The Red Cloud chief., 1878-03-14
ANlRyriotS DISCOVERY.


rsttuE tar's Urnnvesyi stth the usr 20 =
nr- and wonderful discover Inos,s.
the S~lSAllns lfhonogf ah. l., ifri
Thomas \ ftlsA The writer Visited
The lsis'galoD 1T ir,i hi,~,n Al Mynlo
Para y J and hvlo~ ~ ri,v s,fnr
extracts from h, Aftirlr IN Tho >as
fuui tl,snn VAS seated At = tAhir
near the crrirf II the r~,a lie lus,l
81 Ike any thing bat = autcssnr. aud
Umindryi me ~ = ts,N Appfvntirs ,o sn
iron moulicr Us hNnis ~,ry grim,
With srot and oil his straight DARK
hair stc~ei nine wN,s ior Sunds,. hts
fACr oSs -ntirvi, l,csrii~s., but sod,
needed shaving his hlsck clnthv, .rfv
s.vd,, hts shtu dirty ani C,llAricss and
his shoes rigtd With rcd Jcr-~, mud
hui The hr- ot gruiu, shcue In his Avon
gray ewes. aud the clean cut posiul.
and broad iutrbcAd indica,ct ,troag
mental activity. lie seem. Ia t~ Al.
es,.l"oking for something NJ rtra,
value, and to he Just on the poin, ~
finding H. t~nforiuna,cl, he il quite
deaf. but ,hi. innrnit, scrm. ,u In.
crcasc his arshilit, and pls,tul hN,,ish.
ness A man of common .rn.c would
feel at nome With him IN = minute hut
y mob ~ rrie would hc ssily 90, 1T
place Though bui ~ wars old. the
occasional CLEAN ~ silver, hair tell,
thr s,"r, oi his application
The Professor ~as manipulating =
machine upon the table before HIN
liz had something representing = gotta,
purchn muuthpiccv " n sp"aktng.tu
showed against a cylinder wrapped In
tininil. u hich he turned with n crank
The small cud ot u tin funnel ws. clap.
ped oyrr the mouthpicc.. and strange
Vrnir,loguial sound. were issuing from
IT, lie shook hands, and pointing Ia
the instrument said This u my speak
ing ph~onograph Did YOU ever ~ 4,
and hear 1t talk -
The r-pl, WAS a negative rhcrrup
m he picked mp the g~u,ia.pcrchs
m%ou'hpiccc, saving, This m~sr,bpiocc
i simpl, an artificial diaphragm Turn
II over suiting the action To- the word.
and Nou See this thin disk ot metal At
the bottom. Whenever YOU speak In
the mou,hpiccr the vibrations ~ YOUR
vote. jar this disk. which, ~ YOU see.
has In i's center = fine steel point, Now
for the other par, Of the machine. Here
u n brass cylinder gr"oNed something
like th" spiral part III u screw. oul,
much finer. wrap u shce, Il tinfoil
around the cylinder. and shove the
m%outhpicce up In u so that III" tin,
steel point touches the tin!oil above one
IL the grooves. then turn the cylin.
der with n crank. and talk into the
mou,hp,cc.. The vibrations arouse the
disk. and the steel point prick- IN. tin.
foil. leaving p,rforations resembling
the old Morse telegraphic alphabet
They ar. rcall, microscopic views III
the voice. recording all that Is said. It'll
imc and intonations. II u "a ma,rix III
the words aud voice. and can be- used
until worn u Now let ~ reset III.
cylinder, So that III. steel point may
run Owe the holes or alphabc, made
when we talk In the m%outhpiccc. The
thin metal disk rises and. A. the steel
point trips from pcrforation Ia perfora-
ton. opening the valves ~ the din-
phrngm. the words. in~touation. and
accent are reproduced exactly u. -pok.
cn. For Instance, before YOU came up.
! was talking 10 the instrument. and
here IL the matris or .tercoscopic view.
IL you please. Of whs, ! said.' putting
his finger on the tinfoil which still re-.
manned on the cylinder. Nov ! reset
the instrument" sliding che cylinder ~
the right. Here the steel point start.
nj the anne spot M when talked
through the mouthpiece, but Its action
Is now controlled by the perfo at.d
alphabet. II repeat. what I said.
use this sort of M n trumpet Ia bring
out the sound. So that you can hear II
more distinctly. Listen"
He placed tn. small end of n funnel
over the m~ou,hpiecr. showed IN. mouth.
piece against the cylinder. and turned
the crank. The following word. cha.
ri each other Out of the funnel
Mary hsd = little lamb.
Its fleece ~as Whit. ~ snow.
A0d eysryw here that Mari went
The lamb wa. sur. Ia eo-to go-io ""
Ooh ooh oOb-ahi
Cuckadopile dDo-ab'
Tuck-a-tuck-a-
Tuck-ah' Tuck ali
The cylmdar was again set back, and
the crank turned very slow. The effect
was ludicrous. for the Professor had
originally pronounced the words with
great gravity and dignity, and the
drawling way in which the instrument
repeated them would have made a
horse laugh. The cyiindar was then
turned very fast, and the words hew
out of the funnel 80 fast that the, struck
the ear In n confused mass. But n
most extraordinary effect was produced
when the Professor turned the cyIindar
backward. II said
Ga 10 sure vas ismb the.
Went Mary that everywhere and.
Snow - white was heece It's,
Lamb little = had Mary.
All this with profound gravity. as il
the fate of the world depended o
the accent and pronunciation. Mr..
Edison then tore on the tinfoil and
wrapped = fresh sheet around the cyl
inder. One of old Mother Goose.
rhymes was murmurcd into the mouth.
piece. and its alphabet pricked out by
the action Vt the steel point The cyl
indsr wss thsn reset, and the crank
turned. with the following results
hub . dub duA.
Thges men ~ 3 tub.
Aud wh0 d yUu thish vss there
Tbe 6at<neG, ~ haker,
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