The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-03-23
BEATS THE TELEPHONE.
By the TeIautograph a Man Can Escape All
the Horrors of the sHello" Machine.


By the Telautograph Man Can Escape All
the Horrors of the 'HeIlo" Machine.
Chicago Herald
Prof Elisha Gray, of Highland Park, has just
and valuable than the telephone, of which he
was the inventor, bnt of which he defraud-
ed. within few days" said the Professor
yesterday, Il shall give = private test of my
telautograph, an invention which will largely
suppl ant the telephone l have already tested
it to my satisfaction, over and over again, and
gentle man from the East. / have just taken it
TO pieces to make some slight alterations, or
would show it to You now.
by this invention you can sit down at your
Office in Chicago, take your pencil in your hand.
write message to me. and your pencil
moves pencil here IN my laboratory moves
simultaneously and forms the same letters and
words in the same way. What You write in
Chicago Is instantly reproduced here in fac
simile. You may write in any language; write
in short hand If you like; use code cipher.
no matter, fac-simile is produced here. II you
wi sh 20 draw picture it is the same-the pict-
ure is reproduced here. The artist of your
paper can. by this device, telegraph his pictures
of railroad wreck other occurrences, Just as
a reporter telegraphs his description in words.
The two pencils move synchronously. and there
IL no reason why . circuit OF hve hundred miles
cannot be worked easily OF ten miles
This telautograDh will supplsnt the tele-
phone for many purposes 1t can be worked in
exchanges just rs the telephone is or by private
wire. Il has many advantages, too. 1t is noise
Less and devoid of she many annoyances COM
mon TO the telephone IL Will be much less AZ
fected by induction. There will be no trouble
in catching words Rylables, letters or figures.
No misunderstanding will result. Besides, it
leaves q record at both ends of the wire, and
there be dispute about what was said.
For all commercial transactions this would be
invaluable feature. In ordering goods,
sales of stocks grain. in transmitting names
or addresses. its superiority over the telephone
is obvious. For desultory conversations, il Is
true, it would not be rapid of working. for
the reason that one cannot write fast as he
talk but, the other hand it would
many of the delays and annoyanees incident 10
telephone communication.
when one person wishes to communicate
with another by the telautograph he pushes a
button, which rings an anuuaciator IN the ex-
change, or in the Office OF the person with whom
he wishes TO converse. Then tha first party
takes his writing pencil from its holder-and
this may be pen or peneil-and writes his mes
sage upon roll of paper. AS he writes SO
writes the pencil at the other end of the wire.
Finishing his message. he adds a cross. any
other simple token that he has finished when
the second party takes down his pencil and
writes reply. Thus a conversation be
finished another simple word-say the telegraph
ic signal '30'--wiIi Indicate the end. Both par
ties have n full record of the conversation, and
each possesses the others autograph.
In writing continued the Professor your
pen pencil is attached to two small wires. and
these wires regulate the currents which control
the pencil at the other end of the wir6. But
tAsse wires give you no trouble. You hardly