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DECEMBER 1900 Carolus Broome then addressed us. “ I have here a copy of The London Mail , and it seems to be the inspira- tion of both the preceding readings. The article in the Mail is headed “A howling Terror ” and in addition to the information before given it says : in appearance, the machine is merely an ordinary Phonograph, with a large trumpet measuring 4 feet in length. The experiments were made near the Devil’s Dyke, Brighton, where the inventor has his workshops. The instrument was placed on the roof of the laboratory, and was made to repeat a number of sentences. At a distance of ten miles the sounds were plainly heard by a large number of people, every word being perfectly distinct, and at a second trial with a favorable wind it was found that an unknown mes- sage could be taken down in shorthand at a distance of twelve miles. Over the water the sounds will carry still farther, and under favorable circumstances they might easily be heard by persons on a vessel fifteen miles out at sea. Placed on a lighthouse or lightship the Phonograph would give a verbal warning that would be infinitely more effective than the fog-horns and detonators at present in use. e possibilities of the machine are practically end- It will render loud selections in the open air that can be listened to by thousands of people, or it will shout news messages that could be heard high about the roar of traffic and the thousand noises of a big city. ‘All this is very interesting” said H. A. Shattuck, when Mr. Broome had finished “ but let me tell you that Horace L. Short, of Brighton, England, is just about r years behind the times. Ever heard of the Aero- ? No? Yes? Well, I’ll tell about it for the •t of those who haven’t. /