The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-02

MEET UP HALF WAY WITH
With fair play all around, get t
WE CANNOT BE HAPPY TIL
stration OF the transmission of the
human voice by electricity.
AS for Bell himself, he had not
planned to attend the Centennial at
all. He was poor and he had re-or-
ganfzed his classes in vocal speech.
Toward the end of June he went
to the station to see Miss Hubbard
off for Philadelphia. There had
been some talk of his going, but he
had put it quietly aside She be-
leved he was going; when they
reached the train and it moved out
leaving him on the platform, she
burst out crying. Bell dashed after
her and sprang aboard the train,
! without baggage, ticket or any 9TH
er trifles.
The next Sunday afternoon Bell
was promised an inspection of his
invention by the judges Of exhibits.
1t was a hot day and the judges
had seen great deal. Some of
them were for going home; one
jeered, and there was general
boredom. Then there apeared the
blonde-bearded Emperor of Brazil.
with outstretchedl hands. He had
heard some Of Bells lectures on
Boston: the deaf-mute work appeal
ed to him. His greeting made a
stir. Bell made ready for his dem
onstration. A wire had been strung
the length Of the room. Bell took
the transmitter; Dom Pedro plac ed
the receiver to his ear. He started
up amazed:
Invention Creates Sensation
Afterward Lord Kelvin-plain
William Thompson then took up
the receiver. He was the engineer
Of the first Atlantic cable.
He NODDED his head solemnly as
he got up.
"It does speak, he said emphati-
ca1ly. 1T is the most wonderful
thing l have seen in America"
The judges took turns talking
and listening unit 10 that night.
Next morning the telephone was
brought to the judges pavilion. 1t
was mobbed by scientists the re-
mainder of the summer
The distinguished inventor was
the recipient of many honors in,
this country and abroad. The:
French Government, ever quick to
recognize science, conferred on
him the decoration of the Legion Of.
Honor, the French Academy be-.
slowed on him its valuable Volta
prize of $4,000 francs. the Society
Of Arts in London in 1902 gave him
its Albert medal and the Univer-
sity of Vurzburg, Bavaria, made
him Phi. D.
One of the curious things about
the invention of the telephone is
that Bell knew almost nothing
about electricity when he started.
He knew a great deal about acous-
tics, though. and the formation Of
the human organs Of speech and
hearing. Bell was called to Wash
ington once when he was in the
slough OF despond and took the OPP
portunity to call on Prof. Joseph
Henry, who knew as much about
electricity and the telegraph as any
man then alive. Henry told him he
had the germ of great invention.
But" said Bell. Il have not got
the electrical knowledge that is
necessary
Get it," said Henry.
Bell did get some of it-enough.
Had 1 known more about cleo
tricity and less about sound" he
said, II would never have invented
the telephone"
Famous Kite Tested
While Doctor Bell will be- best
remembered as the inventor of the
sustained through many legal con-
1a oil
other inventions. He was joint in!
ventor of the praphaphone with
Sumner Taintor. He invented an in
genius method of TYPOGRAPHY, a
photophone, and induction balance.
He invented a telephone probe
which he used to locate the bullet
that killed President Garfield. He
spent fifteen years and over $780,
900 in testing his famous tetrahe-
dral kite, and established a prin-
ciple in architecture, the use of
tetrahedral cells or units.
Throughout his life, DIR. Bell
m Maintained his interest and labors
for deaf mutes. He founded became
president and contributed S250,000
to the American Association to Pro-
mote Teaching OF Speech to the
Deaf. He was a member of many
of the leading American learned
societies.
Laboratories at Cape Breton
Doctor Bells laboratories have
been located since 1886 near Bad
deck, Cape Brenton. There for
many years he conducted research
and experiment in aerial locomo-
ton and other scientific subjects
and maintained his private mu-
scum showing. the Development of
his greatest inventions. He en-
couraged Samuel P. langley to in
vent the first flying machine and
declared after witnessing its flight
at Quantico. Va. in 1896, that the
age of the airplane was at hand, al
though Langley's machine was de-
stroyed.
Doctor Bell formed in 1907 the
Aerial Experiment Association
with headquarters in Cape Breton
and its object to learn to fly 1t is
claimed that it was with the ma
chimes deyeloped by that aSsocia-