The times., 1898-11-27
WONDERFUL TALKING DEVICE.
Grand Grnphophone Exhibited TO n
Gathering of Newspaper Men.

The talking machine which. reports
from Paris state is to ne heard by 10000
people at once at the Paris Exposition,
has been completed.
A private exhibition OF this remarkable
invention was given last week in the Of
fees of the American Graphophone Com
pany,. in New York. to representatives of
the New York press. The exhibition was
In every way successful. the newspaper
men present expressing great astouish-
ment at the results achieved. The ma
chine Will become familiar To Americans
long before the Paris Exposition opens.
The Partisan story is wrong in intimat-
ing that the machine is of huge size. II
is scarcely larger than the ordinary
sraphOphone. 1t has a giants voice. but
not a giants body. The new machine is
called the graphophone grand. \ song
can be reproduced by it with such vol
ume as to be heard above the voices of
a large congregation singing \ speech
can be reproduced 50 as 10 be heard as
FAR and farther than the human voice can
carry sound.
An exhibition was given at the same
! time with an ordinary phonOSraph, in or
I der to make comparisons. The new ma
| chine reproduces not only with great VOL
! ume, but with greater naturalness and
| purity of tone than any talking machine
| yet devised. This has resulted from eX-
| periments made by Mr.. r. H. Macdonald,
manager of the factory of > American
| GraphophOne Company. along the lines
| laid down by Bell and Tainter. 1t is car
| rying the graphophone principle 10 Il
! higher perfection.
| Mr.. Philip Mauro. of Washington, in
| troduced the exhibition. saying. in part,
| as follows: "I have been requested to
| make q few Introductory remarks. 4
| prelude to the first qua i public presenta-
| tion OF the greatest of all mechanical
| achievements. ! use that expression ad-
! visedly. and in confidence that your so
/ ber Judgment will confirm it. L shall not
enter upon an explanation Of the means
| whereby these results are obtained. be-
cause 1t would take too long TO tell that
| story fully and properly; and unless fully
| and properly told, it should not be at
| tempted. What / would first impress
| upon you is that these results are due to
] pure mechanics. applied In the realm of
| the infinitely small. Certainly no mac Inc
has been devised, up TO the present time.
which approaches this in the fineness
/ also. to take advantage Of this oppor-
| tunity to state one or two leading facts
| in the history of the art OF recording
sounds. So much that is apachryphal has
been written and said in regard to the
| origin and development of this art that
! no opportunity should be lost to preach
the true gospel and spread the true faith.
"The facts that ] wish 10 imp.ess upon
| you are landmarks in the history OF that
| art. which should he undr: stood by every
| one who takes an interest in the subject
| 1t is the habit OF the age to attribute
every notable achievement in applied
! science to Mr.. Edison. Just it was the
/ habit of past ages to attribute wars. pes
| tilences and other Disturbances u comets
! or sun spots. And there is very VIDE
| spread misapprehension regarding the
| subject in hand. due TO the circums tance
! that, in 1877. Mr. Edison invented I ma
| chine to which he gave the name the
! phonograph. That machine was AN at