THE DAILY EVENING TELEGRAPH TRIPLE SHEET PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1870.
9
TA LKING MACHINES.
Ilerr Faber's talking machine, which ha
lately come over to have a palaver with the
Hrilish publio, is a very ingenious affair.
Not thnt there is ma oh actually new ia it;
for in this, as in other matters, there is
nothing new nnder the sun; but it is honest
in its way; it duos the best it can, and it is
what it professes to be.
A distinction between the honest and
the deceptive in such contrivances deserves
to be noted. There have been some so
called talking and singing machines, in
whiohtbe talking and singing really came
from human lips, under such circumstances
as led the audience to believe that mechan
ism produced the sound. We know very
little about Uoger Bacon's speaking head;
but there is reason to believe that, if the ma
chine were ever produced at all, the sounds
emitted came from human lips. A famous
exhibition, called the Invisible Oirl, was a
deception in which much ingonuity was dis-
ilnyed. In this machine there was a girl or
ady concerned, who did the talking
and einging, and who was invisi
ble to the audience; the deception
consisted in leading the visitors , to suppose
that sho was in a small globe suspended in
mid-air. There were four upright posts,
united at top by four horizontal rails, like
the framework of a table. Bent wires,
springing up from the posts, converged to
an ornamental centre; and from these
wires were suspended a hollow copper
ball, with four trumpet-mouths on lour
sides. This was all the visitors saw. Any
person wishing to propose a question spoke
it into one of the trumpet-mouths, aud pre
sently afterwards an appropriate answer came
from all the four mouths. The voice was so
soft that it seemed to come from a very young
and diminutive being indeed a fairy, au
invisible girl. French and Italian were
spoken by the voice as well as English;
witty and lively remarks were made, as well
as questions answered; and songs were
beautifully sung in Rilvery tones. It was
admitted on all hands to be an attractive
exhibition; and as there were means of
verifying the fact that the globe touched
nothing whatever, except four ribbons bv
which it was suspended, the surprise felt
was great. The facts of the case were these.
One of the posts was hollow, as were two of
the rails; and there were openings in the
rails jHBt opposite two of the trumpet
cmouths. In an adjoining room was a lady
seated at a piano-forte; a very small opening
in the partition between the two rooms en
abled her to see what was going on; while a
concealed tube was carried from a point near
the level of her ear to the hollow part of the
machine, beneath the iloor. founds, as we
know, tiavel very easily through tubes: and
thus the questioning, the answering,
the tinging, and the piano-forte play
ing were transferred from roon to
room. When a spectator asked a question,
speaking at one of the trumpet-mouths, the
sound was reflected from the trumpet
back to the opening in the horizontal rail,
which opening was neither seen nor sus
pected by the audience; it went down the
rail, under the floor, and into the adjoining
apartment, where the lady heard it; and the
sounds in the opposite direction were simi
larly conveyed. The sound became so altered
in character and intensity by this process
of transmission as really to seem to oome
from the hall; and when an answer was
given to a question expressed in a
whisper, the impression was very strong
that the answers really came from the ball.
Far less clever than this Invisible Girl was
the so-called Anthropoglossos, exhibited in
London six or eight years ago. There was a
colored bust suspended from the ceiling of a
room, with some machinery inside, which
purported to produce sounds; but the speak
ing and the comic singing really came from
an adjoining apartment, through tubes laid
with very little scientifio skill.
But the more interesting contrivances are
those in which the sounds are really produced
by a mechanism of pipes, bellows, keys, vi
brating reeds, etc Musical instruments
have in some cases been played with surpris
ing success by such means, involving the ex
penditure of an almost inoredible amount of
time, patience, and ingenuity in devising the
requisite arrangements. Vaucanson'd ilute
player was a wonderful example of this kind.
