Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-06-13
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The New York Graphic Of June 7th
pi,.s An account Of some experiments
with the "telescopophon," the latest
invention Of Edison. Tho Grdphic says
Az Mr.. Edison and his friends stepped
ont Of the long laboratory where his
wonders were born to the open porch at
It's front, looking soutb, they bore bali
adozen ear trumpets with them. These
implements looked externally much like
ordinary ear trumpets, only they were
five or six feet long.
"I stood here tho other day" said
Edison, turning his eager gray eyes upon
The Gruphic, "and I put n Of these to
INV a / heard several things very
distinctly. / heard Q child cry /; heard
the instrument tick down at tho station,
1000 feet away ; and I heard n curl
GUS, softly.grinding sound that | could
not identify. till l followed II up aud
found Il to be u COW biting Of and chew.
ing grass, 1900 feet distant-two-hfths
Of a mile."
Bachelor and Painter walked of
across the fields till they were q mile
distant. They crossed many undula'
tions-up hill, down dale, now vanish
ing, now rsappearing. till they finally
stood forth on q hillock In plain sight,
but diminutive and boy.like In size.
Signals were exchanged. "Al
ready"
One at each end put the trumpet tc
his ear.
Perfectly distinct :" said Redpath
"Ho says John Browns body lis'
mouldsring in the grave"
Then he spoke towards the figures or
the distant hill. 81 heard that distinct
ly. How loud are you talking"
SIN an ordinary tone Of voice" cam,
In response to tho man with the trum'
pet; ~'scarcely louder than / woult
speak in aparlor."
Then we tried II oil around. II seem
oil very strange and uncanny to hold :
conversation In an ordinary voice will
o man q mile OIL. without o speaking
trumpet and with no wire or electrical
assistance whatever.
.'This is really t%elePraphing without
o telegraph" exclaimed Kedpath.
As We could plainly 500 with u operi
glasses that the man on the hill had hi
trumpet "in position" Mr.. Edison
stepped TO the front of the porch an,
spoke to them. clearly, but In u voic,
that could scarcely have been heard 20,
feet away: eco q milo further of ant
got In range"
We waited awhile and chatted abou
the photograph aud telephone. and th,
new sound magniaer Of the Englishman
Hughes, which Edison declared 81
straight steal" from the principle Of hi,
carbon.tslephone. when ut last Mr.. Red
path said: "I hear them"
But We could not see them anywhere
They had vanished.
"He says" Mr.. Redpath repeated
snow IL the winter Of our discomfort
-four Sl4 u barrel, and l haven't got
cent"
There was a laugh at this. and EdisoI
announced from tho other end Of tn
stoop that he hal found them. w,
msysd twenty feet, and their white fla
was just visible through tho distah
trees.
Solicitations were exchanged over tn
two miles Of intervening ground, and NJ
opportunity was furnished TO nll prescn
to hear the wonderful phenomenal.
This %ear.trumpet or ''telescopophon,'
as 1t is called. is internally a curiou
combination OF tunnels centering in
chamber AMI radiated by wires. Mr.
Edison before Christmas hopes to com
plets for the use Of partially deaf peopl
a small. but somewhat complex instru
ment. which. when connected with
thin wire to the ear. will enable any on
to hear every whisper on the stage o
the LARGEST theater,