ELECTRICTRANSMISSION OF HANDWRITING.
Another extraordinary invention has hoen m^de m the- domain of eleotrloity Th s consists of nothing less than tha transmission of handwriting The method "f tLe transmission is something like tin. following : '"'Oa a. trip of foil tHo writing ia traced wi k .h any common ink. ; t_ wh<oh an acid has been added. " The add bi c. into the foil, whloh Is then, aft ir be pg. dried, -put on a drum, and an e! vctrio needle rnado t> wo - k rapidly *cross ev*».y part of the 'oil. At. the other end of the w re a similar ne.dle and drum are placprl m circuit, and: the ro .ult is thw vera rffigea ... f the writings.--. J _4re~prm_^t_Hi_ii^ne_rix--roTfced~TTi__. up-*..-•----distance of 130 miles m Amerioa, and it is believed th»t a live snoae.a would be obtained over any distance. Its uses are not, it can be understood, restricted ro oaMgraphy. The eleotric needle will repr 'dace all lines engraven ou the foil, .o that desigas niid drawing- will be telegraphed. TV. in.entor olaims for this method of telegraphy an important economic value, na.the direot transmission of *he handwriting of tho tenders of n_a.»a<o3 will be ef-.oted wi.h no intervention of the human intoliigeiioe to interpret the written lanitdage by means of arbitrary telegraphed signals."
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1452, 10 January 1887, Page 2
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217ELECTRICTRANSMISSION OF HANDWRITING. Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1452, 10 January 1887, Page 2
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