The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-03-28
r,,,GGIrUING WITHOUT TIRfS.
Young AngIo-Itaiian Discovers and Uses

lafiicd those who nave souSi,e W ,'r',,.e.
a., trousrnission of electrical commuhiCd-
lion without the aid OF wires, ne Is re-
norfed 10 have said that there must ~
haste If America is 10 nave thdt NO'.,+'
lie had I'm mind the labors OF y'Llns ~ &,
plo italian ManCOni by name, VINO ~ ~
seemed 10 Prcece, was on lnc III
the great discovery. ..,,,,,-
Preece himself had done marvellous
thing for the British post once serve,
for which he is the chief electrician ~ ~,
acbfovcment vas a sudden one, due 10 an
emergency The cable between lne sH'i,
of Scotland and the Island OF Muli ~ 49,
broken down, and there was neeo ol III
slant communication. . To-, 70
nairs made use Of such instruments ~
he had and succeeded in senulhs tniouen
the ether an ineligible comm , 49,
with the electric current 10 ,lv 49, $50
&c Office i'm Null. nearly I'VE Ililes w.,
That exDerience satisfied Preece thal tne
fdea was TO be a dream only niue lons
or and. although the instruments Willch
he used were only practcaple LOT SUM-
..reat and sudden emergency, yet, as
fheee agents could send messaSe-beai-
in,, current over the sea for distance Oh
nte miles he was convinced thal some
one would find the way 70 cheap ana Ooi''
venicnt utilization Of the gIand Chcui'
that nature has already established
RcDorts brought By scientists VINO ar
rived from Great Britain on SATURDAY
seem TO confirm the prediction whirn
HTHNGN
merits have tho authority OF fIeecc go,
| name lie SAYS the thing has been doAo'
| lie has seen IL done. 1900
lie witnessed the sending Of message
from a post Office station in LONDON re-
| Gently TO the main office. IL was iectlN
! "a ana as intellipibly recorded as though
/ It had been sent by Morse Hls1l
through telegraph wire. go -..,.
! Yet there was no wire. INC tlaualiii. ,
/ ting instrument simply sent the me1Sh-o
! free-handed and untrammelled through
/ natures circuits. and II was caplu, "a
ad read in the main post Office nearly
/ two miles away. . - .,,,.-
/ So TOO. bv the same instrument a mes
sage has been sent through space, even
/ through q mountain. 10 receiving IN
/ sirumcnt five miles away, ana, wien
! Precce saw that done, he declared tidt
] the greatest Of the achievements OF eicc-
/ tricifv mad been performed. and that be-
| fore long the world would recognize anu
/ acknowledge the genius OF the yours man
! who had made THESE things possible.
Detailed reDOTts of these Achievements
! with some brief statement from Nance
! nf win probably reach this country IN a
! few DAYS and scientific and perhaps COM
/ mcrcial interests may De as greatly eA-
cited here as it Is reported Is the case
Manconi who. according TO these re-
| ports has anticipated VtslaS perform
ance by proving the truth OF Iesla . pl,-
/ dictions. Us himself OF about inc age OF w
] strange instrument at the Phladelphld
/ Centennial Exhibition. in l6'0 Mahco"l
| was just born. r,,
pafentage, and he, like that other lItll9h
! who gave his name 10 one on lhe guam
! ties Of electricity. volta, was absorbed IN
scientific study even I'm his school days.
Nanconi got mis- first hints Of the nat
| ural circuit for electric communication
/ from am American, Joseph Henry, VINO
.rr.. IN mao
/ not sufficient opportunity 20 investigate
/ its cause or the science OF It's operation.
/ That Precce reports Manconi 10 nave
done. and i'm doing it received the hrst
| suggestion OF the capacity That lies IN
| this inductivc quality for the transmission
of electricity bearing an intelligent mes
lie had the 1ecrct as he believed and it
/ remained for him 10 invent the appa-
/ ratus which would make that secret SER
I yireahle for mems use. This II is now
| claimed ne has done.
At an events there is Freezes authority
for asserting that MancOnis appard-
! tus has delivered an intelligent message
| hv natures circuit az the General POST
| Onice in London. sent from transmit
/ ting instrument nearly two miles away,
! and has also discharged message
! through mountain whose opposite sldcS
| are nearly five miles apart
| There seems. however. To be some linn
! itatiOns The latest word from London IS
| that Marconis apparatus cannot be re-
| lied upon tO transmit message Tor a
! greater distance than twenty miles, all
| though he asserts that large apparatus
may De made capable Of service for "A
| much greater distance than that
Moreover. there is al present no eXnla-
nation Of the apparatus itself although
IL is said that this is Withheld until
the protection Of the patent Office may
! bc secured. as il Is expected VIII spcedi-
| Is he the case.
There is then no sufficient opportunity
q test the commercial value Of the in
/ VentiOu and discovery. The Impression,
| however. is that if an apparatus not
much larger than goOd-szed hand bag
may deliver message intelligently for
even so short a distance as twenty miles.
/ 10 has Of itself commercial possibilities
and Will I'm an probability be develoued
until its capacity Is for FAR greater dis
tanccs than that.
Al the electrical exposition held in this
CITY last Fan the most striking imDres-
sion Of all the electricians seemed 10 DE
that We are on the eve Of the solution oi
this problem Of the use or natures CIR
cults for the transmission Of intelligence
But the conviction was that Tesla was
/ likely TO be honored by this discovery
/ lie had already minated that he beiev
/ cd that there was no scientinc or me-
/ chanical law which would make such use
Of natures circuit impossible. and there
was "a fascinating and strangely rOmaniis
suggestion I'M his idea that the time might
! come MnNu tNr fINff WNtIltf IN lNt al-
mosphore or in the densent bodies. might
Dee made the slave Of apparatus and bear
innumcrahle messages just as IL carries
light and sound each going everywhere
/ and vet each recorded only hy the appara-
tus for which ii was intended
Manccni seems 90 have made this posi-
BILE. Al am events the authority which
| attaches TO any uttcrance Of Prcece JUS
I tNcs some report Of this achievement
| which is the newest and most earnest
| ly discussed of scientific performances if
London. Tho fact that the British Admit
rally War and Post Office Department.
are giving the invention and discovery
! careful consideration Of itself suggests its
/ expected imrcrtancc-New York Cores
| pOndcnce Philadelphia Press.
1UE SCOTCH UOHIN'S BINh NOTES
EvangeIist Moody's Newest ecdoi G
Illustrating His bible Glass Lesson.
A poor old widow. living in the Scottish
Highlands was called upon one day by
a gentleman who had heard that she was
in need The old lady complained OF hei
condition and remarked that her son was
i'm Australia and doing well. But does
he do nothing 10 help you?' inquired tht
visitor NO. nothing" was the reply
He writes me regularly once a month
but only sends me a little picture with
bis letter" The gentleman asked 10 sec
one OF me pictures that she had received
and found each one OF them TO be drail
for ten pounds That Is the condition OF
many OF Gods children. lie has giver
US many. exceeding great and precious