It was a life-size figure, dressed in the ordi
nary fashion of his day (about 1730), and
standing on a pedestal, both figure and pedes
tal being full of delicate machinery essential
to the working of the machine. When wound
up with a key, the figure played real musio
on a real flute. Air was projected from the
mouth to the embouchure or mouth-hole of
the flute; and the force of the current was
varied to suit the loudness or softness of dif
ferent passages, as wall as the diif erent pitch
of their octaves, the opeuing between the
lips being varied to assist in producing the
desired etlects. The fingers, made of some
elastio material, stopped the holes in the pro
per order for producing the several notes.
The machine was constructed to play a cer
tain number of tunes, beyond which its
powers did not extend. Boon afterwards the
seme clever mechanician produced his auto
maton flageolet-pluyer. The flageolet had
only three holes; and so diverse was the in
tensity of wind required to produce all the
notes of a tune with such limited
means, that the pressure varied from
one ounce for the lowest note np to
fifty-six pounds for the highest. Another
of his productions was his automaton pipe
and tambour-player; the figure of a shep
herd, standing on a pedestal, played nearly
twenty minuets and country-dances on a
shepherd's pipe held in the left hand, at the
same time playing on a tambour (a kind of
hybrid between a tambourine and a small
drum) with a stick held v in the right
hand. Maelzels automaton trampeter, ex
hibited about sixty years ago, was quite a
triumph of ingenuity. A figure, dressed
in the uniform of a trumpeter of
Austrian dragoons, when wound up by a
key, ployed the Australian Cavalry March,
and a march and allegro by Weigl, on a
trumpet, and was accompanied by an or
chestra, the Bounds of the trumpet being
admirably produced. Then, his dress being
changed to that of a French trumpeter of
the Guard, the figure played the French
Cavalry March, all the biguals, a march by
DusEfck, and an allegro by FleyeL When
we consider the numerous modifloitions of
pressure with which the lips of a trumpeter
touch the small end of the trumpet, the
production ot such results by machinery is
certainly surprising. Soon after Maelzel'a
time, Maillardet produced an automaton
piano-forte player. The figure of a laiy,
seated at a piano-forte, played no less
than eighteen' tunes, keeping on for an
hour when once wound up; the machinery
was laid open at intervals in such a way
as to show that it wan really mechanism
that played. The white keys or natural
notes were pressed with the fingers in
the utuhl way, but tho flats and sh.irps
were produced by pressing on pedals
ith the feet. The inventor b icceedod ia
making this kdy more graceful in her
attitude and movements than is generally
the case with automata. Somewhere about
1820 there was an exhibition of two auto
maton flute-players in London; the two
figures played eighteen duets, which must
have required a vast amount of interior
mechanipm.
Another class of these ingenious contri
vances comprises pieces of mechanism which
imitate the cry of certain animals and the
song of birds. This has been rather a
favorite problem with clock makers. The
cathedral clock at Lyons, made by Lippuis
de Basle, and repaired by Nourisson in the
seventeenth century, had a series of dial
plates on which the time of tho year, the
month, the week, the day, the hour, the
minute was shown. Besides these there
were figures of angels, a dove, and a cock;
the hours were announced by the crowing
of tho clock, thrice repeated, after a pre
liminary flapping of wings; and when this
crowing was done the dove descended, aud
(he angels came forth from a recess and
played a 'hymn on a sot of bolls. We speak
of this clock in the pnst tense, not know
ing whether Lyons still possesses such a
curiosity. The marvellous clock in the
beautiful cathedral of Htrasburg had at
one time a complication of mechanism still
mere elaborate; bells, arranged in a parti
cular position, played three different tunes
at three, seven, and eleven o'clock every
day, and thanksgiving at Christmas, Easter,
and Whitsuntide; when this was finished, a
cock, which stood on the top of the tower,
stretched out his neck, shook his comb,
clapped his wings twice, and crowed twico.
