Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1895 — PICTURES BY TELEGRAPH [ARTICLE]

PICTURES BY TELEGRAPH

A picture of the entry of the Queen ol the Fiesta was telegraphed from Los Angeles. Cal., to th". San Francisco Call. April 16. This was the first successful experiment of tho kind ever made. Ths picture is drawn originally upon a paper ruled off into small squares, each about one tenth of an inch in diameter. Each vertical line is numbered along the upper margin, and every horizontal line is lettered down the slate. Every square Is, therefore, identified with a number and a letter, and its location is where the two lines designated cross each other. With the original drawing before him, the operator describes the course of the lines from point to point, and the message contains only as many signsand combinations as there are changes in the directions in the lines forming the picture. This description being received at the other end of the wire, the lines described are simply reproduced on a similar ruled surface.