Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-03-02

cate with each other could at will dis
connect themselves with the central of
fee and carry on conversation wholly il
privacy. That, however, does not ap
pear TO have been the only importan
invention upon which the gentlemen
named have been expending effort. An
other discovery of theirs is likely t.
prove of greater utility, and more mar.
vellous. This has not been christenet
as yet by the inventors, but may be call.
ed a telephote, teleican, or telopticon.
Last evening the application for pat
ent was mailed to Washington by Mr.
II. j. McTighe of the firm. The claim
made is the ability to transmit the phys
ical wave force of life, electrically, SINH
lar.to the transmission Of sound by the
telephone. 1t having been demonstrate
ed that electricity is creation of solar
light the principle basing this invention
is that of the convertibility of electricity
back again into light; and in the process
undergone, the reproduction at the point
of reception Of the object submitted to
the action Of the solaror powerful cleo
trio rays at the point Of transmission.
1t is claimed by Mr.. McTighe, with
whom our reporter conversed last even
ing, that when the new invention is suf-
ficiently perfected for practical use it
will be possible for one Of two persons
conversing by telephone to perceive dis
tinctly at the same time the image of the
person with whom he is engaged. The
practical utility of the invention, will,
however, be more thoroughly apparent
when it is stated that the inventors be-
lieve they will be able to transmit in
simultaneously from point to point any
written or printed document--as, for in
stance, one entire side Of a newspaper.
The reproduction Of the image is the
result Of chemical changes which are
now utilized in the science of photo
graply, and are perfectly familiar to all
operations in that branch of science and
art. The inventors began their invesli-
CATION of the subject several years ago,
the idea being obtained from the first at
tempts made at the development Of the
telephone. In order to be able to work
understandingly, Mr.. McTlghe and Mr.
Il. a. Connolly, the Washington menu
Der of the firm, took up the subject of
photography and mastered II completely.
From time to time,- as they made new
plans and discoveries, drawings and pG-
pers relating thereto were filed away at
Washington, with proof of same, so that
they are fully prepared to prove the pri-
ority of all their claims, should any ef-
fort he made to dispute the same.
We mention this fact for the reason
that we have observed an article pub
lished In some of our exchanges recent
ly concerning the claim of DR.. Licis, of
South Bethlehem, ofthis State for an IN
ventlon called the diaphote. According
to the printed statements, the results of
this instrument are upon small scale
what II Is proposed by the Connclley-
Mcrighe invention to do upon large
scale. The comparative impracticabillty
of the diaphote is made apparent from
the fact that It requires seventy-two
wires to transmit the image. The tcle-
photo, like the telephone, requires but a
single wire. 1t will transmit the image
of any object, however large, which,
while sent In diminished size, Is magnl-
fled Mt the receiving point before It's re-
production to the required size.
Mr.. Mc'rlghe states that by his oxpe-
riments he has been able to reproduce
clearly and faithfully In dark room ut
his residence the images of persons at
"the other end" of the line, extending
from another part of the house; and
that while the telcphote Is yet In It's In
fancy, Of It's ultimate perfection and
utility there can be no doubt whatever.