The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-09-24
THE TELEcrRosoopp
"Onderful Invention of a Poor GaI,.,..
School RTasts-

ool invention Of Poor GaIlola.
School Master.
Jan Szczepanik's wonderfnI ;rvon.
llon' the telectroscope will IL an
counts be true, realize all that Edws an
Dellamy predicted about twentiatb
century entertainments in his last
DOCK Equality, szczepanik is q CAL
cian schooimaster turned inventor The
wonders of his telectroseope arc "a he
Iully brought out at the Paris expo,i-
tion OF 1900. Meanwhile the now dis
.inguished Pole can look back unon tbo
le" years OF his past life in which ne
was heroically struggling to win an
education. He was fortunate anouon
70 get into the University of Cracow
"hefe ne spent three years. Lack Of
iuhas compelled him to retire before
ne mad finished his education. His
new invention, he says, will take the
place OF the post, or the mail of the
future By it any scene can be per.
Iectiy reproduced, pictorially, at any
desired distance. For example. one
might sit in Chicago and have a fine
view OF San Francisco or New York
pay, with all its brilliant colors. NOV
ing and anchored ships, and water
sparkling in the sun. Mountains and
cities, in fact, any natural or artificial
~ arranged scene can be produced true
TO life at distance. All that is need
ed is to suggest the improvement GER
tain to come in telephone communi-
cation and the imagination can do the
rest. Herr Szczepanik says his ma
chine will reproduce letters perfectly,
thereby taking the place Of the post
and the telegraph. Roughly speaking,
the picture is broken up into a num-
Der of points. Each point is reflected
IN mirrors, and the reflected ray Of
light is converted into an electric our
rent, which can be transmitted any
distance. At the receiving end, the
current is again transformed into the
corresponding ray of light. This ray
Of light is reflected in mirrors and the
reflection thrown upon a screen. Now
it follows If all the points Of picture
are taken in very rapid succession, the
resultant reflection on the screen will
be the entire picture. There are many
ways Of converting light rays into cleo
trio currents already known to men Of
science. An electric battery with g
selenium cell is used. The battery is
connected by wire with an electro
magnet at the receiving end, where the
currents are to be reconveTted into
light rays. The electromagnetic will
move in sympathy with the current
sent out from the transmitting appar-
atus, and its movements will CORE
spond with the nature of the ray re-
fected. The magnet will move a prism
placed in front of strong white light
either electric or sunlight. The prism
will revolve the white light into It's
primaries, The primary Colors spread
out into spectrum and the prism re-
spending to the movements of the
magnet will bring the required color
into view. Szczepanik has made ar
rangements with a syndicate for the
showing of the Kaleidoscope at the
Paris exposition. The syndicate will
build an annex to the exposition with
a ten thousand seating capacity. The
admission will be three francs. The
inventor will get 60 per cent and his
hackers 40 per cent of the gross re
ceipts. Szczepanik will not sell his
telectroscope until after the close Of the
evnOSitiOn