Richmond democrat., 1888-04-12
RICHMOND, RAY COUNTY, MISSOURI APP
THE TeLkUT0eRAPH.

The TeLAUTOeRAPH.
Elisha Gray Deserbrs In Advantages OF His
New Invention.
Prof Elisha Gray OF Highland park,
has Just completed an invention scarce
ly less wonderful and valuable than
the telephone, of which he was also the
inventor but of which ho was defraud-
cd "Within a few days said the
professor yesterday, ~ shall give a
private test Of my new telautograph,
an invention which will largely sup
plant the telephone. | have already
tested it to my satisfaction, over and
over again, and on Saturday shall
give an exhibition an exhibition to
some gentleman from the East. l have
just taken it to pieces to make some
slight alteration, or would show it to
you now.
by this invention you can sit down
at your Office in Chicago, take pencil
in your hand, write n message to me,
as your pencil moves apencil here in
my labratory moves simultaneously and
forms the same letters and words in
the same way. What you write in
Chicago is instantly reproduced here
fac-simile. You may write in any lang
uage; write in shorthand if you like,
use a code of cipher, no matter, a fac
similar is produced here. If you wish
to draw pricture it is the same-the
picture is reproduced here. The artist
OF your paper can, by this device, tele-
graph his pictures of railroad wreck
or other occurrences, just as a reporttr
telegraphs his description in words.
The two pencils move synchrOnuusly,
and there is no reason why circuit Of
800 miles cannot be worked rs easily
as one Of ten miles.
This telautograph will supplant the
telephone for many purposes. 1t can
be worked in exchanges, just as tie
telephone is, or by private wire. 1t has
many advantages, too. 1t is noiseess
and devoid of many annoyances so
common to the telephone. 1t will be
much less affected by induction. There
will be no trouble in catching words or
syllables, letters or figures. No mis-
understandings will result. Besides,
| it leaves n record at both ends OF the
wire, and there be no dispute about
what was said. For all commercial
transactions this would be an invalu-
able feature. In ordering goods, or
sales of stock or grain, or in transmit
ting names or address, its superiority
over the telephone is obvious. For
desultory conversations, 1t is true,
would not be SO rapid of working, for
the reason that one cannot write Us fast
as he can talk, but, on the other hand,
/ would save many of the delays and
annoyance, incident to the telephone
communication.
"When one person wishes to commu.
nicate with another by the telaute.
graph he pushes a button, which rings
an annunclator in the exchange, or in
the Office OF the person with whom he
wishes to converse. Then the first
party takes his writing pencil from its
holder-and this may be pen or pencil
and writes his message upon a roll
Of paper As he writes so writes the
pencil at the other end of the wire,
Finishing his message, he adds a cross,
or any other simple token that he has
finished, when The second party takes
down his pencil and writes a reply.
Thus q conversation can be carried on
easily and quickly, and when it is fin.
ished another simple word-say the
telegraphic signal "3O'-will indicate
the end, Both parties have full re-
cord of the conversation, and each pas
sesses the others autograph.
In writing continued the profes.
ser, "your pen or pencil is attached to
two small wires, and these wires regu.
late the currents which control the
pencil at the other end of the were.
But these wires give you no trouble
You hardly know they are there, and
can write with as much facility as II
they were absent
"Can this invention be used TO ad.
vantage commercially"
"Yes, 1t will MT cost more than Sl6
OF so and is easily kept in order. |
baye tried it again and again, and il
works more perfectly than the tele.
phone, and is much less liable to have
its usefulness interfered with BY Undue.
tion,
Butthis isnot the only great invention
Prof Gray has in hand He has just
completed also an automatic switch.
board Tor tclephonic exchanges by
which the user Of telephone or tel
autograph can put himself in commu
uicatlon with any other instrument
10 do this he has simply to touch {
button certain number Of times cor
responding to the number of the othel
instrument. Ii the wire leading Il
that instrument is already in use he i
informed OF that fact by the ringing 0
a bell, and he then waits a few min
utes, Us he is now too often compelle,
to land then pushes the button again
BY this invention one person in an ex
change can do the work OF thirty 0
forty under the present system, tn
duties Of the one being merely to kee
the automatic apparatus in order
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