Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1879-02-06
reading it aloud in the phonograph.

reading it aloud in the phonograph.
Educational! Purposes - As an elocu-
tionary teacher. or as primary teacher
for children. II. will certainly be invaluable.
By it difacult pass 1ges may be correctly
rendered tor the pupil but once. after
which he has only to apply 10 his phono-
graph for instructions. The child mag
thus learn to spell. commit to memory Z
lesson set for 1t. etc.
Music-The phonograph will undoubt-
etlly be literally devoted to music. A
song sung on the phonog1aph il repro
tluccd with marvellous accuracy and 20 ~
er. Thus A friend may IN morning call
sing us a song which, shail deli9h, an eve
ming company. etc. As a nusical TEACHER
It will be used ~ enable one to master a
new air. the cs.ill to form it's first songs.
Or to siHx him to sleep.
Fsniily Record - For the purpose of
preserving tine sayings. the voices. and the
last words Of tiie dying member Of the
flNily-as OF great nen-,le phOnogr:Yph
will snquessisaably outrahk the photo
tOgrsph. In tie ieId OF multiplication OF
Original matrices. aud the indefinite rel,e-
tition VI one aud the aalie thing, the sue
cessftl electrotypi0g Of the original rec
ord is IN essential. As llis is \ problem
easy Of solution, ii properly ranks aIaony
the probabilities. 1t compartments vast
field. The principal application Of the
photograph in this direction is in tie pro-
duction of
Photographic Books-A book OF 10000
words upon . single metallic plate ten
inches square thus lnao'aes strong prob
ability. Ths acvaata3r Of such books
over those printed is too readily seen 10
need mention. Sat,h books ~orld be list
ened to where R0W NONE are read. Yhsy
would preserve @0Ie tAaA tls& mental
enla,,itiOns 0f the ain Of the author
and as 4 le4aest for t1tur~ generations
they would he uneQaaled. For the preSer-
vation of languages they would bs invalu-
able.
Musical Boxes. Toys. etc.-rhe only
el.naent not absolutely assured in the rr-
suit Of experiments tIlas far nsa,le-~hirh
staa'l< in the way Of 4 perfect production
vt will Of Aa.liAa PATHS voic~ in all its
puriiy-is TIE siays. one Sf s.,;.lity. and
even tlmt il not totally lacking. and will
doubtless lie wholly xttsiMed. II. however.
It siloIll not. the musical box. or cabinet.
OF the present wiA br superseded BY that
which will give the voice and the words 0f
the hMn,aA son"stress.
TOys-A doll which may speak. sing.
cry. or laHxh. may le safely promised our
children t..r tlse Christians holidays ~nsu-
ing. Every species Of animal or n,ec1lani-
e:l toy-swch rs locomotives. etc.-IRay II.
supplied With their natural and character
istic sounds.
tell !ySh tn asss ats, e.,.,s.-, yam .n
lunch. .e.,l your lover home ii 10, etc.
Advertising, etc--ti,is class OF phone
graphic work is so akin 70 the foregoing
tsGt it is only necessary to cau attention
to it.
Speech and Other Utterances = 1t will
hencttoth be possible to preserve tor tu-
tare generations tie voices ~ we'll ~ the
words ot our NasIlingtoas. err Linc0lns,
cur Gk.dstoue<, ETC.. and to have ulenl
give US their greatest effort" in every
town and hamlet in the country upon Our
holidays.
Lastly. and in quite another direction.
the piionoYraph will perfect the telephone
and revolutionize present systems of tele-
xraphy.
Both these inventions cause q plate OF
disk to vibrate. AMI thus produce sound
waves in harmony With those OF the voice
Of the speaker. A very simple tb.vie.
may be made by Which the one vibrating
disk may b. n,a.sc to 90 duty for 10th the
telephone and tie pi'tslograph. thus es,;.-
bling the speaker to simultaneously trans
NIT and record his message.
The telegraph Company of the future
and that 10 distant one--will he simply ~,
organization having 4 huge systeM 81
wires. central and sst,-t~ntrSl stations.
managed by skilled attendants. whose sole
duty it will he TO keep wires in proper W.
pair. an! give, by switch or stan; arrange
m.cnt. proper attention tO subscriber No.
S23 in New York when hc signals his ~
sire to have private communication with
subscriber No. 1901 in Boston for three
minutes.