Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-02-27
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II really does ssem a. though no limit
has been sst to the range over which
mans inventive genius may roam. As
year after year new natural laws are dis
covered. and new principles b-ouGht
into subsection and adapted 10 the
wants Of humanity. the thought natur
ally grows upon Us that vs are indeed
little lower that tho angels, and the
Impression gains ground that in . few
generations We may o 90 high that
even the bounds Of our own terrestrial
earth may be passed. and We may roam
N restrained among the myrisds Of
worlds which surround Us. Indeed.
there 10 really no bound to the posi-
bilities which are opened to the human
rsce by this great faculty Of invention.
by il We have chained the lightning Of
the heavens and scattered IL broadcast
over the world to do our bidding. We
have forced into subsection tho tremen-
dous power OF steam. and almost ami.
hilatsd time and space by its use. Who
shall say what the future holds in stor.
for usf Who shall say that our chill.
drsn's children may not aspire to
snatch lsursls from new and unknown
worldsf
The latest. and perhaps the most
wonderful result Of mans creative
genius Is the telephone. an instrument
BY which sound ave are transmitted
over the electric telegraph, and made to
reproduce a~rticulats sounds. miles away
from their starting point. Al a ball in
Chicago the other night, the jewellers
danced to music played IS miles away.
and sent over . telegraph wire by means
OF this wonderful telephone. Every
note was distinctly heard. and wss A.
pure in tsns. and voluminous In
quantity. As at the place from which 1t
was sent. Whistler or not tho trans
mission OF musical sounds BY telegraph
will ever prove OF any practical use re-
mains To DO seen. The time may come
when an opera Of wagnsrs can b.
played simultaneously In Berlin. Lon
don. Paris and New York. by the sams
performers. through III, aid Of the tsls-
phone. Who can tsllf The principle
nee established. the perfection Of that
principle is usually an easy task. and an
event such a. We have described. twenty
years froa now would not appear 90
wonderful as the ball OF the Chicago
operators seems 10 US o
but Is not music alone which can Be
transmitted over space by means Of the
Experiments have shown
this sensitive instrument will re-
and transmit the human voice. and
80 perfect Is its working that at the dis
lance OF twenty-five miles the words sent
have not only been clearly understood.
bat the voice Of the sender recognized.
Il IL not a pleasant thing to know tina.
separated by miles. can sit In a
box and whispeeswsst nothinss to
r,ch other as comfortably and costly a.
they were togesh-ri Had Samuel
]. Tildeu but possessed the telephone.
there would have been NO necessity for
those cipher dispatches. He could have
himself up In the telegraph onic.
In New York, whispered his instructions
u the sensitive disk. and thus given
than direct to Trusting Kelly. leaving
no record behind.
lii impossible to ~forstsll the mani
fold uses to which this remarkable in
vsntiop may be adapted. When the
system Is perfected. Is In the nature OF
things IL must and will be. the President
Of the United States may I'll. in tb.
White House. and addressing himself
to q tslsphons properly connected with
the magnetic wires, speak In his natural
voice to the entire nation. Indeed. III.
size OF his audience will b unlimited.
Queen vietoriA's regal voice may be
transmitted to Washington under the
ocean. conveying greetings and good
wishes 10 her brother. II 10 the mos.