The bombardment may perchance have ruined
the tower, but at any rate the mazy intricacies
of the clock have become unmanageable long
long ago. Vauoanson's duok, constructed a
hundred and thirty years ago, quacked like a
real duck. Among the curiosities preserved at
Versailles in the time of Louis the Fourteenth
was a clock made by Martinot. At the
completion of every hour two cocks crowed
alternately, and clapped their wings; after
which two little doors opened, two figures
appeared bearing two cymbols or gongs, and
two sentinels beat on the cymbals with clubs.
Maillardet constructed an oval box about
three inches in length, from which, when the
lid was opened, a tiny bird flew out, fluttered
its wings, opened its bill with a tremulous
motion, warbled its little song, and then shut
itself down again in its nest. Those who re
member the little automaton called the Swiss
nightingale, at the International Exhibition
eight years ago, will be prepared to under
stand that Maillardet has had many imitators.
Some years ago there was au exhibition in
London comprising figures of a child, a mon
key, a goat, and a hare. The child said
"Fa" and "Ma," and the goat bleated. In
other automata we may sometimes meet with
a bleating sheep; and there was one in which
a dog barked whenever fruit in a basket was
touched by an intruder.
The machines which, with more or less
success, imitate human speeoh, are the most
difficult to construct, bo many are the agen
cies engaged in uttering evea a single word
lungs, larynx, tongue, palate, teeth, lips
so many are the inflections and variations of
tone and articulation, that the mechanician
finds his ingenuity taxed to the utter
most to imitate them. The speaking doll,
which gives forth its melancholy and woe
begone "Papal" and "Mamma !" is a won
derment to all the little folks, who regret
very earnestly that such dolls are too expen
sive to be freely purchased; but it is never
theless a poof affair, albeit there has been
much care and thought bestowed in devising
tne kind rot vibrating reed to be used.
About ninety years ago, a pamphlet ap- !
peared concerning two large brazen heads
that were constructed by the Abbe Mioal
to effect something in the talking way.
What was really done is rather doubtful;
but we are told that entire phrases were
pronounced, that the sounds were "sur-
humaine; mat tnere were two cylinders,
one of which could produce determinate
phrases, with proper intervals and prosody,
while the other could produce all the sounds
of the trench language, analysed and re
duced to the smallest number. There were
people uncharitable enough to believe that
the speaking was managed by a living person
in an adjoining apartment, as in some other
instances which we have mentioned; but the
information is too slight to enable iw to
judge on this point. Kratzenstein, a few
years later, made experiments on a series of
tubes and vibrating reeds, wniou, by tne aid
cf bellows, enabled him to produce or imitate
the sounds of the vowels; but he appoars to
have made no attempt with the much more
difficult sounds of consonants.
Wolfgang von Kempelen, inventor of the
far-famed automaton chess-player, con
structed a talking figure which cost him a
large amount of thought, time, and inventive
ingenuity. First he made experiments with
tubes and vibrating reeds, which enabled
him to imitate the sound of the continental
"a," like our "ah;" then, with a tube and a
hollow oval box hinged like the jaws, he pro
duced the sounds of "a," "o," "ou," and an
imperfect "e;" then he succeeded with the
consonants "p," "m," and "1," and afterwards
a few others; but there were some conso
nants or sounds which he never sucoeeded in
imitating. Having combined the results of his
researches, he constructed a head which con
tained the requisite wind-tubes and vibrating
reeds, and a bust provided with some
kind of bellows. Thus armed, his automaton
could pronounce the words "opera," "astro
nomy, "Constantinople," "vous etes mon
amie," "je vous aime de tout mon ooeur,"
"Leopoldus secundns," and "llomanum im
perator semper Augustus." These words were
spoken when the machine was wound np,
Without any player being required to press
upon keys and pedals. Tubes to imitate
nostrils produced "m" and "n;" a funnel and
a reed changed "s" into "z," "s,;h," and "j,"
and there were various pieces of mechanism
to imitate more or less successfully the
movements and action of mouth, lips, teeth,
tonoue, palate, glottis, lungs, etc. Alto
gether it was what the chess-player was not
rt ally an automaton.
