The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-11-25

Boursr Theoretically. the use Of pow
erfui currents should make Il possible 70
establish telephone eommuncation be-
tween Europe and America. but the DIM
Guilty and expense attendant on laying a
suitable cable stand IN the way. N. Ger
main. however. BY no means despairs Of
overcoming the obstacle His microscopic
has already gwen birth 20 ''micr0-
transmittor'' which acts as a losid-speak-
ing telephone over z 30 miles.
Esry IN 1859 the writer was present AZ
some experiments. with the German tele-
phone on an ARTIFICIAL circuit having tho
same resistance 1850 ohmsl NJ tho tele-
phone line between London and Paris.
with the small desk-receiver the voice
was clearly audibly IN every part OF n
largo room. Wilh a tubular receiver
eight feet long. passing through the wall
Of The house. the voice was distinctly
audible fifteen yards from the mouth OF
the receiver IN the open air. After so Sc
we're y test a. this. there r. nothing in
credible la NJ. Oormain's claim 20 b. able
to transmit sound OF any kind. and re-
produce 81 20 miles away before an aud
ience Of .OD people assembled IN any hall
! OF frst-clnss acoustic properties.
The possibilities OF this telephdne dsvel-
opment seem practically inexhauatiole.
One Of the most striking applications 81
the German telephone r. IN connection
with the phouograph and the cinenato-
graph or biograph. AZ every one knows.
the phouorraph cannot register sounds
not produced IN close proximity 20 the re-
ceiver. and specially directed into n. II
we desire 20 record the actual stage de-
livery OF a famous actor for instance.
tho phouoeraph gives Us no help. The
supplies the missing link. A large metal
frame containing a considerable number
% micr0phones--3s are required for tho
Paris OPERAS suspended near the stage
IN an adjoining room s. the receiver,
placed Immediately above the phonograpn.
10 which the telephone conveys every
sound from the auditorium. BY COM
Bnation OF the three instruments u ~
thus practicable TO record and reprodoce
scene. with the actors every word ana
gesture. Sir Henry Irving and other pub
l.c favorites Will live and move and have
their being long after they themselves
have gone the way OF all flesh.
Before long q bioRrsph theater. with ths
best actors and vocaiistH OF the day NJ
its command. will form an Indispensable
part OF every wsil-re gulated ocean liner.
In combination with the phonograph. thu
INCORPORATING telephone b destined 10 bs
OF great service in recording the debates
OF public assemblies. These two instru-
ments will turn cut q verbatim report.
the accuracy Of which cannot be disputed.
and q We go a step further and cause thu
phonoFraph 70 dictate 20 an expert opera
tor on a type-eetting machine. we shall
produce verbatim report without writ
iHg line! Obviously, however. this feat
would be- of the nature of a tour de force.
The gentlemen OF the press In the gallery
OF the House % Commons have nothing
20 fear. They can "condense." which tho
telephone ana phonograph cannot %. II
II, nevertheless. by no means lmprobabsa
that the two instruments may some day
provide Hansard with a model stenoa-
rapher who never tires and never makes
a mistake. Autonlatie parliamentary re-
porting Shade OF DIR. Johnson