A PIONER OF SCIENCE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 918, 10 September 1910, Page 9

A PIONER OF SCIENCE.

>■■ ,\.";'' : . I';;.--V','.'-DR. GRAHAM BEU. : THE ; ROMANCE OF INVENTION, ;; .: "I can;hardlj; believe that I was ths originator oil all that," ; said\:Dr;.,Gra-' •ham 8011, tli<i inventor .of the';';: tele-r phone,' when' "describing ;to 'a ; Dominion' reporter the.tMiorinousdovclopmentsof; the telephone systems :of(.the;:: United \ States;. :'.. ~' ;.i :'.',•'...; ■■■">. "''./■''-'■.'■'■ v;-

-"There are .five, million; subscribers;!' '} lie remarked;;'fand ten inilliori miles'of;; lines—enough' to. ; Eo';;rourid .the '• world', : ; four- d r ; five phone' has .become a '.necessity 'of life ;: in, America. Evenin .the ''•■ hotels in'; all.'the telephone".iii,every, bedroom; -so that-: each, guest, can speak.to people hi .the': v city,, or. have avchat to somebody else • invanother .room ','of'■ the' hotel;-'• or give, i an .order the • bar .or e : i .;•: xmi do hot. find-.th¥ ■%lephbhe-' ; so' ' much used ■'- in New Zealand? - . " T '-^

The Government and the Telephone,

'.'No; 'and Fam: wondering'why ! •': anf < looking, to see;, what: the of v: boverrimentownership may be; .When- 1 - private.-companies;own;the as m America,- they .'.uaturallv- push>' then;-busmessy and Jofferi'inducemehts;-; to -people;- to. use: the; telephone; inbred and more. They;take ;'the'; initiative;"; Perhaps,; .when a Government':has; the" ' monopoly,,, -it may- sometimes be diffiiv cult , to-induce it; to take;; a step" f or-; - .ward;..;'! am. lobking'to;see: 'if 'that'iaiv so: in New.-Zealand ;"■;-;- i.k : -! ; J; : ---l-:'r/^

v : - ,1 -lave had,nothing to .-do/with' th»; telephone:, for they last;?aiirty.;years,! ,; JJr.;.Bell'continued.; VTam hot.a'b'usi- : ness man;; Lam 1 ajscieritifio - man;f TVhen; the ..telephone-. Vreached/; a , commercial! stage,;. I it ■bu '.'to.; other; pebpleA and devoted.my 'attention;tb : 'fesh-suD- :: jects,..: Consequently,l ."am .nbt^at-all'■ .up'm the recent'developmentsj; thoughrknow that -those developments; have :been matters.m.the .States,:ithe:,yearvloo2 ; is ancient ;histery;".;;;.;; :::^;; v ":- 7 ;.::;-;;,:f-^.,'

