Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1896-12-30
q ITsE FOR KITES.
..aoNlo COMMUNICATION WITH OUT A BATTERY.

tso fttSLbi-s \ aaa telephone communication he- ? an@ aDsa distant and isolated points Fp 5. v constructing all elaborate sys- oa' U electric batteries, poles or eon- a 5 wines CT resorting to the
 aps ,av heIiograph or night fash 1Pl'a 1.vicss r'c ,..s successfully demon. oo' ~, saturday night at Bayonne, s' 6y " William A. Eddy, the soien- a.,a g' aier of that city.
 s s''s sanipment used by Aerologiat fa, his emergency telegraph and ao V nlant comprised several of his 9 ,gae l,nes reel of stout kite cord, a l"l 7 ordinary copper wire, a number a,mon lanterns, two simple tele- l ,ropsmitters and telegraph ES Elar He utilized the ground and RI a, RI.a6aric carrents for his electric ESs Mr. Eddy and his assistants, [, Allen of this city and Dr. x |S;.m II, Mitchell of Bayonne, con- @'1 to send and receive perfectly in- B$sble vocal telephone messages and Esbsrable telegraph messages duri : |srio1 of several hours from points # 900 feet distant and separated by Elo tbat distance of wire.
 E EEs scene of Mr. Eddy's achievement ina Bergen Point section of Bay E His aeroplanes and the wire J carried were sent up from the ! lots in the rear of his home, on Erbird street. The kites carried and Esrtea the wire over houses, streets, Zsbone and telegraph poles and s 10 the point selected for the dis E connection with the earth. Be- Es the two stations thus established Esge of sufficient height to prevent sFnprimentalists from even signal Ia one another with lanterns also Erened This neoessitated one of the Zsstioning himself at an interme- XEflHt
 Espoipt to transmit signals before *arial circuit was completed.
 .F9 t',o rilot kite attained all alti-
 ,jy feet, the wire and it's low ze device were connected with the Dord, an eight ounce red lantern =nating the place of connection similar lightweight green lan- steing fastened to the plummet on Ed of the wire. The lanterns were <ssd to ascend to height of 500 an attempt to lower the wire 5 made. The wire ran out a short *sbre and then became jammed in glley. Efforts to disengage u : lesulted in the green lantern ba. zIng detached. It fell and WAS bro $ < atoms.
 Ed kite string and wire were reeled zzal white lantern was fastened to *phmmet. This lantern was also de- tE in { same manner as the first. Eddy and his assistants again haul E tbe e( I'd and wire and attached . kntern to the p.ummet. Line aT 1 Mgefe extended until the twin laa- atained an altitude of l, 900 feet, shen the lowering plumnet and E lantern were allowed to descend
 fo the earth. Dr. Mitchell next M the lowered end of the wire far
 Lexington avenue and grounded q Sttel rod. Mir. Eddy did like silh his end of the wire, the tele-
 Hansmitters were attached, and aal circuit was established.
 Rfed that telephone eommunica- @s practicable, both experiment kgnaled Mir Allen at his interme- sation. It was half past 9 o'clock
 Dr. Mitchell sent the first vocal Rgf to MT. Eddy.
 blo, do you get me?" he queried.
 , good, " replied MT. Eddy.
 Rral conversation oyer the wire
 Mrs. Eddy, MT. Allen, Freder-
 Wilson and a reporter partiei-
 A times watches were held
 the telephone transmitters, and
 arElngs were plainly heard at the
 fnd Of the wire. Once or twice
 FSraph sounder was attached, and
 aPking of the Morse alphabet on
 Fument was carried clearly to the agle receiver at the other end of
 alt The wind s fuctuations per-
 &lne Wire to sag so much at times
 Fl Acfossed the upper wires of the ee'ahce telephone lines stretched
 reAlhgton avenue, and scraps of
 N'lm were transmitted to the
 A0Atsrs, During tine operations
 #vrn at the apex of the wire arch cut, leaving the point of con-
 ih absolute darkness.
 Fle used ln the experiment. was topper filament, about the size
 N thread, and entirely bare. Bo.
 Fel' d from the kite string and
 eVni conneetiea with any surface
 1oept at the ends, it was per
 eSulated from every element save
 @au and atmospherical electrical ms fact made the wire mo } \ ln conducting the messages 7 ilted.
 . spscess achieved by Mir. Eddy in | Eflhent demonstrates the fur IVY ,, to which his aeroplanes can ' 'ne army's aignal service de-
 HiYers and straits, forests,
 '@ of country where trans z anu telegraph facilities have
 0lunaed can all be quickly
 ,u l. daylight or in darkness for
 V.'snment s.s of q temporary tele-
 telephone system. The use of
 Wire and electric batteries