Omaha daily bee., 1885-10-13
A WONDERFUL INVENTION.
\ Texan Inventors Device to Rcvoiu-
tionizc the Modern Telephone.

\ Texan Inventors Device TO RcvoIu-
tionizc the Modern Telephone.
! Fort Worth CrcNaS) Democrat; Over
three weeks ago Fred IL. Brown began
| the work of studying out an invention,
an idea which had come, to him that q
| telephone and telegraph instrument
| could be made which would work with.
out battery. For three years he toiled
and thought, hut seemed no nearer tho
| goal than when he started, until ono
! night in February last, about 3 o'clock in
| the morning, he awokc suddenly from
his sleep and found the invention in his
mind Cold as it was he jumped ont of
| bed, lighted Il lamp and began to work.
In few moments he had perfected an
instrument and tried it 1T home. He at
| once determined to go to New York, but
! before his departure sold the right to
England to Mcssrs George j. Frankel
and c. II. shutter; to France and Ger
many to W r. Kcyc, who II week later
accompanied Mr.. Brown east,
The electricians of MIR, Gould and Mr..
| Mackay inspected the invention care
| fully. and then the Western Union Tclo-
| graph company and Bell Telephone COM
| pany sent men to Washington TO see If
| the method could not he patented, but
Mr.. Brown had provided against all con
tingenclcS and had patents covering
invention was seen by j. j Safcley, u
capitalist, who brought it to the notice of
Austin Corhin, millionaire. He formed
company aud though Mr.. Safely
bought the right of the United States for
million dollars, paying $250,00O to Mr..
Brown in cash, and giving ample secur-
ity for the payment of S750,OOO, MIR.
Brown returned to Fort Worth early this
week, disposed of his property here, and
on Thursday night left with his family
for New York. where he will reside.
When he left New York Bonanza Mackay
was negotiating for Canada, which is
held by the inventor at Sl,OOO,0OO. MIR.
Brown also brought word that II wealthy
man wanted England and was willing to
pay large sum for it, which will induce
McSsrs Frankc and Shuttler to go East
in thirty or sixty days to look after their
interests Mr.. Kcyc, the owner of the
right for Germany and France, is now in
New York and will leave in Il few days
for Europe.
When &Ir. Brown reaches New York u
cable test will be made over $500 miles
of cable, twice the distance across tho
Atlantic. Instruments for this test Will
be completed early next week. test
was made in New York not long ago over
500 miles of wire and the instruments
worked as clear rs Il bell. In few days
100 miles of wire will be stretched on
Az soon rs possible the firm in New
York will get to work and organize sub
companies in all the states, when rovo-
mtion in telphoning and telegraphing
viii surely result.
The invention is n magnetic telephone
and telegraph without battcry-a new
system OF transmitting the sound of the
human voice without using batteries of
any kind. Brown has had II hard time
pcrlcctjng his invention, being refused
aid by those to whom he applied A
short time ago Edwin +. Masterson, Il
lawyer Of means and well acquainted
with prominent eastern telegraph and
telephone men, saw the lnstrumenG
tested, and ut once wrote n director OF
the Western Union Telegraph company
setting forth the wonderful workings of
the Invention. The Western Union Of
fetal went to Gen. Charles A. Tinker and
asked him to ISsuo instructions to some
experienced manager in or near Fort
Worth to have the instrument tested over
the Western Union lines and report to
him mt once. G. p. Frankel, manager
here. received the instructions and or
dercd the Cleburne manager to assist
him.
In the afternoon of June 81, ,at o'clock
Mr. frankCl, Mr.. Brown the lnvcntor,hr.
Mastcrson, j. II. Murphy, Robert l..
Moore, operators, and II newspaper re-
w
Granger, an electrician, and G. Nj. Ban
der. manager at ClGburne were in the
Clcburne Office. The batteries II the
line were cut off from the wire thirty
eight miles long and the magne to trans
mittcr and receiver attached ut both ends
of the line For two hours the test went
on; all parties talking, and j. ii. Murphy
by tapping on the diaphram of tho in
strument, tclegraphlng to the Cleburne
operator and receiving an answer in the
same manner. The voices of the Gle
burnc parties were very distinct and 9
marked feature was the absence of all
foreign noises interfering with and Incl
dent to other systems.
The instrument used was composed of
two ounces of WIRE and a half pound OF
steel and can be made for twenty-five
cen S. The transmitter is simply n horse
shoe magnet, either pole being covered
with fine wire coiled carefully. The ar
mature is II disc of steel, against which
the voice is thrown, then transmitted
through the magnet to the wire. The
receiver is similar, but has IA smaller
magnet. 1t is claimed by the inventor
that he can transmit the voice around
the world or across the Atlantic ocean,
there being no limit us far as distance il
all that is necessary being
the increasing OF the size of the magnet
Men Not to DO Trusted.
New Orleans Picayune: A bald headed
barber is not II fit man to sell hair restO-
ratives to his customers; nor will prohibi-
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