The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1877-04-26

phast- at ane Time hold fsim with his
trunk, and was ON the point of driv-
ing his .tusks into him when a violent
blow of club caused the trunk to
loosen. BOrson is now SO well chain.
ed that he cannot break loose.-[N. Y.
Sun.
THE ELECTRGSCOPE.
Il this Marvel In be sas Next Achievements
Of Modern Science
To The EDITOR OF THE SUN-Siv:-
An eminent scientist of this city,
whose name ia withheld for the pres.
ent. is said to be on the point of pub
fishing series oflmportant diecover-
les and exhibiting all instrument in
vented by him, by means of which OBJ
jects or persons standing or moving
in any part OF the world may be in
simultaneously seen anywhere by any
body. The utility of the electroscope
is undeniable, and if the invention
proves successful it will supercedc in
Of teiegrsphic communication. by
means of the eIectroscope merchants
will be enabled TO exhibit their goods,
or samples of them, 10 any customer
supplied with the same instrument.
whether i'm Liverpool, London, Paria
Berlin, Calcutta, Pekin, San Francisco
or New Orleans. Fugitive criminals
placed in the eIeciroscope can be in
.tantly ideatitied by the police author
itiea in any part of the globe, Moth
rs, husbands and lovers will be ena-
bled to glance at any time at the very
| perssns of their absent chillr en-, wives
or beloved ones. Painters may retain
their paintings in their studio, and yet
exhibit them simultaneously i'm all the
galleries of Europe and America pro-
vide,l with the invention. Scholars are
rooms any rare and valuable manu-
script in the British Museum, Louvre,
Or Vac'ican, by simply requesting the
| brarisns to place the book, opened
It the desired page, into this ,naryel-
ous apparatus. The electroscoPe will
undoubtedly supersede the ordinary
means photography as il matters very
little how long or how short may be
the message transmitted by it not 10
speak of the advantage Of being able
to read, when desired, the original
message in the handwriting Of The
| sender.
AMI further, in case the telephone,
he new instrument for carrying mu-
sicaf sounds, should succeed also in
transmitting ordinary Conversations
combination of the eIectroscope aal
telephone will be made which will en-
able people not only actually to con-
verso with each other, no matter how
TAR they are apart, but also-to look into
Zach Others eyes, and watch their very
mein. expression, gesture, and motion
while in the electroscope. Both tele-
phone and electroscope applied on q
big scale, would render it possible to
represent at one time on hundred
stages in various parts of the world.
the opera or play sung or acted in any
given theatre. The actors and singers
will pres snt, of course, certain eihe-
real appearance, when thus viewed
from . great distance, which. however
will not always prove unpleasant TO
the audience.
The invention is based, as far as
kaown, on the principle of transmits
sion OF the waves of light given out
by objects, in q manner similar to the
transmission of sound waves by the
telephone. Everybody knows that
the sensations Of color which we per-
ceive are due to the varying strength
and rapidity of the undulattons of
light emeuating from the objects we
look upen. Now the electroscope
consists to all outward appearance, of
two empty boxes. or rooms. according
to the sizs required. One of the COM
partments is the transmilter, the other
the receiver. In both compartments
one side or wall presents the ends of
. multitude Of quasi electric wires, of
q peculiar make aud consistency. Each
Of these iunumereablc wires transmits
J with the utmost accuracy the faintest
and strongest undulatiOns of every del
icate or heavy wave of color that
strikes it horizontally from some OBJ
! ject or person opposite TO it. Thus
many thousands Of wires OF the thick
ness Of liue carry conjoimily the un-
dulations Of color emauaiing from a
painting lees than foot square. The
, wires are twisted outside OF the instru-
ment into ! cable, which may be ex-
tended to it, destination above or he
, low ground, or through the water. On
: entering the receiver the cable is un-
. twisted, and czech tiny wire is made
to occupy again its proper position in
. the side or wall of the compartment,
The box, or room, acting as the re.
l ceiver, differs from the transmitter il
. being constantly kept filled with s
! newly discovered gas, sort Of mag
9 netic ether, iu which the currents o
: light or color, become resplenden
}, again, and by means OF which the OBJ
r jecss or persons present at the time il
i the transmitier are reflected a. accu
n rately 40 In mirror. ELECTRICIAN.
Il New York, march %.