Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-01-26
>rg USE FOR KITES.
e5AoNlc COMMUNICATION WITH OUT A BATTERY.

r,nsreency Telegraph System.
 qso feasibility of establishing tele-
 ..onb and telephone communication be- glap aon two distant and isolated points sns aitbont constructing an elaborate sys- VI. '..,s of electric batteries, poles or con 's,l' ,.tto and wires CT resorting to the samn,ex as, day heliograph or night fash ught l devices was successfully demon nss .ssafod on Saturday night at Bayonne, ssA by William A. Eddy, tho scien- sxo kite fier of that city.
 fTbe equipment used by Aeroiogist Fady for his emergency telegraph and solenhone plant comprised several of his saran]apes. Q reel of stout kite cord, a I ssa of ordinary copper wire. number os common lanterns, two simple tele- sbone transmitters and a telegraph sonndar. He utilized tine ground and etmosnhario currents for his electric no,uer Mir. Eddy and his assistants, Harry L. Allen of this city and Dr. william II. Mitchell of Bayonne, con- rived to send and receive perfectly in- tallipible vocal telephone messages and aecipherable telegraph messages duri ! q period of several hours from points fully 1, 600 feet distant and separated by doubIe that distance of wire.
 The scene Of Mir Eddy's achievement was the Bergen Point section of Bay mne. His aeroplanes and the wire they carried were sent up from the anen lots i'll the rear of his homo. on ss|;ast Third street. Tho kites carried and supported the wire over houses, streets, telephono and telegraph poles and wires to the point selected for the dis tant connection with the earth. Be- tween the two stations thus established ridge of sufficient height to prevent the experimontalists from even signal ina to ore another with lanterns also in5ryened. This necessitated one of the trio stationing himself at an interme- diate point to transmit signals before the aerial circuit was completed.
 Whoa tho pilot kite attained an alti- tude oI l, Jag t1et, the wire and it's low ering device were connected with the kite cord, an eight ounce red lantern designating the place of connection and a similar lightweight green lan- ,arn being fastened to the plummet or the end of the wire Tho lanterns were allowed to ascend to height of 500 feet before an attempt to lower the wire was made Tine wire ran out short distance and then became jammed h tho pulley. Efforts to disengage ti wire resulted in tho green lantern be coming detached. It fell and was bro. ken to atoms.
 The kite string and wire were reeled in, and white lantern was fastened 10 tho plummet. This lantern was also de- stroyed in same manner as the first. Mir Eddy aud his assistants again haul ed in the cc4d and wire and attached 8 red lantern to the plummet. Line ar wire were extended until the twin lau- teFns attained an altitude of 1. 900 feet and then the lowering plummet and signal lantern were allowed to descend safely 10 tho earth. Dr. Mitchell next carried the lowered end of Che wire far down Lexington avenue and grounded Jrlt with steel rod MT. Eddy did like wise with his end of the wire, the tele- phone transmitters were attached, and the aerial circuit was established.
 Satisfied that telephone oommunica- tion was practicable, both experiment ters signaled Mir. Allen at his interme- diate station. It was half past 9 o'clock when Dr Mitchell sent the first vocal message to Mr. Eddy,
 Hello, do you get ino?'' he queried. Yes good, J replied AIr, Eddy. General conversation oyer the wire snsued, Mrs. Eddy, Mr. Allen, Freder- ick N. Wilson and O reporter partici- pating A times watches were held against the telephone transrnitters, and their tickings were plainly heard at the ether end of the wire. Once CT twice she telegraph sounder was attached, and the clicking of the Morse alphabet on theinstTument was carried clearly to the Telephone receiver at the other end of the circuit The winds fluctuations per- nlttcd tho wire to sag so much at times that it crossed the upper wires of the Dng distance telephone lines stretched aiong Lexington avenue. and scraps of eonyersation were transmitted to tho eSperimentera During the operations 'he lantern at the apex of the wire arch burned cut. leaving the point of con- eectlon in absolute darkness
 The wire used ia the experiment. was thin copper filament, about the size i paient thread, aad entirely bare. Bo- ag saspene u from the kite string and
 s.eed from connecssc1i with any surface eaaeot except at the ends, it WIS per
 setiy insulated from every element save
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 uffents. This fact m.ale the wire mo
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 The sncccss achieved bF Mr. Eddy in
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