The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-11-08
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REPORTED BIT PHON0GRAPH.

REPORTED BY PHoNoaRAPH: - s5
"a Political Address Reeled or; Metal
.sySs2 Cylinder
New YoRk, Oct. 30.-The first at.
tempt to record public speech by means
of the phonograph Was made last Thurs
day. evening at a De mocratic rally. in the
Park Rink in Orange. Very few of the
4 5000 people. present knew that the ouris
oussfunnel.s l.shaped arrangement just in
front Of, The; platform Was there for that
purpose: It in fact reported the greater
portion of Governor Green's speech and
that of ex-senator Winfield. 81. So
The funnel, seven feet long, looking
like a huge cornucopia, was placed in
front Of. the platform, with the large end
pointing toward it.5 The small end; Was
connected with the transmitter of the
;phonograph, which stood upon q table
about nineteen feet distant from the
mouth of the speaker. Q Owing to the
lack Of accommoda dations, the large end Of
the funnel was not so.p placed as TO secure
the best results. It was about six feet
lower than it was deaigned to be-, and
was not directly in front of the speaker.
Nevertheless, the experimentTappears to
|; have. been very. uccessful
S The phonograph was operated BY The:
.odore Wangemann and an assistant, who
are connected with the Edison labratory.
Eighteen cylinders were used, and the
portions of speeches which we're taken
occupied nearly two hours. Each cyl;
Under would last about seven minutes,
and then it. had to be replaced with q
new one. There was Ia Z slight break
caused BY the changing Of the cylinders,
sbut this difficulty can easily be obyiated
by using two machines. The breaks,
however, are not serious. AT the Edison
labrstory yesterday !afterno ION. the: change
was;ac omplished iinse eight seconds.
After the meeting an; exhibition was
given Of the powers sof the instrument.
Several persons put the tubes to their
ears and the pleased and wonder struck
expressions of, their Ecountenances testi-
fed that they heard and nderstood what
~ ' a " eeo 40
Edltor. .D.sADue gan, OF tne orange 1eT.
Sald, who claims the honor of being the
first to publish q speech reported By the
sphonogr " r: Dugan ssays that ne
could .hear not only every. word distinctly,
sss reported by the machine ;aiter4lt had
been carried 70 ms once, pus ne couio
dlstingulsn stnes slnnectlons any. near Ine
apPianse ana eaee!s ana masls o. a.,s sns
Dana as plalniy as sno1 ll3 tney naa .ctu
ally been Iepeated The 5adyantags ,ot
the l! phonograph over! stelogIap ne
says y lnas one can Ses q latnIul Ieplo
dQGtlon . OF tnes swnole scene. lts accuracy
can ne :a0so!1teiy relied s upon. 5tssas, ts.3
t9es sEdison 2l lap raIory sne: P9ono.
graph sWas spns lh e 1pela.lon, ana s.ae
'IepoiteI PuIIlng sns aless,so NE, sac,
eea lae pslolatioa u % Selatos y ~,
Snei9s spss:n .s s. Il I,
flotec!ien s. - Tolect9n ll9!ect,on
ZOE monopolies ana llusts 1N Z! sald tne Pno.
nograpn. L. , sounded 10, as eI though We were
slttlng ina large nail close !; ., ~ tneE plat.
storm and Listening TO @ speaker OF deep,
sonor0us voice 8of extrao ordlnary power:
$50 real did it seem that one was surprised
mot to See the orator whose vehement
questions he could: picture. At the con.
:clusion OF his remarks, there arose g, per-