WRITING TELEGRAPH.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 731, 22 February 1877, Page 3

WRITING TELEGRAPH.

(From the " Commission Agent.") An apparatusjhas ajfc Ip^gtli.jbeen perfected for toansnriiting telegramgi in suoh a. manner that ,the printing; apparatus at the receiving office shall record ttie"' message ' in a j fac-' simile of the sender's hand. r The system is capable' of transmitting over a single Vire from 50 to 150 words per minute,* against a possible 30 to 40 'by the Morse system, which is that' now in common use.. , By this system a person's own handwriting, is* transmittecL.by telegraph, the same ,as though' sent by mail, and, in brief, simply accomplishes lettei- 'writing by ! telegraph. ! Jn * order ,to ". render its operation fully understood, -it may be described as folio *vs :— - "' Fii'sfc the send er of a message writes it upon oidinary white paper ', the written message is then laid upon 1 a metyiic' 'plaie and 'passed^ between two rollers,, with the ; effect of transferring the 'copy to the plate, ■which may be done any time within 10 honrs after writing. Then the plate containing the copy is placed upon, a semi'CyHnclrica]Jiolder.,which traverses a" little track, and the instrument, is set in motion, the whole operation up to ; this . point having been' accdmplished in legs time than it takes { to write it j whereas, by the Morse system, quite a number of minutes elapse before the message, reaches the operator. The metalic' plate is a conductor of electricity, while the lines of writing are non-conductors. Over the cylindrical plate ' are <„ > carried ; ? metallic points .upon revolving, arms :, ; when^ ever the point is upon: the metallic surface, the electric current passes through the; wire ];;ihe instant the point touches; a. line' of writing, the connection, is broken- and a dot is made ' upon chemically • prepared paper, placed upon; a similar instru- , ment at the receiving point. The two. instruments operate synchronovislyj i.e., the moment a point is passing over the surface of one inßta:ument,iti^ followed exactly by Tifie point on tiie other ■. instrument. An ingenious mechanical arrangement perfects the transmitting powers and prevehfs the possibility of one instrument gaining over the other. .; At the same time theipoints are moving over its surface, the plate is moving slowly horizontally, bo that the entire surface is traversed, The transversed message is, of course,' in' 'reverse, but is brdtVgli t straight by running the receiving instrument in an. opposite direction. Each, instrument- is fitted to either receive op transmit at pleasure. The rate of speed varies according to the closeness of the writing ; the points traversing the entire surface of the copy, it is immaterial as to the number of words, only the space they occupy requiring a git en time to be gone over. Ordinary writing will be transmitted at the rate of from 50 to 100 words: per minute. The message as received is ready at once for delivery, and appears, in close dark blue dotted lines on white paper. .There is no loss of time in counting words at the sending station, as is now the case, nor delay in getting tb the;, hand 1 of the operator; ' but, in a quaHer of a minute's tiine of its being received if> is speeding on its way to- its r destination, and automatically preparing itself for delivery. The wonUerful facilities, .of the system render it peculiarly adapted to a large and Hurried Business. It is the fruit of many years close application, hence the perfection with whbh it makes its appeara'ncel ' - '