The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-04-29

I. tcrc luyboay IN til. oiree connected with the daily
once CONNECTED VIII Ire datt T. ,Eo, Ell I,5,. ar
"o d '.ht I" "uta much 'lcciion nrw, " ~ parsf
cIsll I'm going to 1cSas come. stuart icrsgo
Mr. Ellison inlplged in long chucklc, dur;
80 YOU boys have been having your own fun
hero lie said. Tho cignr WIS rplighted. He
tore the matriy from the large phonograph. aud
wrapped y virgin sheet 81 Toll around tho
cylind-r. Then he picked up the blue volume
of poes pOems. and tendcrly strained tho benu-
utul ballad ot .Anuibal Lee into the mouth
piece. 1t rums out in trenu.ous accents. but
. third phnnograuh logan another imitation Of
Mr. Greeley. and the eilct Of tho two ma
chimes WAS irrssistibly ludlcrous. Tho ma
chimes saids
tpisoS vAcnSY w Gnttixys xicniSs
I, va. many and many who mads w tie state
In km.Jo,1 by the ,,e Oh he Won't d. to sdii The
That there lived maiden n@ue.. amauac No, no.
q, whom ou may kuew ~ liei never do ior the
Iva. child ami she was 81. ih,,e are 50 many
f., % VI. ~ ne @ Ss IN: a
aud my Annibal Lei. Now. bo,. keep all the
Ana s, as s angels IN eaeI Sa .o vi ny 2 ss.r ire
Nor The demons down un before ra!htr Mathew 80
can "S e,e '' d.ye my soul 6Sn let r ay @ IN "'
Of iiGs beautiful nmiCal sim Walter ioff my proofs
Mr.. Edison has powerful. sympathetic
voice. and the rhonugiaph's rendition Of his
recitation might huve drawn tears iromn board
ing school miss, were II not for Mr.. Grcelsys
qusrulous Interruptions
But this performance was supplemented BY
one still mora ludicrOus. The Professor get the
machines by the ears They began to cnll oach
other names. The visitors scroamed with do.
You're sliarl" shouted one Instrument
" You're an9th,erl ,eHrcamSd In ,he ,s second
fS 9arsr e si. li"T1 S9w asa SS 'hlrd
You lie; you You Sdiidg Surisdf o at No. ..
ThhsnSd 80 GiS y2n saw yGH dc sqid No. SS
self :" You both ne? and similar expires.
sions. until Mr, Ed,.on's visitors iancicd them-
selves listening to a bsrroom row.
There Is one singular popularity about tho
speaking photograph To produce exactly
tho same tono Of voice the cylinder must be
when the words were spoken at the mouth
piece. II II i turned slower the sounds come
o shr R's seb ufEf FRS Sf5 he ds Soa
overcome by the Professors improved ma
chimes. Tho bod is n nat circulal plate. with
borins. There Is no cylinder The sheet Of
foil Is placed upon the Nat plate. the point OF
h py0s s nfHsd r rom Esp c S
| right by well.tempered handspring wound up
tho same as the sprine OF patent lever
machines Mr, Edison sad that lie could register
pcrmenis however. have convinced him that
| 40 1000 IL nearer the mark.
Kiraliy. the actor. was here last week" said
ph.rograph: H wants me 70 make him forty
| or nifty large cylinders. which he proposes to
fI each one w svsS to m psy
be recorded BY The cylinders The greatest
are to sing. and their words and melody tran.
scribed by the photograph. After securing
| copper matrixes. Kiraliy proposes 10 bring
On ae the ss sess Of The Aaademy ~ Mus s
THEY sSn be rnR b. Baxter r, engine &
and the opera given as produced in Paris with :
out musician or cantatrice: wha, do You
would be given between tho acts. Touch Up
UP the frst violin. and Tighten the screw n
| New York audience. tell YOU. Kiralty has IL on
the brain. and says he shall 90 10 work imme-
While Mr.. Edison WAS entertaining his vi.I.
tors with tho lh9noSraph. his sssistants put In
order ,n nrsesl ,esphene The insirumsn,
room, A telegraphic wire connected II with =
mou,hriece far away on the lower floor, The
than coIninon stock indicator. The chsmicsl.
ly.soakcd strips II paper dried at the bot stove
over the surface Of a drum. pressed up 70 the
mouth OF the instrument. This wheel was
into the niou'hpIoce below; and Mr.. Edison be-
gan to turn The rank; Tho music Giled III.
;Eoissn barp. apparently coniroll:a IN volume
ny Se' sr. sfeay hS nom Be u:c idi ss
phone. The latter sings through sn Ingenious
rssSS d Tne IN Mgs s S s 6
phate 0. sodium, in which the strips Of white
bsPS and r son is ~
The paper goes into The instrument as white
H S En ana .3s' ou' MIN nn n nSs 81 >. pde
other end of tho wire may he increased In vol.
Sa y pFgHpss iSsFuTHsniS SEil e sies
roofs from music halls. and evidently has
rTG@, Yin in tho scope e re pyeg,iSn
graph. II is clGimed that this instrument would
have given Il perfect system OF telegrHphy we're
maGnetism lever aiseovered. In experiments
lost their friction whom subjected 20 electric
currents strip Of paper mols,ehed in com;
pats eonmected With one pole Of fsY basr va
Hat platinum "trip fastened u, the other pole
Is dressed down upon p the mois,tenet
draw the platinum over the paper rs
though It was creased until tho electric
ton Of the paper is restored and the hand viii
BE- lnyoluntarily stopped. Inc eements Of ms
ment the paper il carried over the surface OF Il
DRUM touched BY steel spring with platinum
face. 4 soundlns-board i stood upon .dge
drum. When the drum is turned u,
ghspsa Pfpsr is d dr. pdsT III
drawn outward by The friction. The electric
current passes through the paper, destroyn
| tho friction. and the sounding board drops back
10 It's first position. The cessation OF the cur
rent again causes friction. and the board il
again drawn OUT. This mechanical. chemical
| and electric action Is 50 INSTANTANEOUS that IN,
| finest and highest notes OF the female voice are
| reproduced 200 hundred miles away.
Mr. Edison is 81 years old, aud hoyish in ap.
| pealance. A distinguished stranger called on
| him not long ago. There hs IL. sir" said NJ
employee. pointing out the great inventor I'll,
| stranger took good look 1T him, and said
| mo. no. Iwant to see the old man. The Pro
! fessor roared, aud the stranger was so dumb
founded that he WAS hardly able to explain hit
| business.
Mr. Edisou's handwriting is wonderful. IL
| forms his letters as they are printed. and hi'
| communications hear such c ose rcseln bauc'
! 70 reprint that many persons deny that they mrs
| written. BY this formation Of letters Mr. Edi
! son claims that he does not MAKE any unneces
| sary marks. and that he is pie 10 write much
| faster and more legibly than other persons.
| The inventor Is a great reader He has rsr,
| knowledge OF English literature, and Is thor
| oughly posted on tho ncws Of the day. He IL 4
keen logcian, enjoys pithv l!se or anecdotc
and can talk Sam Cox or Ben Butler blind o.
| the morris OF the silver bill. He Hdmlros the
| true goodness Of Deacon Richard Smith, loves
! ". Chlds A. NJ, believes IN the histrionic abi
i,y Of the Count Joannrs, revels IN the ALLEGED