The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1878-02-06

AS our people are to be permitted to list
en- to the wonderful talking machine--the
Photograph next Monday evening, at
it, from the Scientific american Of this week,
will be read with interest:
THE TALKING PHoNoGRAPH ON ExHfBr-
TON Mr. Thomas A. Edison recently exhib.
tied his taking phpnograph before the Poly
technic Association ofthe American Institute.
iniihis city. lhisewas the first public show
ing of the instrument, aud although much yet
remains to be done TO make 1T fulfill the de-
sign of its inventor, its capabilities have al.
ready been considerably advanced beyond
those which it possessed when displayed tpus
In this Office shortly afterits origination The
mechanical construction, that u.s. the rotating
sliding cylinder, the vihratory membrane aud
the tin foil strip which receives the indenta-
ton and in turn transmits the puisay lens to the
receiving diaphragm, have not been material
ly modified, hut by the Use OF rehectprs Mr..
Edison las succeeded in magnifying the sound
so as to render the same quite audible through
out u large apartment. The scientists who
assem 'led to hear the phon0graph manifest
ed genuine astunishnant, aud the INSTRUMENT
itself, apparently on lis good behavior,
did its best to strengthen the i'm
preston. 1t proved its capacity as a lih-
English, Dutch, German. French. Spanish,
and the Hebrew. 1t initiated with marvellous
fidelity the barking Of dogs, Growing of cocks,
etc, and then taking a severe cold, couglied
and sneezed and wheezed, until the physicians
in the audience instinctvely began to write
Prescriptions After the inventor had exhib-
tied its reproduction Of his remarks, his aud
itors wanted the machine to initiate theirs AL
so, and fora long time the apparatus was
a. I'm
ent sounds that the, human voice could pro
ducc or scientific ingenuity devise. It with.
stood the test triumphantly, aud remained in
modest silence while praises were lavished up.
OH IL and suggestions innafnefable matte as to
its future uses. Another proposal WIS to re-
produce figures of popular speakers in life
size-ciectrotype Mr.. Beecber. for instance
reproduce his speech in tin foil. put IL phunu-
graph, run by cloclx-wollS. inside of him---the
statue, not The mau--and stand him an !,
lssss s..n to repeat the new lecture on the
" Wastes aud BnrefeHs or society,"" Another
suggestion was that public speakers might re-
peat their speeches to the phonograph, and
then twenty four hours later bave the phono-
graph repeat the words to them They could
thus prevent themselves from making rash or
iuverheatetl or silly remarks An irreyercnt
individual 'didn see but that now. with the
talking phonograph and singing telephone,
cergymen aud chors were out OF date. The
pfonogaph could repeat service every Sun
day and run off old sermons with wonderful
accuracy; while, by having enough tele-
phones, one choir would supply music to all
tho churches in the city," An amendment to
this was the suggestion to use only the phor-
ograph, because it could sing as well as speak
and thus it mightdo the duty of both preach
CT and choir. An indolent listener to the
foregoing wanted to know if a photograph
could not be combined with clock so as at
the proper times to remark, 81 O'clock, time
10 get up = /" 10 O'Clock. go to dinner" aud
SO on. The audience, some of the members
Of which were ut first rather doubtful as to
the foundation for all we had said regarding
Mr. Edisoi's Invention, left well convinced as
TO its wonderful capabilities Meanwhile the
inventor is relaxing no efforts to improve it,
and we shall be much mistaken ii before
many months he does not astpnisii us with
machine able to do much greater things THAI
those already accomplished. beasGfT