White Pine news weekly mining review. [volume] (East Ely, Nev.) 1910-1920, 1920-10-03

bring within the purview Of the blind
person the contents of the great book
when the cost Of the work in braille
might be tremendous.
The reproducing instrument has the
appearance of a small monograph and
is kept in a wooden case like a travel
er's typewriter. The weight is 2 or 3
pounds. Like the monograph there Is
a large circular disc about Q inches in
diameter. Above this disc is another
disc, about the size of a six-inch rec
ord. This disc receives the typophone
record. Connecting the two is a re-
duction gear. The reader" places n
record in position and fastens the
needle on the sound boxes as in the
ordinary photograph. In order to be-
gin reading the book he turns the large
disc and the words Of the story n
then tapped out in the improvised
code. The reduction ear causes h
record to rotate at a rate one thirty
sixth as slow as the lower disc Is turn
ed. The operator may read" as slowly
or as rapidly as he desires merely by
twirling the lower disc to suit his abil-
ity to comprehend the sounds.
Recognizing that n reader" may
grow tired after perusing a few chap
tiers DIR. Herr has contrived an in
genious "bookmark' hal enables him
TO begin reading" where he left of.
A small clutch inside the wooden cast
clamps the bar holding the needle in
the place where the book" Is CLOSED"
200 Models Of Machine Made.
The present model typophone is the
200th DIR. Herr has made. 1t bears all
the improvements and Is without the
faults that were embodied In the 100
discarded models. His primary pur-
pose in visiting the United States was
to accept the Invitation by those inter-
ested In having him demonstrate his
invention. He hopes while here to Ia
terest individuals or organizations to
take hold of his invention so that the
machine and books" may be placed at
the disposal OF the afflicted, for the
cost of manufacture or without cost.
The inventor feels that II out Of his
own affliction there can come some
good to the millions similarly situated
the loss of his vision will not have
been In vain. He Is not interested
In the commercial exploitation Of typo
phonia and stands ready to turn II
over without cost to the philsnthropic
individual or organisation which will
undertake to give Il to the blind and
weaksighted out Of Humanitarian mo-
lives. free from any suspicioa Of COM
mercialism.
II IL tho dream Of DIR. Herr that
there may eventually arise In the uni
ted States an international Institute
FOR the Blind, with sections for all the
nations. BY the system of typophonia
he Is of the opiaion that the world Of
literature. science and culture may be
opened to the afflicted. Records, he
says. can be made In all languages. As
most OF the blind are poor. he insists
that his invention must be given FREQ
of cost or at cost.
Record In Three Languages
Records have already been made by
DIR. Herr In German, English and Pol
ish. He was subsidized to n limited
extent by the Austrian and Polish gov
ernments In his experiments. The first
German records were Grimm's Fairy
Tales and the first English record was
Oscar Wilde's THE Happy Prince and
other Tales"
DIR. Herr came to this country nj
the request Of NJ. c. Nigel. chairman
of the New York state commission for
the blind. william Ziegler. Jr.. and w.
@. Holmes. editor of the Matilda Zieg-
Ter Magazine. Representatives Of the
following organizations also sent let
ters inviting him:
The Red Cross Institute for the
Blind. the National Committee for the
Prevention of Blindness, the Associa-
ton for the Instructors OF the Bii7d.
the American Association of Workers
for the Blind. the Matilda Ziegler Pub.
fishing Company for the Blind. the
New York Association for the Blind,
the Perkins Institute for the Blind, the
Librarian for the Blind, Library Of
Congress and the American Printing
House for the Blind.
When DIR. Herr first took Up the
study of braille three years ago there
was n shortage of thick paper In Aus
tria, the sor used In printing braille
characters. He thereupon invented a
method OF stamping the characters on
any thickness of paper by means OF
perforated zinc stencils. He made an
inexpensive frame for the sightless
persons use and by means Of which he
is able to print. his own braille books
at little expense.
In his medical specially, heart dis
ease. he has invented machines in con-
nection with mecha1otherapy. The ap-
paratus bearing his name Is said to
be In use all over the world. A small
pocket instrument for measuring blood
pressure is among his Inventions.
DIR. Herr IL planning to sail for Eu-
rope on July 81. He will stop In Lon
don to visit Sir Arthur Pearson, the
blind publisher. The physicians wife
vas born In New York. but she did not