He was then led to devise
several forms of automatic repeaters, but they are not much employed.
In 1870-2, he brought out a needle annunciator for hotels, and another
for elevators, which had a large sale. His 'Private Telegraph Line
Printer' was also a success. From 1873-5 he was engaged in perfecting
his 'Electro-harmonic telegraph.' His speaking telegraph was likewise
the outcome of these researches. The 'Telautograph,' or telegraph which
writes the messages as a fac-simile of the sender's penmanship by an
ingenious application of intermittent currents, is the latest of his
more important works. Mr. Gray is a member of the firm of Messrs. Gray
and Barton, and electrician to the Western Electric Manufacturing
Company of Chicago. His home is at Highland Park near that city.
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