HOW TO SEE ROUND A CORNER

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2313, 24 December 1889, Page 2

HOW TO SEE ROUND A CORNER

In reference to the interview with Mr Edlioo, published m the "Pall Mall Gazette," M- G. 0, Farr, aiohlteoc, of Ship otreet, B ighton, has sent that journal a pamphlet doeorlblng an astonishing Invention which he has lately patented and registered under the punning name of tbe '• Farrßoopo." After many years of study the Instrument h*o been perfeotsd. "Its form," Baya , the pamphlet, " is that of a square oaae with a froat of glass, p aoed on an ordinary efflce table. There are worked, by means of levers, a series of revolving mie-ors; The machinery oonslsta of three diviiloDS— first, tbe collector j secondly, the conductor; and thirdly the receiver* The oclleotot is that portion of the instrument applied to the apartment ondee examination by tbe visitor, and contains a double revolv* Dg mirror, regulated by aoouple of email knobs m the frost of the table, oonaootad by wire* m front of the recelvei, whioh operates m ihe chamber undet the inepaation. The raoelvers are about 121 j by Bin, and oan be formed of wood or mota), and when fitted to a w/ltingtible, desk, or any convenient leaeßß, present a handtome, and by no means onmbersome, appsaranoa. The glass fioe referred to Is a neatly contrived door about Bin by 6in , and through the glass m the aperture the looker-on c*n take a glanoelnto the interior of any p»rtioular room that he or she desl;es to inqulrdlnto,lf oonneoted with theFamcope. borne explanatlou is reserved for the Becond portion of the miobine unddi survey— the conductor or tnbe, uaed for the means of promoting the reflation from tbe calleovor to the receiver at any attitude or poaitlon. The fixing of the Firrecope oau be acaompliahed without iooonvenieuce." The iuventlon oan be worked at night ; messages oan b-j flashed by it, and managers of all kinds of large establishments (banks, theatres, ware*. houaeß, noiyepapor offi:Q3, etc.) by its aid oan sea Into «ny t»om m the bal'dlag which is m Farrsoopio commuuioation with tbalr desks without leaving their chairs. It ia claimed (hat it oan be used In coalmines with equal buooobs.