The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-19
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winch makes $he human voice perfectly iu-
tsHigiAle four niles distant He will fix one
.atsthe entranoe. of the Paris Exposition
grounds, 4; which will shout "a greeting to
.the 'OldK Werld from the United States of
s&merica, yours truly, Uncle Sam ~ Or any
thssng else the operator chooses to say
This, he Anticipates, will be of great value
to ara Seseels off shore, to enable steamers
to asal' snnlisother aud exchange "A... -.
sea, aed enable, locomotives to shout, GAN
out for Cotumbus-twenty minutes for din
ner !" aud, in short, to enable anybody to
address large masses Of people for any pur-
pose, stumpspeaking, for instance.
This monster Python is as simple as a
toywhistle, far simpler than the phonograph.
The same tympanum is used, but it creates
voice by opening and closing the valves
of steam whistle instead of by photo
graphing the sound waves. Like the pho
nograph, however, it seems incredible how
the insignificant cause can produce the tra-
mcndous effect.
"What do you expect to do with the pho
nograph p asked Edison "What is it
good tor?'
81 expect" he replied, "that it will be
-nsad exelusi iralv by bankers aud business
men instead Of shorthand amcnuensis.-
They can thus save hundreds of dollars a
year. They can speak their letters into it as
fast as they can talk at the rate of a page of
foolscap minute, and an oficc.b boy hired
for three dollars a week can copy and send
them, for it can be made to speak at any
speed. TO such correspondents as have
phonograph he will dispatch the sheet of tin
foil, untranscribcd, and he will thus address
them in his own voice
"It will be used as a reader in families
L can produce plate Oh which an elocution-
ist can deliver the whole of one of Dick
cns's novels can duplicate the impression
at the rate OF twenty cents copy and
every family that has a phonograph may
lay the sheet on it and hear the whole novel
read in the very voice OF the elocutionist.
And all for twenty cents! What relief it
will be for weak eyes! What boon to
blind asylums What blessing to the
millions who have never learned to read
at will be used to teach music, and to
enjoy music, too. Any family may hear
Louise Kellogg's own voice at the cost of a
few cents. 1t will be used to teach Ian
guages. Philologsts will use it to compare
Ou SCC biIdU llS dTIlCu-
lation is perfect. Your own mind will sug-
gest important uses to which it may be
put"
'What will the machine cost ?"
"a hundred dollars, expect"
MIR. Edison proposes to apply his discov-
cry to many other practical purposes lis
claimed that at the coming Christmas there
will be n thousand and one novelties in toys;
dolls arc to speak in any language that may
be desired the animals in Noahs ark to
give forth their natural tones of voice, and
there are almost every kind of selfacting
musical instrument, in every size and shape.
The great use Of the instrument is expected
to be found in commercial life. 1t can be
used in connection with the telephone, and
messages may be recorded by the person
sending and also by the one receiving, thus
preserving a fidelity in business transactions
that hitherto has been unattainablc by any
telegraphic progress.
"a woman is mighty handy thing to
have about the hoise. She doesn't cost any
more to keep than you'll give her, and she'll
take great interest in you. If you 20
out at nirht she'll be awake when Won nct