THE PHONOGRAPH.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4713, 8 May 1894, Page 2

THE PHONOGRAPH.

An exhibition of tho tionograph is to begiven at the Maatetton next Fnduy ovenln?. Tho Hakra Mar, jays that in hia actnro onithe phonograph, Mr Halcoiibo montidn e a - several remarkable purdoseß to which tho invention is being pdfc.' One a teacher of languages spoaks ■ a leaaon into the instrument, and then bavins a 'record » can let the machinery. go and din tho esson Into the students as often as may be necessary/or their due Instruction with further exertion on ■ his part, Overworked teachers with dull classes will appreciate tho practical value of suohan application, Another instance given of the use of the machin* wasthat nf an American professor who was getting up a lecturo on one ofth© Indian communities and took the phono. M 1 Jo,," 19 people's country and obtained f' records" of their manner o£ speeoh. Still another was the device of the master of a trading labour.vessel im the Paoific. Finding it- difficult to got; tecruitfl, owing to their doubt as to what naa become of those who had gone before [ and had not returned i graph, and, to the plantations, induced sofas islanders to speak into it tho story of their treatment and how well' tW enjoyed life _ The "records" wsra taken to the islands, and a phonograph of the absent friend or relative, seconded by tho reproduction of his. voice in til- - ling his own tale, was sufficient to temoW dread of' a tup to parts unknown, TlO writer adds that .ho did notcatch wheth r ... Mr Balcombe youohed for the accural T ' ; ' i geitive'of feasible future development n •..