Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-11-06

IL viii certainly Interest readers OF the ANEET-
CAS- to know Of The assured success. and deserved
fame Of young gentleman. now resident OF rar.
whose b'Fth was In Hancock County. and whose
name stand. among leading inventors of the age
The "Gowcr Telephone Is tic invention q Mr..
freier4c Allen Cover. born in >eyigWlck. Malnc.
during the residence there Of his A,hcr. the late
Rev. II. n Go~cr. uhilc pastor Of the arsi baptist
church. Ills mother. Mr. Maria Goucr sargent
i. the present Wifc Of the Hon ". g sargent q
sArscnisile. superior All highly EDUCATED lady.
well knowu IL tins state
Mr. Cover. noW tWeniy eight vcars OF age. Wa
cduoasoi in Providence. X /. Through the course
Of study in the public school. Of that city. aiuns
for BroUn UEiversiiy AZ The Providence High
School Afcr leaving college. he occupied the 20
s4uou Of Associate Editor" % The Providence
Es,aipg Fran, for several years leaving Inc cilio.
nal chair 20 laa Prof Bel. who had then Just In.
vented his telephone
NJ Covers invention differ, frorn ;ho Rel icle-
phone In nearly every particular. Patents have
been taken out In mos, Of tic large countTie, in
Europe, in Brazil. AMI -cverA! other. III, patents
in the L ; were granted last August
Hi nrsi sucocss In tclephon!c Investigation wa.
The Telcph uic Harp which ie,I % b.. later in
vsnuaas- The Harp was exhibited before lead.
ing scientific >ocieiie. OF Loadon. clicsilng much
oommeuiatoa from -cvcral Journals OF the dirsr-
eni -scictie-. giving rsl dcsc option Of The novel
Instrument
Working On roAiau.ly AMI patiently with hls er.
psrimcni,. he hAs noW brought out The instrument
introduced to the French people und.T the patron.
axe Of the great Electrician. Coun, Du Monool,
Chief Eiiior Of the leading Journal in Europe up-
Elcctrio,y who descrtbc. 1t IN very roocu,
Wort Translated ami published By Harper Broth.
crs. entitled The Telephone. the Miorvphone. ami
tbe Phonosraph"
lie says, Mr.. Cover has recently made = new
system % telephone without battery. which Do;
only reproduce speech loudly enough 10 DC heard
al the distance Of e<hi nine yards from the In
sirufneni bu; will also trans nit it when Tie speak
er - AZ moderate distance from the sending
trumcut - - Although this double problem had
already been solved by the use Of telephones with
mi-ruphoni Aeniers, the results furnished BY the
Instruments IN question are still more curious
since they obtained without batteries AMI are
even more disunet. '..' Nothing can be more
remarkable than this power Of listening 70 CONVEX
satlon, while seated in chair. or seven
yaEis nom the Instr ument Is il necessary 10
move In order u reply. 80. Thee results arr
really extraordinary. aud even to those familiar
with such eneo;s, TINS inoessani progress Is sur
pricing"
Monoel is there any doub, Of the future success and
fortune of the Inventor Of the Cover Telephone
\ strong Company Is formed in Pans. called the
"Gower Telephone Coz" who have taken nne
building Of the best street. In that city for
carving on it, operations. where luxurious apart
ments furnished the fortunate inventor free Of
/ all expenses.
We copy from TIE ParIsiaa, OF date sept 18th
| the following item:
THE COVER TEIEPHoSE.-The Belgian pre<s Of
every shade Of politics, is enthusiastic over the
success Of the experiments made. 4 fortnight ago
with the Cover telephone and the Edison quadru-
pleN. which are now in the hands of a COMPANY
formed for their introduction In Europe. The lat.
ter OF these inventions has already been establish
/ ei between Brussels ami Pans. where four des
patches MAJ be sent simultaneously by eight oper
a,ors along one wire and the contract for the gen
4 eral introduction Of the telephone Belgium was
| signed on Monday By DR.. Herr, who went on IN
person TO Brussels 10 conduct the operations The
Installation OF two of these instrIItsents- cav.
| HEtoae Beige. was made in few minutes by the
engineer, Gotendorf, without the assistance of
l workman, and all the telegraphic engineers IN The
/ employment Of the Government who were present
were 50 astonished by the success of the tests
among which wac distinct oral communicA ton
between hrussels and Ostend. a distance of l3i HI
! l)meTes-77 mies-thAt the adoption OF the Cover
telephone on the railways was Immediately recon-
| mended."
Also in the Parisiaa Of date Sept. 18th, mention
| il made Of DR.. Cornelius Herr Of California and
his Associates, having sold the Cover telephone pa
tent 10 parties proposing the construction of lines
/ not only in Paris, where one million francs
| Immediately appropriated for Its estabhshm ent
but the same system is TO be put in operation in
Lyons. Bordeaux. Marseilles, Lille, Nantes, and
other large provincial towns, and gradually in the
various Capitals of Europe.