Professor Willis and Sir Charles Wheat
stone some years ago devoted a good deal
of attention to this matter; not, ot course.
tor any exhibition purposes, but to analyze
the production of vocal sounds in a scien
tifio way. Bir Charles showed the results of
Lis experiments at one of the meetings
of the British Association. Professor Willis
separated all the soundi, whether latter or
exclamations, emitted in speaking, into
three croups, which he called mutes,
sonants, and narisonants. Doctor Ucsh, of
Philadelphia, preferred a classification iuto
tonic monothongs, tonio diphthongs, sub-
tomes, and aspirations. Willis, leaving con
secant untried, made experiments in the
mode of producing vowel sounds by meohan
itm. With an air chest, vibrating reeds, and
cavities and tubes of different kinds, he pro
duced a great variety of bouu.Is. One curio is
result of his experiments was, that with th.
same apparatus, drawn out graduully
in length. he ctuid produce lu
succession all the vowel bounds which are
heard in such English words as "see," "pet,"
"pay," "past," "pan," "caught," "no,"
"but," "book," "boot;" we flul, in effect,
that the lips protrude more and more as this
series advance; and this supplies a note
worthy confirmation of the views hold on
this matter by the experimenter.
Borne of the readers of this page may per
haps remember Professor Facer's automaton
speaking figure, called the Euphonia, when
exhibited in London. It ws a draped "bust
with a wax face. Conoealed from the visitors
were sixteen keys or levers, a small pair
of bellows, and numerous, little bits
of metal, wood, and india-rubber. Whn
any woTd r sentenoo was sp jkn,
either by Faber, or by one of the
audience, the exhibitor mentally divided all
the syllables into as mauy distinct Bounds a
they embodied; lie pressed upon a particular
key for each particular sound, which admit
ted a blast of air to a particular compart
ment, in which the mechanism was of the
kind to produce the Bound required; there
were thus as many pressures as there were
elementary sounds. By a modification of the
movements,' whispering could be produced
instead of speaking.
The present exhibitor, Ilerr Fabcr, is,
we believe, a nephew of the professor;
and his object has been to improve upou
the automaton which his rula'ive in
vented foniteen years ago. One good point
about it is that every part of the lUHchtnisui
is laid fairly open to tne visitors. Trm, a wax
head or mask is used, through the lips of
which the produced soundi are really emitted;
but this mask is at intervals removed, to show
the movements of india-rubber lips and tongue
belonging to the machine itself. L'he eltt.
mentary sounds, by further analysis, have been
brought down to fourteen, all others haviog
been found to be really compound souuds,
made up of two or more elements. A lady,
seated at a kind of key-board, has fourteen
keys or short levers before her; a sentence is
given out, in any one of two or three lan
guages; the lady instantly analyses tun
sounds, and decides which combination will
produce each, or which combination will
produce the whole of them; she then plays,
somewhat in the manner of harmonium-pUy-ing,
giving the proper number of pressures
on the properly selected keys. Some souuds
are difficult to imitate, some are imitated
readily; a laugh is capitally given, and a cry
is sufficiently doleful for all required pur
poses; a whisper aud a sigh are also pro
ducible. Whether the machine can cough,
sneeze, hiccup, we are not certain; but it is
admitted that a singing machine, really an I
bona fide such combining words and uiusii
as a human singer would do still remains
beyond the Bkill of any automaton maker.
AU the Ycarliound.
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delphls Exchange, will include:
juiktkknth tworui). wo. Ml uctiteei uwcilinsr.
Wi.KtT, .o. lii'.'l Modern Kesldeuce.
TWEKTY-TUIHD AND C'HKKKY. N. E. Corner Brick
Factory.
