The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-03-29
It Seems too Wonderful.

The very latest thing in telegraph in
strum ents, says the New York World OF
Wednesday, was shown at No. 80 Broad
way yesterday. It is called the telauto-
graph, or long distance writing machine.
All tho afternoon business men, tele-
graph experts, newspaper folks and
others filled the rooms of tho National
Telautograph Company and watched the
remarkably accurate records made by the
little machine.
It consists Of transmitter and re-
ceiyer associated for use at one station.
The mechanism of the machine is ex-
tremely simple and direct. An ordinary
lead pencil is used in transmitting. Near
its point two silk cords are fastened at
right ang les to each other. These con-
meet with the instrument, and, following
the motions of the pencil, regulate the
current impulses that control the receiy-
ing pen at the distant station.
The writing is done on ordinary paper
five inches wide conveniently arranged on
roll attached to the machine. Il LEVER
Is so moved by the hand as to shift the
paper forward mechanically at the trans
mitter and electrically at the receiver.
The receiving pen is capillary glass tube
placed at the junction of two aluminium
arms.
1t is supplied with ink, which flows
placed in one of the arms. The electrical
i'm pulses, coming over the wire, move
the pen of the recorder simultaneously
with the movements of tie pencil in the
hand Of the sender, AS the pen passes
over the paper an ink tracing Is left,
which is always fac-simile Of the
sender's motions, whether In the forma-
ton of letters, figures, signs or sketches.
"There is practically no limit to the
work that this machine will do" said
Manager John H. Byrant yesterday,
"Whersver record is required it is in
valuable. From his Office business man
can send instructions to the factory, close
by or many miles distant, and have til EN-
delivered in his own handwriting. A
broker dealing by wire can give quota
tions and execute orders to buy aud sell
securities without danger of dispute. A
physician may wire his prescription to
druggist, using the arbitrary code of the
profession, confident thatno mistake will
be made in the transmission. A reporter
writing up fire or an accident ofany
kind, can send to his paper sketch of
his subject taken on the spot. Superin-
tendent Byrues wishing to notify all the
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burglar could not only do so as quickly
as by telegraph, but he could be sure that
his orders were transmitted in his own
writing, and an accurate description of
the man could be sketohed at the same
time II necessary"
Speaking of the telephone, Mr.. Bryant
said that the telautograph would become
more popular than the former instru-
ment, because there would be no buzz
ing on the wires and no questions to be
asked and answered perhaps 6 dozen
times before getting direct reply. "This
turtle ofoura,n said he, twill keep on
moving along and have your message all
recorded before the telephone is through
buZzing. There will be no moro strikes
ofmessenger boys, for while we are wait
ing for the boy to come, the message,
written on the machine, will be at its
destination. Then, again, man can go
away and leave his machine locked up in
his desk. When he returns in one, two
or half dozen days, he will find the
messages sent to him by his friends all
recorded on the roll paper in his desk.
In cities and towns the telautograph
will be operated on the exchange or CEN
tral station plan, in much the same man.
ner q sthe telephone is now worked,
Prof. ELISHA Gray, the inventor of the to-
Autograph, has devoted his life TO the
perfection of com mmunloatlon by electric
ity. Ho invented the musical telephone,
and history, his friends say, will give him
credit for inventing the speak
ing telephone and the harmonic tele-
graph,