Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-09-22

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int vibra'iOn by the yVice OF by q
musical instrument corresponding cleo
uic undulations are induced IN the Coil
around the magnet, and, icing conveyed
by the wire to the other instrument, are
re-converted into air vibrations by the
iron plate there. The electric wire is
but one link in the chain of media by
which the sound is transmitted. A spoken
word is first set of vibrations in our
vocal organs. These vibrations start cor
responding ones in the air, which arouse
others in the iron diaphragm of the tele-
phone. These in turn induce the electric
waves that run with lightning speed
along the wire and set the other dia-
phragm vibrating. The air takes up
these last vibrations ana conveys them to
the drum of the ear, which is only an
mother more delicate diaphragm; then
through the bones and fluids Of the ear
they reach the auditory nerve, and by a
tiuer electric force are transmitted to the
brain and the mind. No one link in the
chain is more wonderful than another;
it seems succession Of miracles when
we look at it closely. A slight culver
in little chord or membrane in the
throat of an infant is conveyed through
this long series of media, the tiny waves
being transmitted from one to another
without any change in their length or
rate of vibration: and thus the feeble cry
Of the babe is telegraphed, or telephoned,
to the mothers ear and soul.
The marvel of marvels is that many
different sets of vibrations may be con-
veyed by the telephone, as by the air,
without confusion of interference. In
the singing Of choir or the playing of
ar orchestra, each sound has its own
separate waves, and yet all find their
way through the air or the wire together.
This has long been familiar fact in re.
gard to the ordinary transmission of
sounds, but only very recently did it &C.
cur to anybody that multiplicity of
electric fluctuations might be sent stimuli
tancously through wire. Without 60
ing into details, We may say that this
principle is at the foundation Of the re-
cent improvements in telegraphy, by
which two or more messages are sent
at the same time by the same wire.
We cannot doubt that the telephone
will become an instrument Of great prac-
teal utility. Already it is beginning
to be used instead Of speaking-tubes and
short-line telegraphs, and as it is i'm
proved and perfected the range Of its ap-
plications will rapidly extend. Talking
by telegraph across the continent, or the
ocean, may be as common as signaling or
writing is now.-Congregationalist.