UATfcHFOKD KOad C ountry Site, 4 acres.
Chkitkn Hills. Moniuouierr Countr Elocaat
Country Seat, 82 acres.
uehmaxtowk AVKNPE, No. S102 Tavern aad
Dwelling.
ii ahlan, norm or Huron s Lots.
Twfktitu (North), No. 194U Modern Residence.
TWKNTY-FK.COND AND WlLNCT. N. PL Cornpr
Modern Residence.
Orekn Lanb Modern Residence.
Filbert, No. 614 to two Brick Factory.
giXTH (South), No. 833 Valuable Dwelling.
borfAKi), Nos. 22Mt and S!2T Modern Dwellings.
Emlsn, No. 549 Modern Dwelling.
K.KiinKKNTti (North), No. MS Modern Residence.
Powklton Aveuue. east of Fortv-tlrst Two
Modern Residences.
Okkkn, No. MT Modern Residence.
Skcomd ('orth). No. 8M Store and Dwelling.
Lee, No. 2fM) Genteel Dwelling.
Foi KTH, No. 867 (South) Modern Residence.
Callowh ill, Ho. 24:15 Storo and Dwelling.
TfcMii (South), No. 1 TOT Neat Dwelling.
TniKTKbKTii (North). No. 91S Genteel Dwelling.
W'YAt.tmo, Nos. twos and fiROT Two Cottages.
(IKOIM) Rbnts f44, f43, and :i6 a year.
Vhanklin, No. SlOd Genteel Dwelling.
Tuiktkkmu (South). No. 2og Modern Rosldeace.
STOCKS.
IS shares First National Itauk of Camden, N. J.
n shares Kciitdngton National Bank.
119 shares Northern Liberties Gas Co.
14 shares Commonwealth National Bank.
roo shares Daizell Oil Co.
loo shares McCliutfckvllle Petroleum Co.
t-B shares Central Transportation Co.
C shares American Anti-Incrustation Co. pref.
125 " " " " common.
f laoo LehlRh Zinc T per cent.
Ilooo Union Canal 6 per cent.
Pew, No. 132 Holy Trinity Church. 10 29 3t
THOMAS BIRCn A SON. AUCTIONEERS AtuD
COMMISSION MERCHANTS, No. 1110 CHE3.
NUT Street ; rear entrance No. HOT Sanoom street.
Sale at No. HIT Chesnut street
CLOSING BALK OF SUPERIOR CABINET FUR.
N1TURE, FUR ACCOUNT OF THE MANUFAC
TURERS. On Monday Morning,
at 10 o'clock, at No. 1117 Chesuut street, Oct. 81,
will bo sold the balance of the superior furniture,
comprising elegant antique parlor suits, in silk,
damask, and plueh; walnut chamber suits; dining
and library suits, in terry and meroco; walnut
wardrobes; walnut dining-room and chamber
chairs; dressing bureaus; centre and bouquet
tables; extension dining tables; hat rack, folding
chairs, etageres, etc 10 23 2t
The furniture Is now open for examination.
BTJNTISG, DURBOROW CO., AUCTIONEERS.
Nos. V3'i and 834 MARKET street, corner cf
Hank street. Successors to John B. Myers Co.
LARGE SALE OF FRENCH AND OTHSR EU
.ROPEAN DRY GOODS.
On Mondsy Morning,
October 31, at 10 o'clock, on four months'
credit. 10 25 Bt
SALE OF 2.000 CASES BOOTS, SHOE3, TRAVEL
LING BAGS, HATS. ETC.
On Tuesday Morning, 10 26 6t
November 1, at 10 o'clock, on four months' credit.
LARGE SALE OF BRITISH, FRENCH. GERMAN,
AND DOMESTIC DRY GOODS.
On Thursday Morning, 10 29 6t
November 8, at 10 o'clock, on four months' credit.
T f ARTTN BROTHERS, AUCTIONEER.
iM (I atly Salesmen tor M. Thomas A Sons.)
