Lord Houl is in the news again, okay technically he isn’t in the news but I have traced the money back to him (sometimes the Empire is not involved, rare I know). He should really get a better accountant, it seems that LH now has a controlling share of Bell’s new Electric Transducer (Voxigraph) which is still vastly superior to Gray’s water transmitter. The use of the Heliograph is so outdated in these modern times as a method of long distance communication but is still used by some non-Empire countries, even the commonly used Telegraph is slow compared to the Voxigraph.
The clever use of applying letters to the numbers on the keypad has created easy to enter numbers of people you wish to speak to you, it is a selling point in itself. Bell’s company is of course in the early stages as the Voxigraphs cables are being installed across the Empire but once set up it will obviously supplant all other methods of communication.
Why an apparent recluse like LH is interested in owning this business (apart from the obvious profits) is anyone’s guess.
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