Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1896-01-09
Copyrighted. 1896, by the National
Press sociaton)

Press sOclaIlOn.)
Special to the Register
Washington, d. c., January S.-Man
can think directly into a machine, and
produce an accurate permanent record
of his thought, uanscribable at any
time. This is the latest gift TO man
kind from Julius Emmner, Jr., the
world renowned inventor of the long
distance telephone, who now resides in
tsis city. at SIS Fourth street, n. E..
This announcement is substantiated
by the wonderful thought-machine
itself. whose operation has been inves-
tigated by our representatives, devel-
Oping q practical Importance worthy OF
its author who has patented so large
number of successful inventions in
America and Europe, including besides
his famous long distance telephone,
many forms OF dynamOs, motors, &c.
Mr.. Emmner is plain spoken scientist.
whose creation deals with facts direct
from Natures hand Such is his new
est marvel. the thOught-machine, be-
fore which he was seated as the CORE
spondents entered his laboratory.
Il HAVE BEEN WORKING
upon the thought-machine," said the
celebrated electrician, "fOr about three
years. against ten years devoted to de-
yel0ping the long distance telephone,
whose first patents were granted me in
81 AS 10 delicacy of operation, the
Mountaineering is as much superior
to the telephone as the telephone is 10
the crudest steam engine. Its daily
performance here in my laboratory has
already demonstrated that 1t accom-
plishes more than l had looked for, and
must prove one of the most useful in
struments science has contributed to
civilization. With the perfected ma
chine we Instantly obtain permanent
record of thought taken at any speed,
which can be Transcribed at will by any
operator. How did I invent il? Well,
the need of such a machine to complete
our intellectual facilities has long been
evident 10 me. Believing all things
possible. / looked for materials TO con-
struct il and found them. that is all.
"The thought-machine," continued
the inventor. effects the tangible coup
ling of material and immaterial forces,
with electricity as my motive power
and chemistry as my recorder. Inc
chemically ssnsitZed surface OF a GYM
der while undergoing decomposition
Inv the electric current, receives the
magnetic thought waves which stream
from the physical brain OF the opera
tor. and pOrtrays Decentralization upon
vibration. form upon form-with micro
scopic fidelity. in an imperishable mes
sage. Now. the seperate actions OF all
these electricity. the chemical
sensorium and the magnetic currents
of the human brain-have long been
thoroughly understood.
BUT THE THOUGHT-MACHINE
combines the action of these three dis
tinct forces in an apparatus where such
faultless electrical, chemical and me-
cbanical conditions are subject to the
onaratOr's will that the delicate mind
currents. conveying his thoughts, are
engraved upon the sensitiZed surface
rs p continuous. unerring registration.
"Tbe vibrations of the electric cur
rent alone have sufficient subtety 10
produce the delicate decomposition re-
uuired TO register thought Perhaps
the closest analogy to the thought ma
chimes operations is found in photog-
raDhy. which. however, is coarse COM
pared with this thought registration,
where electricity, instead of light, as IN
the camera, decomp0ses the sensitive
film and engraves the vibratory image.
I'm photography the decomposition is
caused by incidence, or the striking Of
the light rays upon the surface from
without. whilst the Thought Machine is
entirely insensitive to light, and decom-
position is effected by permeatiOn Of the
electric current through the surface
layer of its film. There is also rough
likeness to the picturing of the voice
on the monograph, and in all three in
struments-the camera, photograph,
and Thought Machine-there is the re-
markable analogy that their perform
ance is solely due TO recording vibra-
lions of different kinds; respectively,
light sound and the silent, viewless
waves of thought
The great inventor, who came for
ward TO greet his visitors, now directed
them TO the table where he had been
sitting. upon which rested a small ap-
paratus enclosed in oak, not unlike a
diminutive monograph, about 6 inches
wide, inches long and 31a inches high.
This is the Thought Machine said
Mr. Emmner opening the case. Its
interior contains the delicate vibratory
mechanism, finished. YOU see. with the
precision OF a mathematical instrument,
furnishing proper vibration during the
operation of the machine You will
also notice at the left q small dry-silver
battery, which is the most perfect of ita
kind science
HAS YET DEVISED.
and was made especially for this ma
chine On TOD Of the case YOU see the
Observation-Disclosures. 6 inches long by
y inches in diameter. made of vulcan
lied rubber for insulation, and rotated
by the yibratOry mechanism beneath
This thin. hard. tubular envelope is
the film which fits accurately over the
cylinder and bears a super-sensitized
outer coating for receiving the thought
record. During the cylinders rotation,
the electricity decompOsing the surface
OF the hlms supplied through this
e'ectric-pencil, propelled in its travels
along this fne screw parallel with the
cylinder which it gently touches, thus
directing a spiral. thread-like coarse of
the current around its face
The electric-pencil being removed
after completing a record on the film,
the same traveller now attaches to and
carries the reprOducer along its face, TO
read the record. The reprOducer con
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