Will It Enable the Dumb to Speak?
How to make a scientific me," strument speak by means of an, artificial tongue has been -demonstrated by Sir Richard Paget before the Institute of Blectrical Engineers.
Sir Richard, taking a smalt dummy voice box and blowing' air, Yhrough it by a rubber tube, manipulated his fingers that' was able to make the box produce vowels and words. The magical ox also called on Sir Oliver Lodge and Professor Vernon Boys 'A model was used containing an organ reed as a substitute for the vocal chords. Pairs "of pot-shaped resonators gave the effect of the mouth cavity and spoke the Yowels like a human being. Another instrument, recently in Dr, ' Eecles, operated.
In this the resonators were merely tuned electric circuits after the manner of a wireless set: The vowel sounds were produced a "loud speaker," apparently by depressing a row of ko These experiments suggest the possibility of the dumb being able to speak by regulating the air in an srtifical "mouth "box with their inge Osaxa, May 7M. Merlin, the Governor-General" of Indo-China and his. suite arrived at Osaka today. "They leave for Tokio tonight—Reuter's Pacific Service. time of the day or night even though the guard is" set, to- pose through the gates to'see the Governor, or for any other public duty When the Lord Mayor goes out of office he communicates "the passwords for the remainder of the quarter to his successor.
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