The Mesilla Valley independent. [volume] (Mesilla, N.M.) 1877-1879, 1878-05-04
Mr. Edison's Inventions. I-ll

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There can he no doubt that Mr.. Eflisen.
the Inventor ofthe phonograph, is one of the
most remarkable men 'tif tho present century.
HIS Improvements ii teiegrapmc apparatus
auss in the working Of the telephone seem
almost to have exhausted The possibility OF
s.it.ftfiCity. In like manner II. discovery
ot the phonogrsph and The application oE its
principles II flie aerclhone, W which the
yotome II round j. 50 anipliied and inten-
sized rs tu be made audible u a distance Of
s.teraE mites, seem 10 have stretched the
laws of sound 10 their utmost limit. At
present, the Ihonsgraph seems 70 le ti,e
nitsst practical oF all his discoveries, since ii
can lp eAsiis sri,.isti % common uses. and
can he madc so cheap snd porsAblcz il.a;
every family can afford 10 hare ole. Mr.
Edia4m Is Alrraly ut work 10 rehsctsy the
atsallie time Nhich The dis, ssives M Uy the
use &c some neasiiive material which viii
exactly repr,,lnes tle saBs IT voiec talked
>iatas DE insisualcnts Oae application of
this anality yaillI rsvplatsash,ze the wi'ele
wuxld ii lAerssiire M
sir Kllisan sSSs slIai upon disc a cop
peys,r Tin isii, mt oesF ten inches IN dia.
Eihetsr. tbs .stlt;rs cunsgnts Of an ordinary
novsi eaa be recorded, and that slsese I'lstes
can ,l,e sell cheaper than The l,oeksl New
sssas.s.sss aEaa sssss as-a 6 -
mesa laasnns 8lseushanisss of else saeta sait
ems Yf Dicksns's best novels upsn b liso
nn9taph platca,Isy sae sscsrgfype process
these plMses ass rsprduccd As fast - wanted
and much rhcaper sllansboots cas- Ia sold
tFha purchaser buys one Of these piaies fe
| = mere song, takes Il heme Of an eyehing
| puts ii in lie gnachinf, gcts one Of his ehil
t4lreg 10 tnrn Tie crank ansi straight -say III
iMug1pck, Nh. yanachhofs oF Mrs. Dsint
i drDmmences reading tl1e novel to the dalghl
ga family. Again, the admirers 7ef ~
BeecheE by similar process can have ths
| mntleman preach bis cwn ssrlaoas to the'
| Is sl.eir, pasIoFs with all fAe gFpces Of h
II oraioTy, and Moody and Sankey can hold
revival service ensA piece Of copper Ave il
! ciles III diameter, without exposing Onc
the daBger<of being squeezed to death I
, having his pockets picked. Keliog and Cai
car ~arble their sweetest melodies to Us
% much plate, aisllOat the ctlious Al
4 plcbeiaf necessity Of Standing in lire fos
reserved seal, ~ Of being ha.assed bY Il
! quarrcls Of brine danne. while tie prominc
singers of the Old World. who never con
. herr, csK grow familiar by the same pleaSa
! pracess a turning craEk.
! ofcoasss Ne sIall hare 10 take thc mus
witfiout AeceiA ApanfESrnf, Lhi. - accnmpa
l inents arc almost always lad, their ai,sen
! viii bc matter for ce6gFssIiasinn One
the uadst a6Iightful applications of ne pt
9 . nsgraph willl,s iss SUMMARY aqaclchips
/ the 'chtnuis ,bdres Evesy husiness man "
!. keera phaHagsavh, insn which the hore'w
taik his ssrsnd. and the merchant ran gri
Z Ii Ont ii his leisure, a let II asoac ~
! s.pseaecE he 1cFspsiesir aEa'i pcHrrsiio
= lnox agent enters aith has customary Il
e.i slfsh smile, and Is Al onee intrpdpeea to
4 4 I,l.nneaTaeh in lcnc retired cnFasr. I
,shDSs apsympasleiir ears he pouEa hisr
-EyepsionAl harsngHc. A few srials viii =
rE press the most iuvctcra.e and persistent ho
~ agent that eves Travelled, f.s which the 4
r tiude Of I long sussering world viii be
~ tosfr. Edison, gurpoNtier and siryrAh
hass1g tsius fsr faiIed o have Any eject p
tAis cIass Of undesirable nsvitAbliiiIss.