REMARKABLE DISCOVERY IN TELEGRAPHY.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 401, 12 November 1868, Page 2

REMARKABLE DISCOVERY IN TELEGRAPHY.

A remarkable discovery has been made in telegraphy, which, if it can accomplish what it professes, will produce a complete revolution in all known methods of communication. It is mentioned by an American correspondent of the Otago Times. The discoverer is a gentleman of the name of J. H. Mower, and, although a young man, has been for years employed in experimentalising for the desired end. The discovery consists in transmitting messages under water without the aid of a wire. To describe it as simply as possible, Mr Mower unites a voltaic pile of great producing power, with an electrical machine of his own making ; these he places in the water at such a depth that they cannot be affected by surface waves or currents. At another point of communication he sinks similar machinery. These machines must be on the same line of latitude. Mr Mower declines or is unable to disclose why the line of communication is always east and west. The one great obstacle to the system will be the tidal waves rising and falling two hemispheres at different times; but the discoverer says this difficulty can be overcome by sinking the apparatus to a depth beyond their influence. Successful experiments have been made in Lake Ontario, between two points due ea .t aud west, and distant from each other about 130 miles. The apparatus was sunk in twenty-five feet of water, and after some delay, the discoverer sent the message, "J. B. Spearman, success is mine at last, .Limes H. Mower ;" and received from his assistant the reply "Mr Mower, the world will acknowledge your triumph, J. B. Spearman." The communication was carried on uninterruptedly for two hours. Mr Mower is having papers prepared to protect bis rights in America, and then proceeds to Europe to secure the patent rights there. He says that in less than three mouths he will place Spain and New York in communication, and that the machinery shall not cost above 10,000 dollars.