Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-09-01

Was made ! put the receiver 20 my
car and heard a clock distinctly tick
ing The tick was peculiar one. and
! recognized II as that OF the clock on
the Cambridge Observatory. which set
the time for the greater part of Bos-
ton. Upon studying the matter. | con-
Cluded that the sound was conducted
BY the ground TO my receiver. \ short
time later I tried some experiments as
To wireless telephony on the Potomac
here at WASHINGTON and ] was able 20
hear signals made on boat At the
Aqueduct bridge while In another boat.
stationed as far down the river as the
Washington monument In this case
the water acted as the conductor. In
deed IL Is a question whether what We
now know as wireless telegraphy is
brought about by the signals being car
ried by the medium Of the air or by
means Of the ground ard water II
may be found that in an cases the real
conductor is the latter
SOME TELEPHONE IMPROVE
MENTS.
4 DO YOU look for many changes in
the telephone IN the near future. Or.
Bell p asked l.
Not in the improvement OF the
Transmission Of sound said Dr.. Bell.
THAT will remain practically as II Is:
but | do expect changes in the ma
chinery to facilitate the uses Of such
transmission ! believe that We shall
soon have an automatic telephone
service IN which every subscriber by
means OF certain buttons and a COM
binatlOn OF wires, will be able 10 call
up whomsoeyer he pleases without the
annoyance of the central station. When
this Is accomplished the cost OF tele-
phonlng VIII be much reduced, for the
greater part Of the vast army OF tele-
phone operators will be done away
with and the expenses Of operation
can he made less"
How about having newspapers by !
telephone with readers al central !
station and buttons by which the news |
can be turned, of and on?"
II don't know about that said Or. !
Bell. Such an attempt was made not /
long ago IN Vienna or Buda Pest, ] 1
think but whether II was a success
nr not | am unable TO say. Inventions
have been recently made by which I
music can be carried long distances by
telephone and they are nov planning I
to have concerts SO furnished all over
New York. giving the best OF classic ,
and other music 10 thousands Of SUBJ
scribers at once. As to the practicable
nv Of that invention | do not know
but many men believe that II Is OF
value and that It will he a success. |
have not seen the machinery nor heard
i iQ operation"
LOCATING GARFlELD's BULLET.
During my talk with Dr. Bell | asked
him 20 tell me something about his at.
empts 10 locate the bullet IN Presi-
lent GarfieldS body. II will be re-
nembered that when Guiteau shot the
president the X-ray had not been dis
covered. The surgeons probod again
md again Other experiments were
made TO find where the bullet lay. and
among them some by means OF DR..
Bells inductive balance, which had
hen just been invented. Said Or. Bell
My instrument consisted Of a piece
" mahogany board OF about the size 1
md shape OF a flatiron. II had a ham
lie upon the top, and It's bottom was
covered with a green cloth. Inside
he board was an electric coil. so made
hat when II was moved over anything
n metallic substance Il would buzz.
could take a bullet I'm my hand, and.
having made the proper electrical con-
nections, could rub the board over
he back Of my hand and the result
would be a loud buzzing noise, the
sound being loudegt when the coil ives
'ver the bullet. The instrument after
ward proved 10 be Of great value for
his purpose I'm hospitals, although Il
allied in connection with President
Garfield. II was on account OF that