeted their reception In Salem
was distinctly heard in Boston. Imagine
sitting! In b hall and hearing a man,
!eiohteeii -miles away. sing "Hold the
Fort" ''a s.'h' '..g '-f.,,i'i.. -, -
II haven't the slightest doubt. Mr..
Watson said to-day, chat in a few
months things will be SO that man can
make a lecture here in Boston and be
heard by an audience in any part of the
,'"Do you expect that the telephone will
entirely sHperseds the present system of
tslegfaphing7" I asked. 7'. 81 = :;
"Yes, we expect it will, eventually. "A
company is now forming for the purpose
Of manufacturing and introducing the
Instrument. In time 1t can't fail to re-
place tie old dot and alphabet sys.
TEN entirely. We expect, at first; it will
be used mostly on private lines and for
city business. It will probably take the
lplace Of the present district telegraph
Companies and the like, lhs it, viii be
especially yf1 convenient I @ ai for that class ~ Of
.l"Woh't the receiving operators have to
learn shorthand ei' 7'-',ffi eA aih "a
ayes, / suppose they will III our ex-
perimsnts We Have generally paused after
saying 4 sentence, 30 that the receiver
had time. TO ;write out inrlong hand;
Mr.. Watson remarked that the intro
lduction of the telephone would probably
have the effect of increasing the telegraph
business to such an extent that it would
hasten the time when the wires would