The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-05
THE PHONOGRAPH.
some OF THE PRACTICAL USES TO
CAN DE APPLIED.
fThOmas A. Edison I'm the North American
Review.
LETTER-WRTTING.

Dept such as require special form of matriX
such as toys, clocks, etc, for an indefinite
repetition of the same thing The main utili-
ty OF the monograph. however, being for the
purpose of letter-wrting and other forms of
dictation, the design Is made with view to
ts utility for that purpose.
The practical application of this form of
monograph for communications is very
simple. A sheet of foil is placed in the phono-
graph. the clock work set in motion. and the
matter dictated into the mouth-piece without
Pther effort than when debating to a steno-
yrapher. 1t is then removed, placed in a
suitable form of envelope, and sent through
me ordinary channels to the correspondent
Tor whom designed. He, placing 1t upon his
photograph, starts his clock work and listens
10 what his correspondent has TO saw Jnas
much as it gives the tono of voice Al his cor
respondent, 1t is tdenhfsd AS it NAV be filed
way as other letters, and at any subsequent
lme Reproduced ii is perfect record AS
wo sheets OF foil have been indented with the
anne facility as single sheet, the writer
nay thus keep q duplicate of his communica-
Ion. AS the principal of business house. or
is partners now dictate the important bust.
ess communications to clerks, to be written
ut they are required to do no more bv the
honographic method, and do thereby dis
e,tse ruth the clerk and maintain perfect
(rlpdcy In their communications
The monograph letters may be dictated at
0me, or In the office of a friend. the presenre
y a stenographer not being required The
ictation may be as rapid as the thoughts can
g formed, or the lips utter them. The re-
pient may listen to his letters being read at
NE rate OF from $50 To 200 words Der minnie
nd at the same time busy himself about
ther matters. Intersections. explanations
TO-, may be thrown into such letters. al 10 |
w.,
as become universally adopted. u CORE |
,ondent In Hong Kong may possibly not be |
applied with an apparatus. thus neees-
tatlng written letter of the old-fash-
ened sort In that case the writer would use
is monograph simply as n debating ma
nine, his clerk writing it out from the pho
Dgraph at leisure, causing as many words ia
uttered at one time as his memory was ca
aDle OF retaining until he had written them
own This clerk need not be a stenorra
her, nor need he have been present when thn
tier was dictated. etc
The advantages of such an innovation upon
ae present slow, tedious and costly methods
% too numerous, and too readily suggest
emselveS, to warrant their enumeration
lille there are no disadvantages which will
1t disappear eeincident with the general in
oduction of the new method.
DICTATIoN.
AL kinds and manner of dctation which
Vi permit OF the application of the mouth of
ee speaker TO the mnuthpiece of the phono-
Faph may be as readily effected hy tho pho
pgraph as In the case of letters If the mat
Is for the printer he would much prefer. in
ttng 1t up In type, to use his ears in lieu of
eyes lie has other use for them If |
build be even worth while to compel wit {
uses In court to speak directly into the pho S
|graph in order to thus obtain an unim-
achable record OF their testimony. a
lhe Increased delicacy of the phonopranh
Gich is IN the near future. will enlarge this 9
ID rapidly. 1t may then include all the ]
wings OF not only the witness. but the Judge s
the counsel. 1t will then also compre- T
40 the utterances OF public speakers y
BOOKS.
5ooks may be read by the charitably in s
med professional reader, or by such readers Il
pecially employed for that purpose, and the @,
eord OF such book used in the asylums of t.,
blind hospitals, the sick chamber. or even I
Ch great profit and amusement by the lady il
kgentleman whose eyes and hands NAV be II
ferwise employed; or, again. because of n
Il greater enjoyment to be had from a book
eSen read by an elocutionist than when read !,
On average reader. The ordinary record
|ndred times, as 1t will, would command
pee that would pay the original reader well to
the slightly increased difficulty in reading 81
aloud In the monograph sy
educational Purposes-AS an elocrtionarv pl
fcher, or as primary teacher for children. Ell
vii certainly be invaluable. By 1t difficult ca
|ssages may be correctly rendered for the NJ
|pil but once after which he has only to ap- tn
to his photograph for instructions. The an
| lesson set for it. etc. os
.usic-Th photograph will undoubtedly &C
literally devoted to music. song sung LEI
me phonograph is reproduced with mar iol
IN morning call, sing us song which
uelight an evening company, etc. AS a
sical teacher, 1t will be used to enable one
1aster a new air, the child to form its first ne
ks, or to sing him to sleep. tic
amily Record-For the purpose of pre- lie
ing the sayings, the voices and the last Br
as OF the dying member of the family-as jec
reat men-the monograph will unques- pic
aniy 9utrank the photograph. In the field rio
iuiIiplicatlon OF original matrices and the
Indefinite repetition OF one and the same arr
3, the successful eectrotyping of the cat
mai record Is an essential. AS this is a ere
lem ., easy Of solution, it properly ranks POI
field. The principal application of the foo
fograph In this direction is in the nrodmc.
of photographic books. A book Of 10000 T
upon single metal plate ten inches for
:, "a, a nus becomes strong probability. In
ed are too readily seen to need mention I'm ~,
DOCKS would De listened to where now
are read They would preserve more q
the mental carnations of the brain of 81
athor; and as q bequest to future gene VI o.
as, they would be uneqaled. For the me me
ovation OF languages they would be in emo en-
MUSICAL BOXES, TOYS, ETC. !,
olliy eiement NOT absolutely assured, of ,
result OF experiments thus far made pre-
stands in the way of a perfect repro ear.
~ l. az VIII OF Aoellna PATHS voice in all ferr
lrlty-is the single one Of quality, and has
mat Is not totally lacking, and will Hel
less De wholly attained. If, however. it
not, the musical-box or cabinet, of T
sseht, Will be superseded by that which enc,
Elve the voice and the words of the hu- wer
ohgstIeSs. for
s-A upil which may speak. sing, cry or han
NAY DE safely promised our children whe
Sshrlstmas holidays ensuing. Every dirt
on animal or mechanical toy-such as take
o eatmss, etc may be supplied, with
Is To- q, . 1Nh characteristic sounds. II
IA hanr ~ a9it.1hllographlc CLOCK Will tell Snui
n,,r Iorer ho o,,e uay, cali you to lunch, fers
s;ner 40 AA ny az w. ebc. neyt