isis unveiled: chapter v (one common origin)

"Only in connection with these discoveries, we may, perhaps, well remind our readers of the many hints to be found in the ancient histories as to a certain secret in the possession of the Egyptian priesthood, who can instantly communicate, during the celebration of the Mysteries, from one temple to another, even though the former [...]

isis unveiled: chapter v (one common origin)

"A long conversation has taken place between Boston and Cambridgeport by telegraph; "every word being distinctly heard and perfectly understood, and the modulations of voices being quite distinguishable", according to the official report.   The voice is seized upon, so to say, and held in form by a magnet, and sound-wave transmitted by electricity acting [...]

isis unveiled: chapter v (one common origin)

"Since we began to write this part of our book, an announcement has been made in a number of papers of the supposed discovery of a new force by Mr. Edison, the electrician, of Newark, New Jersey, which force seems to have little in common with electricity, or galvanism, except the principle of conductivity.   [...]