The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1878-04-04

to right until the steel point has gone
over the entire length of the spiral. Thus
we have, as it were, stereotype plate of
the voice. From this plate a matrix in
silver (the most desirable substance for
the purpose) can be formed, and years
from now there can be taken from that
matrix other plates capable of the same
work which you will presently see this
one perform.
COMING OUT OF THE BOTTLE"
Now turn the cylinder back to the
starting place in order that the steel
point may 90 overthe perforations which
II made when 1 talked into the mouth.
piece. The steel point, kept down by
rubber spring underneath the diaphragm
trips from hole to hole, causing the dia.
phragm to vibrate as it did when | was
talking into the mouthpiece. This caus-
ing corresponding opening and closing
of the valves of the diaphragm, the in
donations, the words and accent are re-
produced with perfect accuracy. 1t is
impossible for any human mimic to do
as we'll. The small end of this tin fun
mel is fixed in the mouthpieCe to keep
the reproduction from scattering. Now
listen. Several gentlemen, evidently sup
posing that they would not be able to
hear without having their ears close to
the funnel, were putting their heads near
the instrument, but Mr.. Adams told them
that such proceeding was unnecessary,
as they could distinguish the sounds we'll
enough at distance.
Mr., Adams, having wrapped a sheet of
tin foil around the cylinder, spoke into
the mouthpieCe in a voice of ordinary
pitch and time, but with distinct articu.
lation, meanwhile slowly and regularly
turning tie crank, the following:
Jack and Jill went up the hill
To gets bucket of water;
Jack fell down and broke his crown
And Jill came tumbling after.
Having reset the cylinder and fixed
the funnel in the mouthpiece, he turned
the crank and the diaphragm repeated
the rhyme, not only as distinctly as he
had uttered it, but with so perfect MIN
iCry of the Scotch accent as to cause
general outburst of laughter, in which
the genial operator heartily joined.
THE TALKING MACHINE FUNNY.
Causing the steel point to proceed from
the ending of Jack and JILL" Mr.. Ad-
ans again put his mouth to the dia-
phragm and uttered in more varying
tones, which had range from almost a
whisper up to screeChing soprano, the
following:
Halo Hoop.la Ya.hoo?
Nineteen years in the Bastile
scratched my name upon the wall
And that name was Robert Landry-y.y.
Par lez Vous Francois Sprechen sic Deutsch2
Turning the crank backward until the
steel point touched the beginning of
"Jack and JILL" he again gave the for.
ward motion. The diaphragm's elocu'
tion of the rhyme was on this occasion
as good as before, and the second con-
glomeration of utterances was delivered
by the vibrating metal with all the char
aCteristiCs of the operators calculations
and recitation. For the sake of novelty
the steel point was now caused to go
along the perforated spiral while Mr.. Ad-
ans whistled, yelled and shouted all sorts
of ridiculous things into the mouthpieCe,
As a result the bit of metal stroL gly af.
fected the risible muscles the audience
by something like this:
Jack and Jill went-"Cheese itF-
Upthe hill
To get bucket1o"O, wipe ofyour chimp
Jack fell down and-"Hello young
Broke his crown
Feller does your mother know your out y
And Jill-"Ya.hool I've bottled myself, Edl-
Came tumblng after.
Halo hoopla l-"shut upl" ya.hool
"Go bang your head P-Nineteen years in the
"rm a,"-sCratched my name-"a jolly Irish.
man.
Upon the wall
And that--"FrOm Dublin town l came,"-
Name Was-"Ha, ha, ha p-Robert Landry.y.y.
ParlezVOus FranCais?-"GO hire hall p
sprechen sic Deutsch?-"o, giveNs rest !"
The effect of this was too ludicrous for
description, and for time all hands were
uncontrollably merry. Having put on
and caused the steel point to perforate a
new sheet of tin foil, again speaking
Jack and Jill' into the instrument. Mr.
Adams made the point travel backward
and the diaphragm reproduced the reci-
tation, beginning with the last word,
"after," and ending with the first word,
sack" In this way the operator anus.
ed his audience for an hour. He became
hoarse but the instrument did not.
There is no electricity about the speak
ing phonograph, and, like so many other
great inventions, its construction is so
simple and its operation 30 easily under
stood that person seeing it would prob.
ably ask himself, Now, why didn't l
think of thatP"
POSSIBILITIES OF THE MACHINE.
The Graphic representative attended
an exhibition of the phonograph in New
York on Tuesday, at which it repeated
several sheets OF last aUeek'S talk. He dis.
courses of the possibilities Of the ma.
chine as follows:
When it is developed, a great preacher
can preach into it; and the sheets, dupli-
CateC to any number, can be sold cheap
ly, and when laid on another phono-
graphic cylinder anywhere, another au-
dienCe can hear the sermon in the exact
voice of the preacher.
A man can talk intoit, and unborn gen.
erations thousand years hence can use
the matrix and hear his very tones.
A great opera singer can sing into it,
and the sheets can be sold like sheet mu-
sic, and listeners on distant continents
or in future centuries can hear her sing.
If Washington, or Napoleon, or Web
ster, or Lincoln had spoken into phon
ograph, his voice could now be distinctly
heard.
A traveller in distant lands can talk to
phonograph, send the sheets home, and
bis friends can hear his own vocal nara
tive of his wanderiDgs and adventures
at their own fresides. There is hardly
any limit to the possibilities of this in
vention, which is yet in its infancy.
AS spectator of its exploits yesterday
observed, Pm glad 1 didn't die before
this was discovered"