The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-15
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An Astounding Invention that Threatens
to s0persede Both the Morse system aud
the Telephone.

An Astonishing Invention that Threatens
to sDpsrsede Both the Morse system aud
the Telephone.
tPhnsdelphia specIaLl
An invention has recently been perfected
here that bids fair to revolutionjZs all exist
ing ystem of electrical communication, both
Geographic and telephone. The secret oil 1t
has been carefully guarded by thd inventors,
MesSre. George III. Hathaway and James a.
Linville. and by the small company OF large
capitalists who control 1t while il is being
fully covered by patents, both a msricaa and
foreign. Now that oil is secure, it is to bs
suddenly sprung upon the public by an eX-
hibition at the Continental Hotel. probably
during the present weak, as one Of the gigan-
tic scientific surprises of the century. To
state in brief what it is, it is nothing less
than making teleg Apply as simple, rapid,
and easily within the command of every
body as is the operating Of the Telegraph or
typewriter. Efecting what is claimed for
II, IL will be the means OF greatly reducing
the cost of telegraphy, Of bling the opening
Of some 10000 new telegraph stations in
railroad and express Offices throughout the
United States where there have hitherto
been none, and of taking the place generally
OF the telephone. Any person who can pick
out word on the keys of a typewriter can
transmit message by the Hathaway system
accurately and with rapidity, only restricted
by the speed OF the picking, while, as for
receiving messages, the instrument does that
automatically, whether there is anybody
experimenting its operations or not. There
was private exhibition of the system 10 day
at the company's offices, No. 927 Walnut
street. the results attained ar which seemed
to fully sustain all that is claimed for this
most remarkable invention.
The instrument used is both transmittsr
and q receiver. The two instruments used
in this exhibition were connected by shout
nf .xrfra Cd ohnn -
Each appeared in its front part TO be simply
an ordinary typewriter, with the letters,
numerals, etc, on raised keys. Behind this
rises a small column, with blank papers
wrapped around 1t aud moved up line .bY
line as required by simple device. Inside
that column is a small hammer that strikes
outwardly, so as TO, whenever key Is
touched, press the paper against the peri
phery, of horizontal wheel that lies be-
tween the keyboard and the colum. On that
periphery, in high relief, are the letters OF
the alphabet numerals and points for
punctuation. The wheel spins around with
llghtnlDg-llke rapldlty as the keys are sue
csssively touched by an expert. When II
has TO retTocede IN the alphabetical order it
flies back TO fixed point. as does the wheel
OF gold and stock indicator, but much more
swiftly. All the delicate and intricate
electrical attachments necessary are below
and, when understood, are much less COM
plicated than they seem, their apparent COM
plieation being caused by their Multiplicity.
A separate wire leads from each key TO a
single common WIRE and each Of those key
connected wires serves either for transrais-
sion or reception Of messages. The sending
or receiving Of 8 particular letter or figure Is
governed by the strength of current requir ID
for just that individual one anu no otner. 1t
teens very strange that all those various im-
pulses should be flashed along a wire-eYen
ia opposite directions at the same time
without jostling each other or getting mixed
up. but they do. Many messages were seat
aud received in tO.dsY's tests By non experts
at speed of frOm forty 10 fifty words per
minute with gTester accuracy than is
/ usually shown by expert Morse sound"
( operators, and that speed, it wss attirRed,
could be very greatly increased. a no.
ticeeble snd valuable feature Of the
system is that it prints clearly in the sight
Of the person transmitting message
jost what is being sent 10 the receiver
so that errors are avoided or If committed
are readily corrected. The messages sent
over a wire by this instrument can not be
Tegd by sound, 90 that it is much more IA
voTsble TO the privacy often desirable in
| business than either the Morse system or the
/ telephone. IDasmuch as the Hathaway in
/ stTument can be adjusted to any system of
wire communication and will work to as
great distances as is required in
| telegraphY il will be of ines.
timsble value to railroad and express
| companies, bankers, brokers, merchants aud
| the general public. There are no formidable
complications III its construction, and ex-
| pert electricians who have examined it pro.
/ nounce 1t one OF tbs most wonderful
| achievements of the age. Should it only do
! half of what is claimed for it, and that it
shows it can do, it would practically rsvol9.
tionze telegrspby.
The company controlling this great inven-
tion has been organized upon capital of
! 100000, bat no stock is for sale, ali being
held as an Investment