Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-04-14
ELECTRIC TYPE WHITING.
An Invention Which Promises to Measur-
ably RevoIutionize Telegrapby.
PhfLrdelpAig Record.

An Invention which Promises to Measur-
ably ReyoIutionize T~elegrapby.
Philadelphia Record.
An invention that promises to measure
bly, r~evolutionize telegraphy has lately been
perfected in this city. and is now on private
exhibition at No. 327 Walnut street. Ia
Effect the new system is simply an appica-
ton OF electricity to type writing, and the
practical operation Of the invention is to
instantsneously reproduce at one end
of q telegraph line letters printed
upon Q typewriter ut the other end.
The most marvellous thing about the con-
nivsnce is the fact that q single ordinary
Geographic wire conveys the electric cur
rent and operates the receiving machine.
In appearance tie sending machine is very
much ike an ordinary typewriter. The
instrument shown yesterday had forty-two
keys-tte letters of the alphabet. the mum
erals and q few punctuation marks. The
receiving instrument was located IN the
same room, and the visitor was enabled to
see that upon the sheet of paper held by it
every letter or sign struck BY the sending
apparatus was instantly shown
There was much to admire in the ingen-
ious devices by which the two machines
were made to beat as one, but 1t Is not alone
as a model of fine workmanship that the In
yention surprised all who saw it. The diff
cult thing for all to understand was how q
single current gave the operator absolute
command over keys which formed more
than forty characters, and which might just
as well have been q hundred miles away as
in the same room. The mystery was ex-
planned by Mr.. j. b. LinYille, who msnipu-
lated the machine. Dropping tech
nicalities and without going into
minute details his explanation
amounted to this: Pressure upon any
key caused q certain number Of magnetic
impulses to pass through the line. The
number Of these impulses differ for each
letter, and they bring corresponding letters
on the type-wheel Of the receiving instrun ent
into such a position as to mark the impress
sion on q piece of paper. The machines
worked admirably yesterday. One OF the
gentlemen connected with the new enter
prise said: The distinctive advantages
claimed by this system over all other tele-
grsphic, telephone and type-writing instru-
ments are in its simple and inexpensive
construction and the ease of oper-
atiDg it. Any person who can
read can transmit and receive
messages through it as correctly as could
the most experienced expert using the
Morse instrument. 1t is as rapid as it is
accurate, and all messages by it being auto
matically printed, both at the point Of
transmission and that of reception, they can
be received with safety and reliability in
the absence as well as in the presence Of
the recipient. The recording of the MESA
ges at both points precludes all questions of
errors in transmission. 1t cannot be read
by sound, and is consequently the only
method for preserving privacy in electrical
communication. 1t is at once a stock indi-
Gator, telephone and type-printing tele-
graph"
The inventor was Mr.. George NJ. Haths.
way, but Mr.. Linville has done much to
make the c%Ontrivsnre practical. The Off
GERS of the company which controls the in
yention are: President, Thomas Cochran,
President Guarantee Trust and Safe Deposit
Company; Vice President, j. Fl. Linville,
C. T.; Treasurer, Thomas I. Butcher Sec
Rotary, William Fl. Vile, Secretary Southern
Maryland Railroad Company.