Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-08-28
Form of tn. Typ Telegraph.

One Of the principal objections to the
printing telegraph in the past has been the
'form of delivery" They have all printed
their messages on narrow band of paper or
''tape," and press dispatch of few hun
dred words would be many feet in length
and liable to kinks, breaks and entangIe-
ment. Users of the telegraph have never
been content to receive their dispatches on
a ribbon, and have always protested against
that form of record, asserting that to file il
tact in any way was constant source Of
harassment. A compromise has been
effected in European practice by tearing of
all dispatches received by printing tele-
graph into short lengths and pasting them
on ordinary delivery blanks This is
clumsy makeshift.
With o view to overcoming these and
other objections an American type telegraph
machine has been designed by means OF
which the delivery is in the. form of
printed page eight inches wide. All the
letters, numerals, fractions and other signs
used on the ordinary typewriter are pro-
yided. The receiving instrument is en-
tirely automatic in its action, requiring no
skilled operator to watch or adjust il. Tho
transmitter is similar in form, as far as the
arrangement of the keys is concerned, to
the typewriter, and can be worked by any
person familiar with that instrument. The
transmitting operator, by means of his key
board, has full control of the machine at the
distant end of tn line, and can vary the (
length of printed line or space between |
two items of news or two kilograms at will !
Typewriting by wire and by ordinary type |
writing methods has been the object |
sought to be obtained in the American type |
telegraph. The width of the paper, the |
form and action of the keyboard, as we'll as /
the manipulation of the machine generally, !
are made to conform, as nearly as possible,
to the practice with which tYpewriting !
operator is familiar.
Accidsnts From High Tension Currents.
me recent reports of the recovery Of /
patients struck by lightning after 2, or
hours treatment for asphyxiation, have
called the attention of medical men to this
question. DR.. Lacassagne, of the Faculte 1
de Medicine of Lyons, has taken q COM
mendable step in issuing a pamphlet, in
which he puts series of questions, with Q
view to elicit the fullest information con-
cerning the phenomena of accidents by high
tension currents The questions deal with
part of body touched, potential, earth or
short circuit, whether victim dropped or
vas puAlCu Out 5CuonsAou5, dCdtmcub
adopted, whether burnt, difficulty of walk
ing, of breathing, of seeing, headache,
sciatica, etc, as results; duration, effect on
sleep, etc, dynamo or transformer current,
and so forth Copies of this circular can be
obtained in this country by any person de-
string to supply information on the re-
quired points The result Of Dr. Lacas-
sagne's inquiries will be the establishments
of many important facts concerning high
tension shocks, and possibly the publication
OF q concise manual of remedies in case Of
accident In the meantime it may be well
to remember that after q shock efforts to
produce artificial respiration by movements
of the arms, hot fannels and jerking the
tongue should be persisted in for hours, and
will probably result in the saving OF life.
An apparatus for artificial respiration, in
vented by the late DIR. Vanderburg, OF Co
lumbus, O., may be of great service In such
casea.