No. Hit Chesuut bu, rear entrance from Minor.
CHANGE OF DAY.
Our Regular Weekly Sales at the Auction Rooms
Will hereafter be held
EVERY MONDAK.
TO STATIONERS AND OTHERS.
FIFTY DOZEN PORTFOLIOS, TOILET GLASSES,
DRESSING-CASES, WORK-BOXES, ETC.
On Monday Morning,
Oct. St, at 11 o'clock, at the auction rooms, 50
dozen portfolios, toilet glasses snd other goods,
slightly damaged by water, and to be sold for account
of whom it muy concern. 10 23 2t
By BARRITT St CO., AUCTIONEERS
CASH AUCTION HOUSE,
No. 130 MARKET htreet, corner of BankStroct.
Cash advanced on consignments without era a
charge. 11 24
CONCERT HALL AUCTION ROOMS, No. 1811
CHESNUT Street.
T. A. MCCLELLAND, AUCTIONEER.
Personal attention given to sales of household fur.
Blture at dwellings.
Public sales of furniture at tho Auction Rooms,
No. 1219 Chesnut street, every Monday and Thare'
day.
For particulars seo "PnbUo Ledger."
N. L A superior c.ass of furniture at private gaia
JO 8 B r H PENNEY
AUCTIONEER,
NO. 130T CHESNUT STREET. 6 88 1 f
r- CITY BAZAAR AND TATTERS ALL '8,
yrixHo. 1120 Rack Street.
Regular Auction Sile of Horses, Wagons, Har
ness, Etc., every Thursday, commencing at 111
o'clock A, M. No postponement ou account of the
weather.
Gentlemen's private establishments disposed of
atinibllo or private sale to the best advantage, au l
a general assortment of Hoi sen, Carriages, Har
ness, Etc, to suit the need cf all claasesof pur
chasers, constantly on hand.
Carriages taken on Storage.
Superior Staimr'ir for Horses on sule or at lives.
Outside Suits solicited and promptly attended to.
Liberal advances made on Horses, Carriages, and
UarniRf. DO IK A NICHOLS,
jy 19 if Auctioneers.
OOAL.
(OAL PHt TON OF 224-) LB. DELIVERED
J LEH'GII. Furnace, IT T5; Stove, fiix;; Nut,
$TtO; SLlil I Kil l., Furnace, I0-T5; Stove, fT-oo;
Nut, Jft-TB; S11AMOK1N, Grate, 1-26; Stove, KT-50;
Nut. )f0 86. KASTWICK 4 BROTHER,
Yrd, No. 2200 WASHINGTON Avenue. Oitlce, No.
nt lHX'K Street. 8 SOrp tf
11
I.EHIUII AND SCHUYLKILL COAL,
Dfpot N. E. Corner NINTH and MASTER,
43 South THIRD Street,
24 SANSOM "
Offices,
10 12 tf
CUTLERY, ETC.
RODOERS ft WOSTKNHOLM'S POCKET
KNIVES, Pearl and Stag handles, and
beautiful finish; Rodgers, and Wade fc
Butcher's Razors, and the celebrated Le
coultre Razor; Ladles' Scissors, la cases,
of the finest quality ; Rodgers' Table CuUry, Carveri
and Forks, Razor Strops, Cork Screws, etc Ear In
struments, to assist the hewlEg, of tho most ap
proved construction, at P. MADEIRA'S,
No. 116 TENTn Street, below Choanal
Corn Exchange Bag Manufactory.
JOHN T. DA I LEY,
H. E. Cor. WATER and MARKET Sti
ROF AND TVtlNB, BAGS and BAGGING, foi
Gialn Hour, bait, bupr-fhOBphute of Lime, Bout
.....
I Larsesnd small GUNNY BAGS noustanLy oa
J tuutd. AUm, WOOL HACKS. t