The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-27
EDISON AND HUGHES.


TO THE cADLEaRAM OF THE LATTER AND
W. H. PREEcE INTERESTING CITATIONS
To the following cable message 10 the New York
Associated Press Mr. Edison, the inventor, replies:
lBr cAsLE sxy YORK AssociAThD PRESS
Pray give the most absolute and unenainsd denial 20
has NO, brought out any .Ssrmepiis Ills microphois
quits different Instrument 80 Edison !.
information impaired by me In any way whatever,
% a a Norma" nosy
way Whatever a coadjator OF Hughes, =, .,vecv
Iempha,icaly Endorse every word Of VI. seoys mes
IoxDos. Juno IS. 1879.
TO TIE EpIroE HEaALD:-
In reply 10 tho above card OF Messrs Freece ana
Hughes regarding tho piracy by tho latter OF my car
bon telep hone published yesterday IN City Journal
words and by extracts. IRON The English scientific
papers quote from their card =
Hughes has not brought out Sy shermopi!s y,vycp
smphstcsy indorse every word OF the above message
From the Engineer, May u: 1878! i. ~,
ushss was rad before the Roy. sSss'y IsinIs
know what exesllsns .hsrmope ~ the
Tya. and other q q heat heat
mops sensitive and less eempss.sd les. aifisult
zinc anti,nony IL the usual nsaen instead Of The
sasnss With quill that the Instrument
exceedingly sensitive to heat. ON the spp,oaeh q warm
rection on cooling the tube II swings in the other.
ANOTHER QUOTATION
Again quote IRON article GU the telephone and
photograph from inc Washington H. C) star, April
49, 1875
Ny carbon telephone may es used - heat measure
ds sssSIp ahsahs w., a''s'' ''' ny par
This paper was mailed to NJ Preece April 20 1878,
and prove that he received II py quoting from Inc
same ar lice the following
The phonosr.ph Vi. the exact
rhs presided. ., 1as ss ns Az ecaa
quote from q lecture delivered by Mr.. Precce
before Society Of Arts May TO- 1873, and published
In their journal, page 535:-
with IL amongst the North American trtocs.
PRoYgasox LASGLEys srATxMESE
TO set the ella OF Hugaes on snis subject
quote from letter received by mo short time since
from Professor Langley, the eminent astronomsr:-
ALLxGHASY OBSERVATORY. Juus 4 1873.
in g. your ~ 1ar 70 .ss Ses
MEMO PARK on my telling you TIA. more
Iadsn. heal Than n. IL ,s
suggss.ed the use Of carbon Of which you
we'll remember. the idea you gave me was that tho
I'M. O. rs Of s
the influence Of traction from small heated
bst.sry thus multiply tho senstvsnsss Of
the pile almost without limit
Mr. Preece in his card says
His Hughesp microphone quite different Instrument
TO kdison's telephone
Hughes IN his original paper OF May 8, 1878, after
summing up the labOrs Of others, says
1t will be aeeu, however that In the experiments
BY myself the diaphragm has BEEN altogether discarded
.eon
rent flowing Is produced simply and solely ny tho direct
iquo.e from the Journal or the Telegraph, April Is,
1878 tot which paper Mr. prcecc is suOscriperh an
article taken from the proof sneS.s o. Mr. fresoo.rs
reads ~ ioliows:-
the latest form Of transmitter which Mr. Edison has
together
From this book. which Is now Published, / quote
from page 226:-
tEdison) discovered my principle unlike all cihor
require an. vibration Diaphragm That fact. sound
out the movement Of an intervening mechanism
ADDITIONAL CITATIONS
This statement by myself for publication in MI
Prcscott's book was written over four months ago. I
quote IRON letter from Presce TO inysoii dated Lon
don, May %. 1879.
dome and
what ne has done.
AgsinsMr. hughes, after describing number OF ex-
psrtmenIs, sums up ana says
c:roo. used n prssnsns 70 s any osss m..sssL
difference prsssare the dsrcnt points OF contact
,s7ss! o0'' no" mo ''''"'@ ~ 1s''''" Ap'A
BY constant expsrmsn.ing Mr.. Edison .. length sds
The na =, e.r1xss 4: va
correspond exactly with the rressurs.
Tho same discovery was published IN tho Scientific
american Of July H.. ISL; Journal Of Me Teegraph
macy other papers, both IN this and other countries
quote extract from letter addressed to SIR
Henry Thompson, the eminent surgeon, copy vi
which was kindly sent 10 me by the writcr:-
iorrL caArHAx. PARIS, june Z 1873.
MI DEAR SIR HENRY - Ii Is certain that ut the
meeting Of the British Associnton Plymouth last sep
TENDER method oil msgnifyng sound In electric teie
phone described havnx been invented Wy kdison
which wac dentic in pfncipe aud In details with
80 WILLIAM THOMSON.
Finally Mr.. Prssce had ample knowledge, through
my correspondence WITH him. OF all had been dong
since he lett America, and had my tcie phones
possession at least month before tho alleged dscov
cry oy Hughes, and u ID almost impossible TO al
iro1te his failure defend me las he was bound 10
dol against the piracy Of Hughes TO his under
standing 80 simple an instrument aud the principle
Involved therein.
RATHER PROOF.
Mr. Preece says IN his card OF yesterday:-
am In no way whatever q coadjuior Of Hughes.
Iquote iron Hughes original paper ncing mis-
alleged diecovcry:-
Ny warmest thanks due Mr.. W. H. Prcsce, cleo
trcan Of Post once. Tor his appreciation OF TN
pornes facts havs stated aud Tor hs Kind coun-
sci ami aid In the preparation vi this paper.
In closing this article allow me 10 mention that
Mr. Hughes has addressed communication to the
French aIemy Of Sciences, IN mon no adds 10 hts
piraled tels phono the induction coil which l have
always used Ia combination herewith, and winch
alone makes IL practical instrument, thinking, por
naps under cover OF foreign language ana be-
lore a sociesy whose proceed ngs are not generally
known Ia thus country, that ne would gam Tor hun
scif tue credis OF tins CON 0ination. he makes
mention OF this all important factor Ia England,
wncre IL would be at ouce known, and in which
country II has been patented nearly yenr. Yours
truly THOMAS A. EDISON.
MssLo PARK, N. j., June 20, 1873
TIE PHONOGRAPH