The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-02-01
Wonderful Electric Machine Which
ReprOduces Motion.
ON EXHIBITION TO-DAY AT HART's.
One Of the Most Delicate Pieces OF
Mechanism Ever InVsnted-OnIy Ma
chine OF the Kind Ever BrOuget TO
the IsIAads-AtonatIc Graph ophone.

Commencing this morning, there
will be placed on exhibition for the
first time in Honolulu two Of the lat
est electrical inventions Of Wizard
Edison. These are the kaleidoscope
and GraphOphone, the former being
one of the most wonderful and deli
cate pieces OF mechanism ever in
vented. The latter is a considerable
improvement over the photograph in
reproducing the sound of the human
voice.
Those machines are owned by Pro-
lessor Stoeckle, who is well and favor
ably known, both in this city and on
the other islands in connection with
monographs, and will be on view at
Hart & Co.'s store.
The following brief description of
the KALEIDOSCOPE will be both timely
and interesting: The most wonderful
invention Of modern time is the little
machine which its maker, Thomas
A. Edison, the wizard of the nine
teenth century, calls the KALEIDOSCOPE.
1t is so intricate and seemingly in
comprehensive in every detail that it
fills the average citizen with wonder
ment when he looks into it. By a
succession of drums and bromide of
silver haloids, not unlike those in the
phonograph, he has been able to pro-
duce what is commonly known as a
''dual talking machine" which exhi-
bits the minutest graduations OF a
man or set OF men, and reveals them
IL H. n.
were looking at the real objects.
The kaleidoscope brings before the
eye reproductions of scenes, even as
the photograph reproduces sounds to
the ear. 1t does not present mere life
less pictures or views, but the actual
living motion in all its variety and
with all its characteristics.
AS the simplest method of explain
ing the marvellous effects produced
by this most wonderful of inventions,
we will describe an actual scene ex-
hibited by it. 1t is called "The Bar
Der Shop" The beholder, who is
looking down through the window of
the kaleidoscope cabinet, sees the in
terror of a barber shop. a man is re-
Ginning in the chair, about to be
shaved. The barber gets his cup,
makes a lather and proceeds to lather
the customer. Meanwhile, cOlored
gentleman, the usual assistant In tom
serial establishments, is walking
about the room; he picks up a news |
paper and sits down to read it. An
other customer comes in, hangs up |
his hat, pulls off his coat and lighting |
his pipe, seats himself to await his |
turn. The puff5 of smoke from his |
pipe can be distinctly seen wreathing |
upward.
The cOlored gentleman sees some |
thing funny in his newspaper; hands |
the paper to the smoker and they both |
laugh heartily. Meanwhile the bar
Der has been shaving his man appar-
emily with more haste than is con-
sistent with comfort to the customer
in the chair, who evinces his displeas-
ure by sundry grimaces.
This is only one of the many sub.
jects now exhibited through the me-
dunn of the kaleidoscope, and Pro-
lessor Stoeckle will make change of
scenes each day. The one on view to-
day is the Barber Shop" as men,
toned above. The charge will be but
10 cents for viewing,this scene, which
continues thirty seconds. Go and see
Ii, it will more than repay you.