The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-20

triciaus-Mcssrs. McTighe and Connolly
Apply for n Patent on nm Electrical
TeIescope-0bIects TO be Reproduced ut
Distances of Hundreds Of Miles.
Pittsburgh Exchange.
Some time ago there was published in
these columns some account OF the inven-
ton by the Messrs. Connolly Bros. & Nc.
Tighe, the firm Of patent attorneys, the
last named member Of which is a resident
Of Pittsburgh, Of a remarkable device in
connection with the telephone, by which
parties desiring to communicate with each
other could at will ~disconnect themselves
with the central office and carry on con-
versation wholly in privacy. That, how
ever, does not appear to have been the
only important invention upon which the
gentlemen named have been expanding
effort. Another discovery OF theirs Is
likely TO prove OF greater utility, and more
marvellous. This has not been christened
as vet by the inventors, but may be called
q telephote, ~teleican or telopticon.
Last evening the application for apatent
was mailed to Washington by Mr.. T. j.
McTighe, OF the firm. The claim made Is
the ability to transmit the physical wave
force OF life, electrically, similar to the
transmission OF sound by the telephone.
Ithayingb been demonstrated that electrici.
ty is a creation of solar light, the princi-
pie basing this invention is that ofthe con
v~ertibility 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
solar or powerful electric rays ct the point
of transmission. It is claimed by Mr.. Nc
Tighe, with whom our reporter conversed
last evening, that when the new invention
Is sufficiently perfected for practical use,
il will be possible for one Of two persons
converting 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 inyention will, how
ever, BIO more thoroughly apparent when
Il is stated that the inventors believe they
will be able TO transmit simultaneously
from point to point any written or printed
Documents, for instance, 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 photography and
are perfectly familiar to all operators in
that branch Of science and art. The in
ventors began their investigation of the
subject several years ago, the idea being
obtained from the first attempts made at
the development of the telephone. In
order to be able to work understandingly,
Mr.. McTighe and Mr.. T. A, Connolly, the
| Washington member OF the firm, took up
the subject OF photography and mastered
it completely. From time to time, as they
made new plans and discoveries, draw.
ings and papers relating thereto were filed
away'at Washington, with proof OF same,
so that they are fully prepared to prove
the priority Of all their claims, should any
effort be made to dispute the same.
We mention this fact for the reason that
I've have observed an article published in
some OF our exchanges recently concern
ing tho claim OF DR., Licks, Of South Beth.
iehem, this State, for an invention called
the diaphote. According to the printed
statements the results OF this instrument
are upon q small scale what 1t liz proposed
by the Connelly-M GTighe invention to dc
upon q large scale. The comparative I'M
~practicability Of the diaphote Is made ap
parent from the fact that 1t requires Z:
wires to transmit the image. The tele
photo, like the telephone, requires but
Single wire. 1t will transmit tho image Q
\ any object however large, which, Will
tsent in diminished size, Is magniied att
receiving point, before its reproduction, t
the required size.
Mr.. McIighe states that by his experi
ments he has been able to reproduce clear
Ily and faithfully in o dark room at hi
residence the images Of persons at 9TH
other end" Of the line extending fror
Ianother part OF the house, and that Will
the telephote is yet in Its infancy, OF II
ultimate perfection and utility there CO
be no doubt whatever,