The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1889-09-13
BEATS THE TELEPHONE.
Prof. Elisha Gray's latest fnven-
tion Transmits Writing BY
Electricity.


tion Transmits Writing by
Electricity.
Indianapolis Jooraai.
A pleasant faced. elderly genslemss
full beard. neatly cronpei. aud. like ~. /
hair plentifullv sprink,ed with white I
Was'siiting In the lobby ofthr New Dem
jon on Friday. who's that p inquired
The reporter. IL was told The gentle
man was Prof. Elisha Gray. Of Chicago.
The famous electrician.
II have just perfected IN invention. ~
~ said in reply ~ queries. "for the
Transmitting Of The handwriting fac |
simiie Of The handwriting"
~iIow j. this accomplished ?"
ssOne sits down aud writes on sheet
Of . per. using r~n or pencil. aud
whatever Is done -tth's end. every mo-
tim that Is made 90 the paper or on
y fsithfuiiy rrrr.,.nral by = pen unon
paper AZ Tho oih-r eni Of the wire NJ The
same time. ias' as fast or ~ slow A. i i
given ~ this end, and neither faster nor
slower
what name have you given the in
strument 2"
The telautograph. and Il ran be work
Cd over any length Of viz
When yon cav pen and pencil what
do you mean"
II mean pr. carving ink. and that
the writing Of drawing j. upon oriinsr,
paper I use = hiid ink. hut any ink
will do that will INV rapidly. One can
write with pencil or autographs pen ~
he chooses The Invention j. now prac-
ticslly completed. aud am making lc'
Of instruments. A complnv has been
formed a. parent organization. and lo-|
cal companies will follow. The in-trn-
msnss will be rented. not sola. and the
terms will he similar 10 those given by
fhe telephone people. But u j. en'irei,
di<=imiiar 10 the telephone. for II writes
and does not talk. Bv il one can tran--
init check. note or draft in the hand
writing Of the individual. Its accuracy
5 unquestionab,e. IL that respect II diff
fers from the telephone. which il good
enough for desu;tofy conversations, bui
II not sufficient 10 use in biying or ~rll-
ing. You are writing short hand; fh~'-
~ course. could be transmitted by thsl
seisuforrsph. In newspsprr work ONE
could not only transmit . description o.
any great event. celebration ike thai
OF the soldiers monument held here. orr
OF great disaster by rail or water, but
sketch conli be transmitted Al the same
time n illustrate the srt:c!a.'
~What i the -ize Of fhe instrument m
"The top i 2Dx2f inches. II may Del
kept on or beside desk. or. like the tel
ephone, be hung upon the wall. where u
takes up little space. II IL secret ~ ~
communications. both A. to those i gives
snd those it receives. One does not
3 need 10 hello and no Que can steal the
message from tile wire Then the mess
age will come whether one j. ~ hand ~
receive II or not. One can have lock
ana KEY. aud M one can see the com
munication sast has come in hls absence
The instrument may be found good Tor
the distribution Of press reports 70 all
the newspapers of the land simultaneous-
". But there are Thousand things 70
which II may be applicable that neither
you nor | may think Of a. the moment.
it, chief value, ! apprehend. will De IN
mercantile business, where the telephone
falls by reason OF its insccuracy. II a
msn gives AZ order by telrphane, the
nan receiving IL may deny having done
%. but here the writing i proof positive
and cannot be denied"
sIIow abcu. Induction? When seve
val wires run 10 proximity 10 each other.
what Is the effect p
As 10 induction. Il is wholly unlike
the telephone. There Is no more trou-
bic from proximity OF wires than Is en-
countered in ordinary telegraphy, and.
% 90 expense, il will not cost the user
any more than the telephone coats him
have several other things in the mil.
coming forward. but am not ready to
Tell The world what they are. Nv work
b invention. may say my profession.
and follow il a. regularly o. any man
follows any profession.
The reporter here casually mentioned
the fact that Inventor Edison hal been
decorated. II have decoration nv
SELF said the Professor with little
laugh. .but never wear !: ID this coun
Try. I'll lid my friends would take II
that had Joined the Murphy movement
lam Chevalier Of the Legion Of Honor.
: decoration given me by the French
government ten years ago, and one that
would wesr abroad, where snch things