Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1891-05-05
Your Picture by Telegraph.

Cleveland, Ono, is TO hsve the honor OF
organizing stock company with $1.OOO.-
600 capital, which will operate one OF the
most important electrical patents ever in
vented. The incorporatots will be George
NJ Hoyt, Andrew Squire, N. 6. Amstutz. ].
F. Psnkhurst, Luther Allen and Charl, w.
Foote. Mr.. Amstutz is the inventor and
has devoted several years ut leisure inter-
vsla to the perfection of the device, which
is calculated to reproduce any variable SUI
faces electrically at a distance or locally.
The frst practical result of the invention Is
the reproduction of photograph at dis
tance by means ofelectricitY. The machine
ia small contrivapce OF brass and iron ex-
tending cen inches into the air from a ped
estal 10 by Is inches, connected by einRle
wire with the leegraphic battery. The
work Is doDe direct from the Photographic
negative, which must be In relief about the
thousandth part Of an Inch. By means of
tracer perfect engraving Is made 10 wsx
or metal at the other end of The line, from
which print can be taken The photo
graph Is entirely in ps ailel straight lines
running from right to lefi, which are heavy
or dark, resulting In shaded picture. The
whole thing, including the making OF the re-
lief negative, can be done in three or four
hours When the transmitter passes over
light portion of the subject the receivers
cause depression or maximum cut to be
made upon the surfaces, and when the dark
portion of subject Is under the transmit
ter the receivers will make no record. Shou d
the sutj-ct present half tone he re-
ceivers will interpret the same as half ten
The product of the receiver is In the shape
of engraviUgs from which stereotypes os n be
made for printing upon ordinary printing
presses. The Invention Is adapted TO make
embossing dies, &c., automatically from
pattern, and to reproduce eny variable sur
faces electrically at distance or locally.
Mr.. Pankhurst Gays of the invention "We
think that we have found way to send
picture by telegraph In fact we did tele-
graph q picture by 1t the other day. Tue
picture consisted OF three fgurs rss-that of q
meu and those OF two women-all In party
costume The man was reproduced correct.
ly at the other end of the line !; each of the
women lacked part of her head. The re-
suit was on the whole mucn better than We
could have expected. The machine Itself is
Just cylinder. a sort of little pivot or
pointer goes with it. You take the picture
you want to send and wrap it around the
cylinder and the pointer traces the lights
and shadows of the picture. To reality the
surface OF the picture is not smooth, but un
even and 1t is traced at the other end on q
cylinder Of gelatine, From the picture thus
taken on the cylinder at the other end
photograph may be taken. Journals ere
using cuts go much now that we hope to
supply the demand By telegraph quickly
and accurately. think the invention will
be as great as that of the telephone. The
only reason why our recent experiment was
not wholly successful was because our lin
der at this end was not exactly round. 1t
requires 80 absolutely round cylinder for
such delicate work."