The Van Buren press., 1877-12-04
Vol. l5.---No. 80.
rslsgraph,ag without wirss.

The Washington corresposdsst Of he
Hartford Times sends the following -
his paper: In these days Of telsph0ulo
wonders nothing, IL II IL within the rasss
Of anything like probability. surprises
~. Information has reached here re-
gently that Prof. Loomis, who hss bsss
In the mountsneous regions Of West
Virginia for some months, conducting
series Of experiments with his proposed
aerial tslegraphy. has demopsratsd 1nally
that telcgraphing without wires y psas-
tical. HE manner Of operating. which
has OF u previous occasion bses dsecrs.
bed In this correspondence. has besa
Endorsed by many scintisss Of runnlno .
wire up to certain altitude. reaching
prticnlar current OF electricity. which
according to Prof, Loomis, can b fonnA
at various heights At any distance
away this same current can b. reached
by . similar wire. and commuuicatioa
be bad immediately. Tho spparatae
necessary to bring about thia wonder y
very simple and inexpensive. u has
been fully ascertsined that teiegraphis
communication docs not take place over
or through the wires. but through the
ground This same communication Coo
tinuee when these electric currents sop.
piled by nature are used. Prof. Loonis
has, - said before. telcgraphed to parties
eleven miles distant by merely sending
up . kite. At each end OF the distance. :
certain height, attached to which In place
OF the ordinary string WAS tho nns cop.
per wire. When both kites, though
eleven miles distant from each other.
thouchcd the same current, communioar
ton was had between them both and
messages were sent from ono end TO Abe
other BY means OF the ordinary Mofss
instrument in connection, with the ID.
strument invented BY Prof Lo.mis.
This showed that tho theory on which
he had worked for many years was the
correct one. and that BY the proper
means, such ~ stationary wire arranged
from natural or artificial emincncss.
could be operated successfully u oil timss.
II 10 true that aerial telegraphy may nos
be much off certainty during violent
storms or electric showers bat Il will
not meet with moro ohstructions than
the ordinary wire telegraphing, which -
not 1t all sure during the periods spoksa
Of 1t will be long time before aerisl
telegraphing can be carried on bstwssa
places which are but = short distances
apart, IL indeed II ever will. In such
case the wires will continue 10 DO used.
though for long distances, suoh . tsls-
graphing from one aide OF tho ocean y
another, the aerial telegraph will take
scheme nsf now o1't on foot for series o. expo
riments from . point on one Of shs
highest peaks on tho Alps, In Switssr-
land, to = similarly situated place IL the
Rocky mountains on this side OF ths
world. II this succeeds 81 coorse HID
invention will rank In importance With
that Of the electric telegraph itaelf, and
be even greater than that OF the tels-
phone. All Of the money necessary 10
carry on the experiment has already
been promised, and II will not be many
years, II IL turns out to be success,
before oocan.cables will be one Of the
lost arts, ~. having playsi " part, Il,
will be laid aside. The cost of the
aerial telegraphy will not be over one
cent when the other 10 over one thousaaA
dollars