The Phonogram, Vol. 2:3 (1892-03)

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72 THE PHONOGRAM. and of former sights. Behind the bony walls of the forehead lie abstract ideas— philosophical and mathematical problems.. On the top of the head sits the power that moves all our limbs. This is the engineer that guides and runs the machine called the body. If a frog is deprived of his brain, he can afterwards swim or jump, but will never take food, and finally dries up like a m urninv. Electric Tramway. In the course of next summer, the first electric tramway in Russia will be put into operation at Kiew. They are now con- structing it, and the system adopted is that called the aerial conductor system. V Patent Suit Covering Long Distance Transmission. ‘ An important patent was issued in March, bv the United States Patent Of- fiee, to Marcel Doprez and Jules Carpen- tier, of Paris, France. The patent is very broad and covers the subject of the trans- mission of electrical energy to long dis- tances. It was taken out in France and Great Britain, in 1881, and in the Unite d States in 1888. A description by Prof. Rogers, in “ Learner and Teacher,of scenes and striking objects in this interesting king- dom. which despite its cramped financial resources and general lack of national en- thusiasm on the subject of material im- provements, is by no means an effete state, brings out the facts that modern in- ventions are there springing up, and mod- ern methods are being adopted ; notably in the direction for means of rapid transit. Railroads extend from the Pi- rams to Athens, thence to Corinth, Pa- tras, Pyrgos, Argos and Xauplia. lie also learns that in 1833 there was scarce- ly a carriage road in all Greece, and up to 1809 there was not a mile of railroad. In the latter year, a railroad was built from the Pirieus to Athens, and some years later a continuation of this line from Athens to Corinth. This line extends likewise to Patras, and down the western coast to Pyrgos (near Olympia), while another line runs from Corinth to Argos and Nauplia, and will soon be continued to Sparta and the southern coast. lie ascertained that the Grecians had caught the fever of modern invention, which was manifested in the adoption of electric lights, and in the exploiting of mines worked by Themothistocles to ob- tain money for the building of his fleet for Salamis, but now being worked over by several companies with great profit for lead. It is, properly speaking, the refuse heaps, mountain high, that afford lead to the modern workmen ; as no actual mining is done at present. The objects attracting most die atten- tion of strangers while passing through the modern part of Athens were the nickol-in-the-slot machine for weighing, and a part of the inscription on these runs as follows : Pii/>tf£vro$ r;/? oitpS Rente Xe.nrci (tu ctv S )e.xct pa). Ilap+v5vS o A fi wr Jeon’ v ei to (iapoS Automatic Machines in Modern Greece. TOlK which translated means, “ You put a nickel in the slot, and you will get vour weight.” lie says, “ I think Homer and Xenophon would understand this per- fectly.” To the Editor of TliE PHONOGRAM : Dear Sir \V*» are in daily receipt of en- thusiastic letters indorsing the phonograph for business purposes. I send you herewith a le«ter just received from one of the largest linns in the Cotton Exchange, together w ith a photograph showing the phonographs in operation in their busy office. Trusting the letter and accompanying pho- tograph will be of interest to your readers, I remain, Yours very truly, Richard Townley Haines, Secretary New York Phonograph Co. V i