The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-25
Tho TeleDslOta.

ruE LATEST INVENTION OF PITTSBURGH ELhC-
gptclAys-NyssRs. M'TIGHE AND CONNOLLY
APPLY FOR A PATENT ON AN ELECTRICAL
rscope-oBJECTs TO BE REPRODUCED
Ar DISTANCES OF HUNDREDS OF MILES,
Pittsburgh EXCHANGED
Some time ago there was published In
these columns some account OF the ipyen-
zion by the Messrs. Connolly Brothers NC
Tighe, the firm OF patent attorneys. the
las-named member OF which Is resident
OF Pittsburgh. OF remarkable ueVlce 10
cor aection with the telephone, by wnicn
Darijes desiring TO communicate with each
o.rer could at will disconnect themselves
with the central Office and carry on CONVEX
sation wholly in privacy. That, however,
does not APPEAR to have been the only I'M
portant invention upon which the gentle
men named have been expending effort.
Another discovery Of theirs is likely 10
proye OF greater utility, and more marvel
Inns. This has not been christeneG as yet
By the inventors, but may be called tele-
pbote, teleicaD, or telopticon.
asst evening the application for patent
Wa mailed to Washington by Mr.. I. j. Me-
Tighe, OF the firm. The claim made is the
ability TO transmit the physical wave force
OF life, electrically, similar 10 the transmits
sicn 81 sound by the telephone. II having
tion of solar light the principle basing this
inyeution is that Of the coDvertibility of
electricity back again into light; and, in
the process undergone, the reproduction ct
the point of reception Of the object SUBJ
nit,ed TO the action OF the solar or
powerful electric rays at the point OF
Transmission. 1t is claimed by Mr.. Me-
Tighe. with whom our reporter cOnversed
last evening, that when the new invention
is sufficiently perfected for practical use it
will be possible for one OF two persons con-
Yersjpg BY telephone to perceive distinctly
at the same time the image OF tue person
with whom he is engaged. The practical
utility Of the invention will, however, De
more thoroughly apparent when IL IS stateo
that the inventors believe thev VIII De api'
10 transmit instantaneously from point u
point any written or printed documeht-as
for instance, one entire SIDE OF he"spd
per.
anti of chemical changes which are nov
utilized IN the science OF photography, an'
arc neifectly familiar TO ell operators In tha
byancb Of science and art. TIE inventor
h,,ren their investigation OF the subIec
se.ersl wears ago, the idea being obtained
from The first attempts made at the develop
ynen, of The telephone. In order to be abl
70 work Understandings, Mr.. McIigh
ard Mr.. Il. A. Connolly, the Wash
inGton member OF the firm, took "
thc subject OF photography and mastered
co,nuleteiy. From time to time, as the
made new plans and discoveries, drawing
and papers relating thereto were filed ava
al Washington, with proof OF same, so th;
they are fully prepared prove the prioril
Of All their claims, should any effort be mac
10 dispute the same.
We mention this fact for the reason th;
we have observed an article published
some Of our exchanges recently concern
ing the claim OF DR.. Licks, OF South Bet
Iehem, this State, for an invention GALE
tbe diaphote. According 10 the print'
statements, the results OF this instrume
are upon small scale what it is propose
by the Connolly McTighe Invention 10
xInou a large scale. The comparative ii
practicabilty OF the diaphote is made a
parent from the fact that 1t requires seye
ty.two wires to transmit the image. IL
fe.ephote, like the telephone, requires but
single wire. 1t will transmit the Image
any object, however large, which, viii
sent i'm diminished size. is magni6ed at q
receiving point before Its reproduction
the required size.
Mr.. McTighe states that by his expe
rnents he has been able TO reproduce clear
and faithfully in dark room at his re-
dence the images Of persons at "the 9th
end" OF the line, extending from an0ib
matt Of the house; and that while the,tel
nhote is yet in its infancy, Of its ultima
perfection and utility there can be no dou
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