The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1878-05-24
THE LATEST MARVEL.


ings of his wonderful instrument;
and as l have no doubt your rept-
ers will be interested in knowing
something about this wonderful
piece of mechanism, l will give
them the result OF my visit:
In mechanism the monograph
: consists of a cylinder Of brass,
mounted on a horizontal axis, sup.
ported by two bearers and revOlved
either by hand, clOckwork or steam
power. On the surface of the cyl.
Under, which ia about four inches
in diameter, is cut a screw thread,
corresponding exactly in pitch with
that cut on the axis, for the pur.
pose OF giving the cylinder long,.
tudinal motion. The grooves he.
tween the threads Oh the cylinder
surface, are intended to govern the
trace OF the needle or sharpened
point attached to the vibrator when
passing over the revolving surface.
The vibrator is a small frame of
wood, we the orifce of which is
placed a thin plate OF tin type. To
the center of this plate is attached
"a fine steel or mineral point, in the
direction of the cylinder, that is on
the back part of the tin type plate
when the latter is arranged on the
instrument. The whole vibrator is
mounted OH q movable arm, by
means of which it can be removed
from, or applied to the cylinder at
will, and clamped in position. The
instrument has no other parts than
the cylinder and its axis and the
vibrator with its arm, yet the re-
suits obtained from it are wonderful. I
A sheet of smooth tin foil is adjus:- I
ed around the cylinder and secured {
in position with gum. The vibra- u
tor with its adjustable mouthpiece t
is then moved to the cylinder, and
clamped in position, with its poin.
ter bearing on the wrapper of tin
toll to such a degree that if the a
cylinder is revolved the point will h
trace u shallow groove on its sur a.
face corresponding with the threads =,
cut Oh the cylinder surface. The y
being now ready the =,
operator either applies the power ~
to the axle crank or turns it by -,
hand as regularly as possible. n,
the nm time he speaks into n,
the mouthpiece over the diaphragm =,
until the cylinder has passed to the Il;
limit marked by the width of the II,
sheet of tin foil, The arm of the vi "
orator is then unchanged and the III
,oint withdrawn until the cylinder I've
las been rcvolved back to it's orr or
yinal position. Then the point of
he diaphragm is again applied sc.
to the cylinder surface of
he tin foil on which has been pune ca
.ured every vibration of the dia- sc
lhragm due to the sounds uttered ~
II the m%outhpiece.
A paper funnel is now applied to til
he mouthpiece and over the dia. tn
for the purpose of concen- an
rating the sound-the cylinder is 80
evolved as before, and the phono. tn
graph repeats in q clear, distinct ed
one every word and sound record go
ID on the tin foil sheet. The first LA
person who spoke into the instru. -
nent on my visit was a grave SEN
tor, who repeated entire two yer.
es of "Mary had a little lamb" NV
nd the sounds came ont clear and
lain, with the exact tone, compass %
nd voice of the speaker, except
hat the tone was lower than that
4 fhn npioinnI ~,-n,nn TI,, NJ.
Olson says, he can aud will cor.
nct in his instrument. While OF
lis subject, he says he can place no
ne OF his Instruments into the VI
IOuth of the proposed statue of ing
Liberty enlightens the world" to and
g erected in New York harbor. tced
nd that words spoken into it will
repeated in a tone which a be
Istinctly heard and understood WA
! over Manhattan island. An ex.
)vernor of Tennessee repeated
ON memory % ludicrous speech
AIDE by one of his schoOlmates i'm
log schoolhouse in Tennessee For
any years ago, and its repetition
the photograph was given with All
cry change of %intonation. The
lphasis is marked, and the pauses a.,
d infections are as perfectly reg Bed
ated and reproduced as if repeat.
by the original speaker. A hic-
ugh, sneeze or cough between -,
'rds is exactly repeated, and Mad
cry sound of a pitch which causes poo
)rations of the tin-type dia- az
ragm, and the most minute im-
sssiOns of the pointer attached,
no matter how that
aud may be in combination with oak
lers. But after examining this
'st wonderful of all modern in-
the cui bono question ~
mes up, and we naturally en-. -.
ire what will be it's usesi Think Hish
it, 0 wearied reporter of the In,
and good AraLanche, when =
recitation is on tiptOe to hear the -
Q and eloquent speech of the AL.
from the--warl of your
iutiful city, and the hall only -.
seating capacity for five thou. Wl
ID people, how you can earn the Arg
'rlasting gratitude of the ten nc q
usand lett out, by announcing QH
! neat paragraph, for which YOU Is,
remarkable, something like s ;sna
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