■'■-■■■};■ -■',':'v : Tho;,.Phonbgra^h.J;;;:^: ; Br.- BeUStold;thb'»reporter^hbw!: : ha; : H: niade: use: of liis/success pnone; tb.enable^him .tb; carry: scientific'.;.;.,-.investigations'.-;':' He •=' : ' ; . : '.waV'" ; awarde.d:tho.VoltaPrize^whicFcbhsisfe;' 1 ofva;'special;, • appropriation.;bf : :so,ooo*'. francs,i,voted the; Erehch": ; Congress, £■ : arid: is,;awarde'd- at ; IbhgV'uiterv'als ifor:-"''i' electrical .inventions. ■ or,: discoveries '■!' off':'; the' first:;:magnitude.;ilt7-was v -ih'V;lßß<)&' :tha.t, Dr./ Bell received invention of,the. magneto-electric• speak- 1 ' ;: .in'g He: used Jit :to ; .'furhisn'W the; workiiig.capital! vfor boratory.'Associates, consisted;of.:'." : ithree ; ; ; hieh^!ihclu.dii]g' ; for/joint..work:iiponVsbme.subjSct'tha-t -V shpiiW ; ; 'pr^ise-vtinancial;;returns, >-the H : object :■ being ; ; to::.cfeatejv :tliai;-;might::be!^ised u to;'!prbm scientific' researches > of. an unrenniherai; S tiye'iiatufeV ; bp.vth'e '/graphbphbne, v'whichV been 1 -invented. by;.Edisbn;,V,b , ut had!'joiyfi'v: reaclied; thb;;stage; of, a : scientific c cu'rios-;!j!i:' ity,'. r As.'.a; fesitlt' of -theirirexperiment'a "ii they-jabandbned -thbimetallic-recbrds. of iv .Edison in .favour, of',: wax ' oh: which' !the : 4 depressions ..were.'actuallylerigravedj'ih-',:;: stead , of :beingv;merely,: :Bx;!v means bfj,this,;andJothef/imprbvemenfey,:: ■ the; associates'Vdevetdped-y!the.'J'.gfaphb-;;"; phone from a/scientific'cMibsity.'"mtb:'ani.x : : ■ap^ratus' : 'withjcpmnierfflalyßO«siMiiW,^^ :ancl;;t!heir.: patents; ';; patents contrbllin^:;..the';man'ufactiue:6f:C s all.:.phonographs".'and ;graphophbnes:-iri;}::;,: ;Americaf'.-that'.-flse^^'.;any::.w!axy,::material»':|; : ■V}?'- i >'^ : %':),: .■W;i ; "V:--;'Speeon';fort;th^De^ ~,■';:As c'b-inveiitor and'owher'bf ; tlie';capi"!;';';'' tal which: developed- the L.' ;Dr^ell!'aerived : frbm; tlio; salej! of;'tljb: patents; vPractic4;;>? ally"; all'' of ;.!tliis; money, was 'devoted: toSV the-jendpivment .;of \ the ; which:'was'further; increased''when' Belltiirnedpy^tb:it-abbut>7s,ooo;doU:;:i:; ; lars which-he inherited from his : father's: V- ; The; object- of the Vblta ,is : the:';increase and ledge,"relating;.to!vthe : : deaf.;,.;Closely;?;:: .connected;; withi ;it,\and • housed; iii :.tne:S:i same:, fine .building at';. Washington; . : ;;i'a■!;-*:: the.: American' Assbciation":.;to !Prpmoto'i':;; Br. Bell. is;::helping(theseHwo' sbcieties;;! 5 -; ,tb:carfy..bn;a ; wbrk'!wbich:en]istedy;tli«;?,:. enthusiasm irof ;;his':'early, ;inanhpod,'!.aiib;'-.H: : was; : :; the;vlife-work ; ,: of -:his:,';father^ahbKy, graiidfathei;'-'befo-ro':.him...'.v'Jn ;fact,••■'•it.!i.'V? Avas'-his .'studies in of-^each-:»"■' ing, speech;:to" uiiri';bnvto::tlie." invention'!;bf ;thb:*;,tole-!:;y 'phoned':',,; : :'-.'v''':l': ?)^: :: ;y^C'^}*£ : "'?ty?s: • i.Bu'ring his..visititb Christeiiurch,:Br.-s:-:f. Bell; School."'for;;' Deaf S; Mutes :»t; Sumher;;;ahd, was; well; pleased; 4;': with; what;:; he there: >:;;.; yesterday ]that it..was'. by;'far;.'the : ;mbstvv;' .iip-tb-date;;ins.titutipn' J of v'thb.'fcind; ia'-'y' VAustf alasia; fits: niethods,; .on; theiwhble, : :sA . would not:■ compare; 'uhfayourably,;-with';;.": ;the''best. schools■ fbr^the/'deaf; ric'a,;;K;.but;X:':hb r 'y v thbughtf;vrt be;idyaiitageous ;for" : .bhe::or: tw'bvof ; insjOTcbfs:.ttf;^sit - the:!Stai*si : sake: of ystimulus:.;tliey:>'!would'Cge.y V! ■ from •; :'cbnt'aet;. ; with:' those: Suinher,"! as:;'in!'.the;i; best' American.;,schoblsl; ; for.-'thev'deafjV'.; Spelling';,on;"/the;i fingers;::Vha^ : ; :bM ; entirely ;;;abandohed; ; 'in: ;; favbur,:^f;':;the; , ;;:' 'oral ;.methbd,'"whereby::a\; child^l.'Beaf:.'': ,from -birthirahd-..thereforeVdumb,!'can' be''.: ■taught.;'tb speak.and to understand the, ;.; ;.spMr.'.'of.."pth'^

;r - l: v WprKing:at;;NewyldeasV;:/- ] ;j'■■:■'[ ; Dr.: Bell/alsq';developedi-;about. tjiirty years.r.agb, the..photophon"e,-; a - sort of wireless, y: telephone;'; ,for;y; transmitting; speech.*byaneans':qf,':a;'heahi-of-light. lt'- : ;p.:notvxeV : cdnimerpially-l;us(:d.;';;-';-''r' have/always -likedV Working -/'.aty.i.iiew.: things,"- he.'remarked; to tho:'reporterrr: "things .the; public looked-.-a. little .askance at..."When,l. was.working at;the. -telephone, people ,; .thought;■'l ;Vwas;;/;alittle touched; hcre'.'—-and; ho'tapped hia forehead.' /-," '•'.:." xy,'. : - r'y y'.; ;; •i-.'-,.--''. ".'■''

J Ho is the inventor:'of;thG tetiabedial V; :kite, and. ; is "riiucli inS.avia-;;S tion: ''He .is acconipanied-ori' his /trip ■' rouud-the. world^by-Mr.i;E;; W;--Bald-';;: -win,"';who : is 'at ■ 'the':head "of;: an;. Ahieri- , }' can manufacturing company j; , which. : > : ' constructs Vaerodrbmes,,i as/vithey'/ called,; in /preference" ;vto.-:' '.that- the,' aeroplane- is.a. 'toy/.will;.jJrbjb'-.- -u ; ably live^tb;;see, ifc:;a/useful;r'rapid:,•; and^i v ■ reliable'means of transport .iu peace. //He;is convinced'. future,;-the;;.'riatioh.-iwb.ich' --controls,.',the: '. ; iiir-'will'■.control:.''.the- .world;"-, arid.'vhe;'<i thinks, : that VGrcatjßritaini bught'to /least ./keep 'which;are busy;':constructing;':fleets■;oliiairships.i.'' .';/:iVv;:;/:,;.^'Vivii'^.-: : i:A li-;ijj.'s*«;