The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-06-03

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he feo@f astounding scientific ass.
cussry q TIE aSe Is that made taat
week By Processes Claiborne HAN
faefaank 81 speliaAcY whlen il 20
the effect that the paeaexFaph @aM
used ~ the ancient EKypttans
II has long beeu known that the
Egs piinns made Il practice 10 in.
scribe their biotoglyphics ga The ont
ssac Of copper cylinders. email eyliu-
dnrn about four inrhea in diameter,
and some throe-eishts ~ Al insh Ia
thickness, leaving a tube somewhat
over three inches In inside diameter
and the htaroglyphles on tie outside
81 these tubes have been aeeiphered
az have nearly an of he writings Of
this ancient people
As stated ia most 81 The scientific
books on the subject, The metal Of
which these cylinders are made, Is
slightly rough" on the inside OF
the tube, but no une except Profess
sor Hammerdank ever thought SO
1t seems. Of asefibing any particular
motive to the making OF the inside
Of the tubes rough.
lie has been a great Egyptolcgist
for many years. and has among his
collection several OF these tubes. and
one day last week II occurred TO him
TO investigate the inside construction
10 see If 1t could possibly have any
meaning or purpose.
He placed inside one of the tubes
a round block of wood, with a diam
eter somewhat less than the inside
and fixing it firmly in the exact
center, he poured around it some
melted wax of very firm, solid ma
ture, but mixed with considerable
quantity OF very volatile oil. Then as
soon as the wax had hardened he
drew out the wooden plug and placed
the tube with the wax inside of 1t
in an oven kept at such temperature
that the wax was almost. but not
quite, at the melting point. In this
condition the volatile oil evaporated
and the soft wax grew smaller and
shrank in volume till ii shrank away
from the inside surface of the tube,
so that 1t could be removed without
rubbing or breaking off the little
points on it's surface that had run
up into the tiny holes and irregulari-
ties in the inner surface of the tube.
1t required very careful work and
many unsuccessful rXpertments to
do this properly, but at last it was
accomplished successfully and he
had a hollow tube with roughness
on the outside like the roughness on
the inside of the copper tube, mat
rix of the inner roughness or the
copper. On examination OF 1T, how
ever. he discovered that what he had
taken for holes on the inside OF the
copper tube. was in reality raised
points very close together and that
the surface OF the waxen cylinder,
smooth as an entirety, was in reali-
ty filled with small holes. very close
together and running In fine spiral
line all around IT. from one end TO
the other. He was almost speechless
with amaZement when he observed
this for II struck him In a moment
that this is the exact configuration
Of modern phonograph cylinder.
and he immediately sent out and
bought a good photograph and call
ed in an expert worker In metals to
make Il fit the wax impression he
had taken of the inside of the an
Client relic of Egyptian art
The work was soon done. the cyl
Under put In place, the needle lower
ed onto lts surface and the machiu-
cry started. and. as 10 dld SO. there
thrilled out through the room the
soft. sweet. melodious voice ~
woman. singing what H. undoubtedly
an ancient love sons. or e. song por-
trayiug some manner If tender sem
tlment. Iu tongue that has u'i
becn heard ou earth before for prob
ably something Hhs $1,000 year, and
~bich roo man. even thp most learned
Egypsologisf. yan understand, f"F
the ancient Ewypt0.0gist ioREHc a
utterly dead 8s tu thr soant ni li tHd
s knuwu oniy by rhe meaning or
tbe written Nofdf
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se4f af ali be- chat tha uus fa ehitb
fhe SONG Nas sauF perfectly o..
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