The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-06-12
Mr. BELL Tells Mr. Carpenter
About His Life Work, In
9l Guiding Recent Expert
i1lcnts Will, Great
Kites.
The TRANSMISSION or SOUND
BY Frank q. Carpenter.

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upon me at my house at any time to-
morrow night, between 10 and o'clock
In the morning, and the later the Bet
ter" 5s6 9TH Il.
These were the words OF Or. Alexander
Graham Bell I had asked him when we
could beet meet for a good long chat
about tho telephone and his recent ex-
periments In the field OF aerial nav cation.
and this was the answer. DR. Bells rn-
vorlte working tine Is at night, and his
mind is at It's brightest from midnight on.
He Is then free from interruption. and
can give UP his soul to the scientific ex-
periments and Inventions which form his
life work. Hc mover goes 10 bed until
after 4 A. NJ. his usual sleeping hours
being from 4 until H. The afternoon is
devoted to social and business engage
and work.
DR.. Bell in 1904.
These have been the habits OF a life-
time, and they are excellent ones u pr:
Bells health may be considered n test
lie Is now iifty-scven years OF age and
Is IN his physical and intellectual prime.
p Tall and we'll fofmed. with great head
fastened by strong neck to broad. fun
shoulders, he Is one Of the finest Look
ing as we'll as one OF the most active of
the men who are doing great things IN
Tho world to-day. The telephone was
first patented In 1876 Since then he has
made many other important Inventions.
and has done SO much for science that
liz has been granted the highest honors
by the chief scientific societies Of Eu-
rope, including the Volta prize OF $4,000
francs given BY the French government
to the few whose inventions are deemed
otnot t<,st \, i, 4
takes Imagination to invent, and Or.
He'll has this faculty to remarlsa bic
degree His vision, based upon his great
scientific knowledge, Is wider than that
OF the ordinary thinker. and his creative
mind Is always searching out and sug-
gesting new things. This was evident
throughout our converse ton, Of which J
+ can repeat only a part.
Tho talk covered a wide range, now
personal, now scientific. and now almost
prophetic as to the possibilities OF tho
future. 1t jumped from Japan to Nova
Scotia and from Washingtonsto London;
from the use OF a dead mans ear IN
tclephonic experiments to oratorical and
musical exhibitions over the telephone
and graphophonc: and from electricity
to hcllurn and radium and the navigation
OF the air.
Electricity and the Telephone.
In our conversation about electricity
asked Dr. Bell whether ffis scientific
knowledge OF that force had not aided
him in the invention OF the telephone
mot at ALL" he replied. When be-
gan my experiments upon the telephone
j had no scientific knowledge Of electri-
city, knew practically nothing about
1t: and had it been otherwise could
never have made the discoveries which
eliminated in my success. don't believe
any electrician could have invented the
telephone"
why not.''I asked.
Because the elements which we now
think essential TO tho telephone trans
mission Of sound are such that the cleo
,riclan OF that day would not have besicv-
cd in their practical application me
would not have come to me. and had
they done SO would have at once dis