The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1899-06-05
AS TO WIRELESS ItIFss''
Chicago Record.

Chicago Record.
Washington, D. G. H..
est which experiments I i's
graphy has existed anon, si'sr
throughout the country !. -. es
Inquiries that come fran '4 i
flee and the number a, -. y '''a
are being filed for pa,s,,. rp'''ali'sl
We have had as MAJ
SAD F. W. Winter. the chile, y. !,
the electrical division. ar ~ ''is's
~ from experienced .nvsD,''.
country-professional else,,I. ' I
nave taken out patents IN !, 'a
Of electricity. There ars 0.asf "a;
from strangers, whose ns,n w, mi
TO !, tn, TINS division Of the office =, ~ 10
never appeared before ths as aos "a
far as | can tell. no appllr,,u,ssp
nied by ordinary telegranha.su ~
graphic fraternity does M rA u
s elss the principle yet, as sssa : \
SAID that the ordinary kno~ NY u
graphy is not much Of ass,., ap
new field. Most Of the an s'ssaass
from electrical engineers r aas
perts who are engaged in ana cls
OF electrical machinery and ana T,.a'
some are from scientists wbop sss
in other lines and have tas ave- ~ nd
telegraphy as side issue Y -
No, can not say thai ~.
poom In wireless telegrapby-,,a.i
activity does not compare wi,h ~
ious experiences we have ~ ~.
fee, Invention goes by ffs saa y Y
minds of inventive geniuss, IT, T. s '1ls !
try are affected by popular as 4 w
example, the war brought IN ss.'
plications for patents rela,i..a W.
ammunition and explosives
of the Ashtabula accidenf ". a. "
whelmed with contrivances "a, W.
ing and so 1t goes. II some d,.,s,l
lamity happens people tbint !,
to prevent its repetition. Ia -
gency arises inventors ia sr 49,
conjuring up means to mest 4. !.
body makes a great discovery Il Il, az, i
others to initiate him.
The rumber Of people who up,.r,!
the wireless system ie co,pr,.,-.]
small" continued Mr.. Winter. n.
perts of the signal service upss, M,
Allen and Lieutenant Squire hsy. 1,
great progress. They are using sy,r,s,]
apparatus which is accessible d 4, n
lie. Signor Marconi, an Italian nj y
Lodge of London are the pioneers 4,
really the only men who have Va M.
ed practical appliances. Tie sIraI |,
vice men say that neither OF M, !,
TENS is a complete success. chiefly Mi
Of the continual necessity Of rs,liw.
the instruments. They have 10 rs..p,,,
their telegraphic apparatus by M NJ,
a heliograph and advise each o,hs, \ !
errors and imperfections. Auoths, 4
Guilty is that they have not yet ben h
to contrive any method 10 proven, NJ
ers from stealing the messages. ba
great many people are engaged Ii
solution of that problem and | an d
dent that they will get at Il before lul
What is the nature Of the patents
piled for?"
Most of the applications are for pia
for apparatus. Some are for meths:s
far as we can judge, the American lira
ors are now keeping up with the tosg
ers, although the latter were far IA
We can not Judge of the practical Il
II the devices that are presented hss
cause the theory upon which wireless A
graphy is conducted is new and nE V
established. It is still in the exps,i.ss
stage. The electricians may have thts
principle, but this is not fully dsis.-il
They know that with certain apgf
they ought to secure certain ehses
they are not always sure Of securing q
The editor of the Electric World, iiii
cent issue of that paper, says the stisiz
Of this country desire clear and y
rate statement Of the theory upoi y
the experiments In wireless teiegrall'
based. This shows that electric scii'a
still somewhat at sea.
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"Tba wireless system al nresentluEl
-, $500, "a 4,
originated win lorelsneiS' aAu -
patents that now exist are owned ~ y
The first patent granted by The u
States for wireless telegraphy wss 81
ed bv Guglielmo Marconi, on the WI
Julv. 1897, for sending signals BY u
of eIectric oscillations of high trss.a
and intensity without the use Of aIi .
ductor excent the air. Since then
only a few weeks ago, a second palt-
granted TO Marconi. covering the is,sl
mart of his receiving apparatus VIII
known as a 'ooherer,' composed q
ticIes of metal in a glass tube pr'i.l
bv an iron box for the purpose Of iF'l'
outside electric currents or charges
"A third natent was granted on ~
NJ August 1885 to Prof. Oliver ~
Lodge of Liyerpool, covering thi ~
self-inductlon coils in transmitlefs y.
ceivers. THE Induction coils OF li'''.
ter and receiver being wound TO To-
conanitv and tbose OF other instTz'
being wound to different capactlss' :,
nal sent nv a transmitter can De lss,
or responded to only by its propa. 4. !.
Prof. Lodge calls this 'syntonlfipE y =
strumentg. The self-induction e0 is.,
the rate OF oscillation ~ y.
a coil wound TO one capacity will NY
certain rate OF oscillations, wnls ~ "a
coiI wound IN n different capaelH' " :.