US166859A - Improvement in chemical telegraphy - Google Patents
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- US166859A US166859A US166859DA US166859A US 166859 A US166859 A US 166859A US 166859D A US166859D A US 166859DA US 166859 A US166859 A US 166859A
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- 229910052714 tellurium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 6
- PORWMNRCUJJQNO-UHFFFAOYSA-N tellurium atom Chemical compound [Te] PORWMNRCUJJQNO-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 6
- XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N Iron Chemical compound [Fe] XEEYBQQBJWHFJM-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 4
- 238000000354 decomposition reaction Methods 0.000 description 4
- ZLMJMSJWJFRBEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N Potassium Chemical compound [K] ZLMJMSJWJFRBEC-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 3
- 229910052739 hydrogen Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- 239000001257 hydrogen Substances 0.000 description 3
- 229910052700 potassium Inorganic materials 0.000 description 3
- 239000011591 potassium Substances 0.000 description 3
- 235000008733 Citrus aurantifolia Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Hydrogen Chemical compound [H][H] UFHFLCQGNIYNRP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M Potassium hydroxide Chemical compound [OH-].[K+] KWYUFKZDYYNOTN-UHFFFAOYSA-M 0.000 description 2
- 241001422033 Thestylus Species 0.000 description 2
- 235000011941 Tilia x europaea Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- 229910052742 iron Inorganic materials 0.000 description 2
- 239000004571 lime Substances 0.000 description 2
- 229940072033 potash Drugs 0.000 description 2
- 235000015320 potassium carbonate Nutrition 0.000 description 2
- BWHMMNNQKKPAPP-UHFFFAOYSA-L potassium carbonate Substances [K+].[K+].[O-]C([O-])=O BWHMMNNQKKPAPP-UHFFFAOYSA-L 0.000 description 2
- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 2
- RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N Copper Chemical compound [Cu] RYGMFSIKBFXOCR-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N Zinc Chemical compound [Zn] HCHKCACWOHOZIP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000002253 acid Substances 0.000 description 1
- 230000015572 biosynthetic process Effects 0.000 description 1
- 238000006243 chemical reaction Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000004020 conductor Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052802 copper Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
- 239000010949 copper Substances 0.000 description 1
- 150000004677 hydrates Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 150000002431 hydrogen Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- XMBWDFGMSWQBCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N hydrogen iodide Chemical compound I XMBWDFGMSWQBCA-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 description 1
- 239000007788 liquid Substances 0.000 description 1
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- 229910052751 metal Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
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- 150000002739 metals Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 238000000034 method Methods 0.000 description 1
- 150000002825 nitriles Chemical class 0.000 description 1
- 239000000049 pigment Substances 0.000 description 1
- 239000002244 precipitate Substances 0.000 description 1
- 238000009736 wetting Methods 0.000 description 1
- 239000011701 zinc Substances 0.000 description 1
- 229910052725 zinc Inorganic materials 0.000 description 1
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
- B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
- B41M5/00—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein
- B41M5/20—Duplicating or marking methods; Sheet materials for use therein using electric current
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- the object of this invention is to record dots and dashes upon cheinicallyprepared paper by electric decomposition for telegraphing.
- the invention consists in forming the decomposing stylus or pen of tellurium and wetting the paper with water or any liquid conductor. I prefer water to which has been added a quantity of hydrate lime or potash.
- This decomposition of tellurium has the peculiar characteristic over all other metals that it produces the mark with hydrogen, and also that the-mark, at its first formation, is not a precipitate like the ferrocyanide of iron when an iron pen and ferrocyanide of potassium are used, which has a tendency to adhere to the stylus after the current has ceased, and produce attenuation of the signals; but the permanent color is formed by the action of the air after the decomposition has taken place: hence the signals will be much sharpen I claim as my invention- 1.
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Description
UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.
THOMAS A. EDISON, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE HARRINGTON, OF WASHINGTON, D. O.
IMPROVEMENT IN CHEMICAL TELEGRAPHY.
Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 166,859, dated August 17, 1875; application filed July 25, 1874.
CASE No. 88.
To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THoMAs A. EDISON, of Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented an Improvement in Chemical Telegraphs, of which the following is a specification:
The object of this invention is to record dots and dashes upon cheinicallyprepared paper by electric decomposition for telegraphing.
The invention consists in forming the decomposing stylus or pen of tellurium and wetting the paper with water or any liquid conductor. I prefer water to which has been added a quantity of hydrate lime or potash.
It the stylus, tipped with tellurium, is connected to the zinc end of a battery, and the drum or plate upon which the moistened paper rests be connected to the copper end of the battery, hydrogen is evolved at the point Where the tellurinm touches the paper. The hydrogen combines with the tellurium to form hydrotelluric acid, which has a red color, but is instantly decomposed in contact with the air, and forms a black pigment, which is permanent. I have found that this reaction is more delicate than that of iodide of potassium, which is the most delicate known in chemistry. This decomposition of tellurium has the peculiar characteristic over all other metals that it produces the mark with hydrogen, and also that the-mark, at its first formation, is not a precipitate like the ferrocyanide of iron when an iron pen and ferrocyanide of potassium are used, which has a tendency to adhere to the stylus after the current has ceased, and produce attenuation of the signals; but the permanent color is formed by the action of the air after the decomposition has taken place: hence the signals will be much sharpen I claim as my invention- 1. The method of recording telegraph or other signals by the electro -decomposition upon moistened paper or other material of a t stylus of tellurium.
A paper moistened with hydrates of lime, potash, or the cyanides of potassium, for use with a tellurium stylus, for the purpose set forth.
- THOS. A. EDISON. Witnesses: GEO. T. PINCKNEY,
OHAs. H. SMITH.
Signed by me this 1st day of June, A. D."
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE1039074B (en) * | 1956-03-15 | 1958-09-18 | Werner Schiebeler Dipl Phys Dr | Arrangement for the electrolytic production of characters and symbols |
| US3075193A (en) * | 1958-04-28 | 1963-01-22 | Schiebeler Werner | Electrolytic process for producing characters and marks |
| US3541576A (en) * | 1967-07-12 | 1970-11-17 | Itt | Tellurium electrode printer |
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Cited By (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DE1039074B (en) * | 1956-03-15 | 1958-09-18 | Werner Schiebeler Dipl Phys Dr | Arrangement for the electrolytic production of characters and symbols |
| US3075193A (en) * | 1958-04-28 | 1963-01-22 | Schiebeler Werner | Electrolytic process for producing characters and marks |
| US3541576A (en) * | 1967-07-12 | 1970-11-17 | Itt | Tellurium electrode printer |
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