The evening world., 1888-05-12


TALKING INTO A pHoNoeRApu.
II vii, be that. somewbat over ten
vears ooo. MIR. Edison sprunp hs pbonoorapb unon
the world and created a great sensat,on NV ,hus
Bringing forward A machine which received an i'm.
oression from the sound waves NJ buman sneecb
and them automa,ica,Iv renrodpced ,hoae ,onnda az
aa IN arrooate the junction of ..do,no the ta,t,non
Itself. This machine was nublic,v exb,b,ted n.
many places in the United states and Fnron., and
glowing pronbec,es were maae "a N q. fu,nre
Tho inven,or said IN an o,t,c,s r,,,s,sd % ,hs
time. Z. The urobapilities are an nume,ops ana the
possibilities an ,l,m,tab,e that 7 am mvse,f IN a
somevnat chaotic condition of mind as 70 vner, To
draw the o,vIdino lima. Neverthe,esa he mads
yar,ous snec,ao predictiona pnt th.se we're no,
fulnIled. and the pbonouranb. wh,le ba exper,.
menta unon IL continual lanaed into n atate NJ
coma 40 far as pub,,c interest or nract,ca, nae
was concerned IT, hovevar the ,natrrm.r, n.
INV deveIoped cont,npes IN v,s,d the r.sp,,. which
Witnessed At his invitation and an a renr.sentauv.
Of TIE WoRIp IL ECZEMA ure,v IN create a revo,u-
,,on in our metboda Of doing 6anv vort
Since Mr. ka,aon moved into Mic rxr,.or, villa
nj IIeve,,vp park orange ac,en,,ec vo,t.nor.
have become "A na,nra, an on,orovtn a, Nc
looa, oo, a. .or,, noa.,an,.. 80 ,rr,,. .ns
,n,nron, n.do.rovs oro NJ r,,.or,. hr,,,,a.
enr,no nm o,ynos, o,srr,,,, I'm, ora mn,h ror.
,nermanen. thar the mrshroom Th,s ,.hor.,o,v
n his covers ohont tho .cros a, o-onna =, 10 ~
Iii so,,...s - s-...~. %. .
arch leading in to the inclosed yard, thai. If II were
not for the tall chimney NJ the rear portion one
would take it for the some sort Of public or govern.
49,. 49,
men. ouhuhg. me ouhoing Oh " COST ABOUT
S,o'w"' u ~ N an ueA piaoe = an iuses'iea'ol
In detail, because that would require q separate
onan :, - 1900 NV '" '0A ~
open 10 VISITORS generally.
airy room, two stories IN height. containing writ.
scientific works in all languages, 1 sat for a few
moments admiring the proup of tall palms and
snruObery forming a garden in the centre of
the noble room. Here, one might think.
the inventor would love to sit and dream, and
sketch out his daring conceptions. But what he
really prefers is to busy himself with the concrete
emooaiment OF these ideas and to handle the actual
materials involved. This he does in the lecture
This ,ect n ~ 'ro .uaa =. r rssn, Just ~ .n ABOVE the . moraay.
M ieo'ufe-room is really an enormously spacious
MI. Edison. wearing an old hat and n.nanv hold
ing between his llps a nalf-burns cigar. del,obts to
e.nsr,msn, win ,h,s - ,h.. ,as, n *" ,..aSnu.,
of whatever machine he may be most actively en-
qaged pnon at the moment Psna,r,nn ~ ,n,.
SPOT found MIN standing beside an open grand
piano, with q pile of big wooden or metal tunnels
-some n, ,hom a = y q foo, u,do a, enc ,o,,h 49,,
IN faat n - nnr IN y a. . ~ ~ a. ~ n1uu,n anu
NV TSasa ~ ~ !, y ~ VI noor hear
iGxc tho , ~ " snn0 a wvse m nn aor EoiectI
music or Voices in song and , trsnsT,ttina ihsm %
the phonoorans '"As "NN "sm '"
1.-THE TALKING MACHINE"
But the photograph itself was Q very small affair.
occupying q space OF not two SQUARE feet on 4
wooden bench. With its projecting pieces, It's
vanished frame, brass mountings and adjusting
screws II has O very s~cientino look, and seems
capaol Die OF performing surgical operations, taking
an accurate diagnosis Of disease or knocking out q
rnUr ~ 10 say nothing OF listening to and repeating
''Isn't II a yerv comn,,,a,ea srnsr.,rs ., , .sv.d
mo" said Mr.. Edison :. IKE az, cnn,r,vsncs.
for performing dsucais trno,tnns o. !, ~ q nnnse%
OF q great MANY nsrIs ThSra =, !" oSoUv Ttesu
hundred pieces sltooe,bar ,.nS,nM nanrsa
every little screw nSsS In onna ~ ooI uns
when put together u ny y ~ .ne Vonsnucnon; but
derstood and to he operatedd' with n = a nttls s1p,ana-
tioR and practice. u f"SN w h''o eAP'Ana-
The principal parta. n vos a~n.noa ..o .,.
small electric motor speciaiiv SeH;saa ~ ,h,s r sme
chine; the feeding GEAR wb,ch y ~ y us snn
the motor. moves the rscordinS Al NJ ~ Pome =
reproducing Diaphragm steaHlv ainnS ~ t ~
tubular surface OF wax. and ths brass M w
which the wax IA fitted. Ih,s cv,;ndar ~ NY ~
by the motor az the rate of f,tty ar S,yts ,SvUaVs y
minute. One of the assistants ast 49, 49, w. s.nnt
OF the apparatus and. pIac,ng inc renord,na ~
Dhraoun II ~ ioOOIuiuk ulh-