New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1899-10-08

lust outside the glass. Lenard went step lul-
Their and traced effects the outside. And SUI
II remained for R0ntGcn to find the peculiar
form of energy that now enables the surgeon 10
diagnose injuries as never before one OF the
most tantalizlng features Of the Bavarans dis
covery was that II was practically accldehial'
He was looking for something else ana was
astonished al the Photographic effect Observed
Hence II IS not surprising that friends of PRO
fessor Dolhear- whether judciOusly or inlu
diciously II is too soon to say-have challenger
Signor Marconrs title TO the glory Of originating
wireless biography The young Italian has used
previously existing and familiar devices for MS
Transmitting apparatus. and added only an INCL
dental feature TO the receiver. ~ least dozen
well known and much older men were working
away al the same general problem before Mar
conf attacked II Preece. Lodge Silyanus !.
Thompson and others in England have been IN
vestigating and experimenting with wireless
biography for q least q dozen years. and Tesla
is by no means the only American who has
studied the subject But the fact remains that
for one reason or another-dffcrent ones apply
to different cases no dOubt-none Of these men
have brought the science TO such triumphant
result as Narconi Mr. Preece thought he was
doing well when he sent 3 message across a gap
of two miles Marconl has covered from sixty
to eighty miles and dreams Of q Transatlantic
transmission
The only really Original part Of Narconis ap-
paratus Is the magnetic Taper attached TO the
Branlv cohcrer which be- uses as a receiving In
strumcnt All the rest ~ his system is adapta-
ton. and in some Of this adaptation he comes
pretty Close TO ideas suggested 10y others. In lis
E. va 50
that The Ucrtzian waves produced ~ the trans
hitting station apparently had only the ether as
their route and medium Of travel Bur after
the ground wire was added. both at the sending
and receiving STATIONS. an additional path was
afforded and Narcon then discovered, nncn Il"
his delight ihot the efficiency Of his mechan SIN
was enhanced So. too, with the vertical wire
which Is now such q conspicuous feature OF Dbl,
equipment T. was pointed ont In The tribune
early this year that Tesla had suggested such an
arrangement six years or more ago Hut maj
gifted electrician has NOT openly questioned
Marcours right 10 use these attachments 70 me
latters original apparatus. aud so long as Iesla
himself remains In tho background no one else
Is Justified IN Needing IN his behalf.
The grounds on which the friends of Professor
Dolhear challenge Marconl do not clearly up
pear II IS not possible 10 patent wireless lelee
raphy. nor electricity nor the Hertz'an waves
nor the ether nor rho Garth nor the sea. A pat
ent only covers tho right TO use particular form
OF apparatus If Professor Uolhe1r has aniicl-
ratod rho young Italian who is now visiting
this country in the exclusive use Of any device
essential TO tho Marconi system he will I'M
douhtedly establish the fact in due time. Until
he does the public VIII naturally continue TO
Give NIarconi all the credit which that modest
and clever inventor IS now receiving.