The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-06-02
THE ZEROGRAPH.
4 Remarkable Electrical Invention of
the Ninteenth Century.


In telegraphy and telephony one in
vention follows at the heels of the 9TH
er. The 'zerograph'' is an apparatus
which can be set up at every telephone
station, aad used as a telegraphic ap-
paratus The inventor is a German
named Herr Leo Kann. The apparatus
strongly resembles type writer, but
differs from all other Geographic APP
paratuses by working perfectly auto
matically without anyone to attend to
it. The synchronism is automatic
There is no clock work at all. Every
one that has telephone or telegraph
station to which the zerograph is at
tached, can at any moment dispatch
messages regardless or whether there
is anybody at the other end or not. An
other enormous advantage of the zero
graph is that it enables one to send
messages over the telephone wire with
out in the least disturbing the tele-
phone service. The newly-invented ap-
paratus is a type writing apparatus Of
the simplest possible construction, but
of the highest degree of efficiency. No
previous training is needed in order to
manipulate it, nothing more than a
knowledge of the alphabet, and it can
be used for telegraphy without a wire.
The long and short of it is that by add
ing the zerograph to ones telephone
apparatus one obtains a complete tele-
graphic apparatus in ones own office
or house, and yet does not require any
body specially to attend to it. 1t now
becomes a question which of the two
new inventions, telescripteur or the
zerOgraph, is more practical The eX-
periments which have been made with
the zerograph have proved that it
works with the greatest accuracy both
for short and long distances, in one
test amounting to $50 kilometres. Aft
err it had been proved that the zero
graph could be used in connection with
the telephone, the next step was to try
it without a wire. The experiment
showed that although Marconi's inven-
ton is still capable of great improve
ment. the zerograph is the only appaf-
atus which in connection with it makes
it possible to telegraph to a given ad-
dress without wire. Experts are con-
WINGED that it will be possible to send
message to 100 different addresses
without q wire. The matter is to be
the subject of further study, however.
The German post office is thinking Of
introducing this new apparatus for the
DurDose OF communicating the latest
news to the press by means Of a special
r organization. Men of business are to
1 have the opportunity of sending their
! dispatches over the telephone wire by
means Of the zerograph to the post Of
e fee. where they would be transferred
< and sent to their destination, while
= kilograms would be delivered to the
= addresses in the same way. In this
y manner not only would it be possible
n to dispense with many telegraph mes
S sengers. but also much time would be
j saved. The saving would be so great
$ as to make it possible to telegraph a
;. question from Paris to London and get
# a printed answer all in five minutes.
And at the same rapid pace run on
l, the improvements and progress in cleo
d tric lighting. DR.. Charles Auer Won
s welsbach. the inventor of the Auer
e has taken out patents for new mean
l. descent light He has invented new
incandescent body, which, it is said, is
r for electric light what his former i'm
liCr1oT n
n incandescent body, it is stated, is to be
IS used in electric lighting, and is not
" only to effect great saving Of elecTi-
e city. but also to increase the illumina-
V ting power of the lamps. As the eX-
d perfments as to the durability and the
d cost of the new incandescent body are
e not yet quite concluded, it is not pos
d sfble to say in how far it will ecOno-
o mise the current used and increase the
o illuminating power of the lamp.
If Also. Prof. DR.. Nernst, the head o
+ the Institute for Physical Chemistry
$ and EIecro-Chemistry at Goettingen
Is has made an invention connected will
artificial light. It is a case of usinS
the alternate currents for lighting pur
~ poses. and the preparation of a new in
> candescent body for electric lamps. H
- is said to have succeeded in makins
glow. by means of an electric current
!, bodies which have hitherto been con
sidered n-conductors for electricity
and also to have so prepared them tina
they will for a considerable time resls
high ratures.-EXchange
=