The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1878-06-07
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The roet vi The new machine ID, mnsr
over, M Insignificant M |. plMew n With
In the reach III people of The mo&t msl
crate ncnns, while In n.lvanlAgcs. In
protective ~cnsr, arr ~ mHnifcAtly ul,
vions that In very rhcrt time II II ,lcA
tanesl ~ come into vrry extensive, N nn
general m~.
A few days since thr Mar published |
description of The latest Improvement
and qualifications made by Mr.. Eliso,
npon thc original or cylinder machine
Prominent among the improvements wal
the substitution Of has plate for III,
cylinder, and Tho utilization III clock
work in Ia movement. IN was alss
stated thnt The inventor hal increased Iii
capacity ~ m tu enable II Ia record III,
nules of The human voice In TIN ION.
uttered nj distance III thirteen fcc
from The instrument. Nincc that tims
IL. capacity Inns been Atill further en-
lnrgcd, until now Tho very fnintrst whis
per, uttered in ruum where profonn,
silence " otherwise maintained, can moi
only bc recorded. hnl can also bc ~
peAtsd Ia any increased volume. II
fact. 10 quote Mr.. Edison, "a maiden,
rigi can be- given In tho magnitude ol
mn earthquake r.
Tho reasoning or inducsivc process By
which Mr. Esiison arrived N this mar
vclons development Ii seemingly No sim
plc and natural m 10 commend itself Il
the most ordinary intellect. Indeed, hs
cAnnot slcscrihc II himself without smil
ing nj its manifest aud almost child
like simplicity, anil, though The In
ventor, hc seems 10 marvel nj the r..
suits achieved quite m much m III.
listener.
While Mr.. E,liron vaa testing onc ii
hiN lately improved machines laAt Mon,
day morning. his rcsilcsa intellect co,,.
ceivesl The possibility of making u r.,
cord and speak simultaneously. II
conceive a new problem IN to MT about
iin solution, which, In this Instance. wn,
soon accomplished. By the introduc.
tion VI u second. or following needle,
md diaphragm ~ tho recording needle,
and In close proximity. tho ono plate
and il~ syHtcm of clockwork cMnses the
machine 10 both record and talk Almnel
simultaneously. Ia two days Mr.. Eli.
ron hal one In sncccssfnl operation, nn,l
his fcrtilc Imagination waA again wander.
lug nf into new dclds VI conquest.
PafticA who haya personally inspected
md listened IL tl.o talking, machine"
now On exhibition In this city will n.
cali ~ mind thu metallic hOaEHcneNs ol
tome m wcll ~ slislt falling N IN vol.
ume III In nttcrnncsH. Many attribute
this 10 the nsa of tin trumpet In de-
liycring The sound. aud experiment Inns
since shown this snpp0siti0n IA hayc
bccn correct. Long ago Mr.. Edison Ind
realized thc necessity ri utilizing some
other and less defective medium, moro
sensitive, and lrns resonant In mnteriAl
and construction. After many failures,
he At last succeeded In supplying this
want hy constructing 4 delivery. horn ont
ot new substance. compounded mainly
Ot eaOntchonc gelatine and tl,c sensitive
n rbon which enters No largely into Mr..
Elison's manufactures. A modification
WINS also made IN itH shape anil con-
slrnrtion, more especially adapting N ID
the needed pnrroues. Upon tho very iirst
time II waH found ~ he almost perfect In
action, repeating the voice with such
absolute fidelity In tone and infection
aH 10 actually .tartle the experlnienterr
tllcmsclvea. Upon thc Subsequent day,
while again trsting In merits, Tho tnbc
portion ~ the trumpet accidentally b..
came twisted, when thu ever. wAtchful cAr
of the inventor n once detected M In
crease of volume oi sound. His Atlcn.
ton wns nj once directed u the economy
III the convolutions III the human caf,
and the problem presented itself ~ u
whether lhcy 10 not embo.ly 4 mcchnni.
cal principle. II VIVA not long before
this secret yielded itself 10 tho psyine
search II Tho wonderful inventor, who
discovered that by curling thc neck ol
the trumpet In 1 peculiar way, and by
adding 10 itA convolusiona, the iaintcsi
sonnd.wave comld be made 10 recall Il.
self through the medium ol the diA'
phraGm, npon The receptive plate or ma.
lrix, ~ deeply ~ tho lou,lcat tonc NJ.
trrcl mndcr ordinary conditions. In
short, hr succeeded III demonstration thc
fAct absolutely that BY means II proper
mechanical arrangements the volume ol
sound capable III being emitted by the
phonogrAph waa actually limttlsas and
rniirvly independent of ese application
u steam, air. valves, Or amy cxlrancou,
foTcc.
Impressed with tllo value II boll
these discoveries, n waM natural IN Mr..
Edison 10 sct about combining tho two
. result hc accomplished with little DIM
Guilty, tho operation u which Ii ~ bt
wiinessctl At his laboratory In Menle
Park, and whicl, he has named the An
raphonc."
ThiA ncw invention ri Edison |,
briefly described ~ follows: III tho coil,
ing ol his private Office, concealed from,
view. with Tho exception of ! small, eaS,
shaped funnel, ii dark color. he In,
fitted, between thc raitnrs and tho h0oi
shove, one u his .lonble. recording and
speaking machines. In thr room aloy.
4 portion II ihc machine risss through
tl,r iioor, nnd attachdr ~ II h : small
wooden b0x, sniA 10 contain The coiiA "
tho piN II thc trumpet, thc hell Oi
month u which oIens through one side
anil ID made III TIM new substance dr.
covered by Mr.. Ellison. anil alluded Il
rlsewherr. with the exception 0f .h.
box, MI other portions u lhe u,Nchin.
Asc opcn ~ inspection. Every wOr,
uttered Ia thr room below n fcpcalesl II
thu room above, with about treble q
quAdruplc Tho volume u sound (Altll0,igl
Il can bc arranged In vaat cxcsss u shls)
while NJ tho same timc
|. being recorded On the matrix.plas'
for future reference anil preservation
through thu cleetrutypiug pSOccaa. Tit