The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-07

to me upon coming back into the room
loving to Ediaon'a deafness the adlua
ment OF the instrument was not perfec
and nothing but a confused tumble
sounding like half dozen men in WAR;
dispute was the result. The trouble va
remedied at once by an assistant, and the
Edison's voice came very clearly from th
phone, reading Of, Q List Of Biographies
names, many Of which had mover hear
before, but which were perfectly distinc
It must also be noted that there was cor
siderable noise in the laboratory at tn
time, workmen being busy hammerin
snd saving in the neIghboring rooms
the time. Perhaps ono word out oil ever
ak or eight was not perfectly distinct
largely owing to the noise. When the
was the case, it was only necessary ;
touch spring in order 10 make the pho
nograph 20 back ten words, 100 words, o
500 words at will, whom tho sound becSm
Ineligible. :,
It has been said that the photograph
voice Is about twice "a loud Gs that Of
good telephone. Yesterday 1t seemed
great deal more than that. Stand four fee
away from the phone attached to tht
phonograph, 1t was easy to tell when !
began to talk, and even TO distinguish
some words, The quality Of the voice Q
the monograph ia far more characteristic
Of the voice Of the speaker than that o
the telephone; in other respects 1t rathel
resembles the telephone voice, but there
| is delightful absence Of the usual buzz
Of the telephone, due TO induction alonG
theslinss.
lie the impression it gives the listener o.
talking to another psrson. When 1t IL
necessary TO make the machine repeat
one almost instinCtively feels like spologiz'
| ing for the trouble to the psrBon at the
other end Of tha lins, and more than once
the reporter was on the point Of saying:
"Hays the kindness to say that over
again." Tho notion thu! there Ia nothing
before ono but machinO ia hard to &C
quire, and Edison's assistants say tho same
thing. There 10 so littlo machinery about
the affair, and nothing for the operator to
do except " listen, that the differences be-
tween operating tho old phonogrsph,
which was turned by hand, and the pres.
ent machine which runs itself, are tire.
mendous. Besides reading in an ordinary
tone OF voice from book, some expert
nents we're made in RupeTimposiug one
sound upon another. Alter reading long
let OF geographical names, Mr.. Edison
turned the machine back, and sang "HSil
Columbia" right over the previous mess.
age. Then he turned It back again, and
whistled yankee Doodle" The triple
meassge was given out by the phonograph,
resulting in nost curious combination in
which each part was perfectly distinct
The marvellous aptitude Of the machine
for whiatling and musical sounds is quite
az marked in the new instrument as in
the old.
The photograph fsctory has been eatab-
lished in Bloomfield, N. j., and ia now
turning the insiruments ont at the rate OF
thirty day should the demand warrant,
this production Oau be doubled. The sp-
paratus complete, batteries and all, will be
sold at 500. The phOnogrsms are praCti-
caly indestructible, and may be made to
repeat their message aa many times as 10
wished. Yesterday n phonogrsph read
out psge of "Nicholas Nickleby" fifty
four times duriuK tho afternoon In order
TO test the durability Of the phonogram /;
the reading at the end was just as clerr
and distinct as the beginning.
No Bell graphophonss have as yet been
received in New York, but from the de-
tailed account OF several persona who have
ssen and tssto1 the finished Instruments
in Washington during the iast fortnight,
II appears to differ bat very alightly from
the monograph Of Mr.. Edison. A perms-
nent metal cylinder 10 caused TO revolVe
slowly In front OF q vibrating diaphragm
bearing sharp needle ;potut. Upon this
cylinder Is placed Gecond cylinder thin
wax which receives remarks Of the needle.
For repeating what has been said, another
diaphragm, carrying minute piece Of
whalebone, lis used. The chief dif-
erence batween the phonograph and
tbs graphophone lie, that while
in the iormpr an ELECTRIC motor
moves the cylinder at the prescrib.
ed speed, In the latter the motion ia i'm
parted by series OF wheels geared to a
troadle worked by the foot, as in the uew-
ing machine. The instrument itself can
BIS made for less than $40, and will prob
ably be sold, table and al, for about S25.
It will DO practically iHdSstrucHble, and
euch improvements as are likely to be
made in Il in the near future will prob
ably be in the line Of sound.amplifiers,
which can be adjusted to any machine.
It Ia probable, also, that If aome more
regular movement than that Of the treade
can be obtained, it can be added to the
appSratua.
The official circular Issued by the Graph.
ophone Company promises even more
than Edison claims for his photograph,
90 witnessed in the following paragraph,
which copy verbatim:
,"Each cylinder will contain from 1000
to 1000 words, according to the rate Of
speech. This will enable the psrpon 10
talk and record on one OF these cylinders
as much matter as is usually written on
ten or twelve sheets OF legal paper. The
cylinders will be sold at o price which will
make their cost to the user not more than
that Of ordinary writing paper. News.
paper correspondents, instead Of pIepar-
Ing their mStter with the pen
can dictate to the graphophone
and have the matter telegrsphed
directly from the cylinder. The news
paper reporter can dictate his matter in
the eamJ way and turn his cylinders over
To the compositor, instead Of delaying to
transcribe the matter. The record eau be
preserved and repeated as often as may
be desired. AS an sid in the teaching Of
foreign languages 1t will prove invalua-
BILE. It will enable one to preserve in
definitely the voice Of friends and others,
The priCe OF the graphophons has not
yet been definitely determined, but 1t
will be sold at guOh q figure as will place
1t within the reach OF all"
PHILIP G. HUBERT, JR.
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