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Heroes of the Telegraph
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John Munro
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The
phonograph
was
more
of
a
surprise;
but
still
it
was
no
exception
to
the
rule.
Naturally,
men
and
women
had
desired
to
preserve
the
accents
as
well
as
the
lineaments
of
some
beloved
friend
who
had
passed
away.
The
Chinese
have
a
legend
of
a
mother
whose
voice
was
so
beautiful
that
her
children
tried
to
store
it
in
a
bamboo
cane,
which
was
carefully
sealed
up.
Long
after
she
was
dead
the
cane
was
opened,
and
her
voice
came
out
in
all
its
sweetness,
but
was
never
heard
again.
A
similar
idea
(which
reminds
us
of
Munchausen's
trumpet)
is
found
in
the
NATURAL
MAGICK
of
John
Baptista
Porta,
the
celebrated
Neapolitan
philosopher,
and
published
at
London
in
1658.
He
proposes
to
confine
the
sound
of
the
voice
in
leaden
pipes,
such
as
are
used
for
speaking
through;
and
he
goes
on
to
say
that
'if
any
man,
as
the
words
are
spoken,
shall
stop
the
end
of
the
pipe,
and
he
that
is
at
the
other
end
shall
do
the
like,
the
voice
may
be
intercepted
in
the
middle,
and
be
shut
up
as
in
a
prison,
and
when
the
mouth
is
opened,
the
voice
will
come
forth
as
out
of
his
mouth
that
spake
it....
I
am
now
upon
trial
of
it.
If
before
my
book
be
printed
the
business
take
effect,
I
will
set
it
down;
if
not,
if
God
please,
I
shall
write
of
it
elsewhere.'
Porta
also
refers
to
the
speaking
head
of
Albertus
Magnus,
whom,
however,
he
discredits.
He
likewise
mentions
a
colossal
trumpeter
of
brass,
stated
to
have
been
erected
in
some
ancient
cities,
and
describes
a
plan
for
making
a
kind
of
megaphone,
'wherewith
we
may
hear
many
miles.'
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