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Heroes of the Telegraph
·
John Munro
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The
'interviewer'
may
make
use
of
it
to
supply
him
with
'copy,'
but
this
remains
to
be
seen.
There
are
practical
difficulties
in
the
way
which
need
not
be
told
over.
Perhaps
in
railway
trains,
steamers,
and
other
unsteady
vehicles,
it
will
be-used
for
communications.
The
telephone
may
yet
be
adapted
to
work
in
conjunction
with
it,
so
that
a
phonogram
can
be
telephoned,
or
a
telephone
message
recorded
in
the
phonograph.
Such
a
'telephonograph'
is,
however,
a
thing
of
the
future.
Wills
and
other
private
deeds
may
of
course
be
executed
by
phonograph.
Moreover,
the
loud-speaking
instrument
which
Edison
is
engaged
upon
will
probably
be
applied
to
advertising
and
communicating
purposes.
The
hours
of
the
day,
for
example,
can
be
called
out
by
a
clock,
the
starting
of
a
train
announced,
and
the
merits
of
a
particular
commodity
descanted
on.
All
these
uses
are
possible;
but
it
is
in
a
literary
sense
that
the
phonograph
is
more
interesting.
Books
can
now
be
spoken
by
their
authors,
or
a
good
elocutionist,
and
published
in
phonograms,
which
will
appeal
to
the
ear
of
the
'reader'
instead
of
to
his
eye.
'On,
four
cylinders
8
inches
long,
with
a
diameter
of
5,'
says
Edison,
'I
can
put
the
whole
of
NICHOLAS
NICKLEBY.'
To
the
invalid,
especially,
this
use
would
come
as
a
boon;
and
if
the
instrument
were
a
loud
speaker,
a
circle
of
listeners
could
be
entertained.
How
interesting
it
would
be
to
have
NICHOLAS
NICKLEBY
read
to
us
in
the
voice
of
Dickens,
or
TAM
O'
SHANTER
in
that
of
Burns!
If
the
idea
is
developed,
we
may
perhaps
have
circulating
libraries
which
issue
phonograms,
and
there
is
already
some
talk
of
a
phonographic
newspaper
which
will
prattle
politics
and
scandal
at
the
breakfast-table.
Addresses,
sermons,
and
political
speeches
may
be
delivered
by
the
phonograph;
languages
taught,
and
dialects
preserved;
while
the
study
of
words
cannot
fail
to
benefit
by
its
performance.
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