Iron County register., 1882-05-04
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Marvellous as have been the discov-
cries and inventions in the way of tele-
phones, 1t seems probable that we are
yet but in the infancy of their utility.
The result of late experiments has been
the establishment of telephone COM
municatIon between Boston and New
York, by which conversation has been
carried on over the distance of 240 miles
that is, to and from Boston-and not
only has the conversation been con-
Quoted intellgently and easily, but with
distinctness that has hitherto not been
obtained through telephones. This i'm
provement has been reached not through
any particular change in the instru-
ments, but by q chemical manipulation
of the carbon and the use of a current
four times as strong as the ordinary one.
Mr.. Chinook, the electrician of the
Metropolitan Telephone Company of
New York, thus states the operation of
the machine under the new discovery.
Essays: 1k
Two weeks ago went TO Boston to consult
with the Bell Telephone Company The chief
electrician of the company, Mr.. jacques. said
astonish me. Some twenty feet away from
where sat was an ordinary telephone, gex-
Jacques came. and as he closed the door a
voice as loud and distinct as am talking to
you now, said: Good morning. Mr.; Chin,
mock How do you Ike Boston, looked
around in amazement, and said to Mr.:
:Jaeqaes: Have You speaking, tube here
thought at first that it was some practical
Joke. but after few moments investigation
became convinced that a great advance had
been made in science
This same gentleman says that the
present handphones can be made to
give forth sounds as loud and distinct as
the human voice itself, and that here
after the call bell will be unnecessary,
SIS the voice can be heard as far as the
bell. Thus, standing in Boston, he
heard a voice from the telephone call
Miss Taylor, lady sitting in an adjoin-
ing room, at least forty feet away, and
the lady heard the call and came from
the other room to answer it. He further
explains the possibilities of the future OF
telephones:
When the voice comes from q distance, as
from Boston to New York, it is necessary to
speak quite loudly, but not TO shout, for the
voice to be heard distinctly in al parts of the
room in this city, bUt by putting the hand
phone TO the ear whisper can be heard from
Boston 10 New York BY using what Is known
as a metallic ciFcuit-two wires instead of one
conversations have been carried on with
ease over 4s0 miles of coantry. see no rea-
son why conversation can not be carried on
have no hesitation in saying that within a
year conversation between here and Chicago
will be matter of hourly occurrence. No
change whatever will be necessary in the
present apparatus, except in substituting four
cells for one and in differently prepared car
bon.
The imagination is free to count up
what will be the result when a man in
Chicago can go to his telephone and call
up by simple 'shello' any person he
wishes in St. Louis, New York, Wash
ington, Boston, or New Orleans, and
speak to him freely, and as distinctly,
and with no greater voice, than if he
were present in the same room. Elec-
tricity has made marvellous strides since
Morse, less than forty years ago, strung
his first wires and opened his first line
of telegraph, distance of forty miles.
The telephone has already surpassed
that, and it is impossible to place any
limitation upon its possible capacity.
The promise is now that in very brief
time conversation between cities and
towns and States and sections of the
country will be as common and as uni
versal as it is now between the different
parts of this city, and that the telephone
of the future will be so far improved
and enlarged and adapted to common
use that conversation between people
will know no interference by the mere
accident of fdistance.-Chicogo Tribune.