The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-10-11

manently with that country. Both his
scientific and mis- financial hackers live
there
Marconi had demonstrated the posi-
bility of signalling without wires. by
means of the Hertzian waves. before
hel eft Italy: but not until he reached
England did any one show much inter
est in him. For ten years or more Mr..
Preece, then at the head of the tele-
graphic department OF the British
Postal Service. had been working away
at the problem of wireless telesraphy
but he had employed a somewhat diff
ferent principle from that OF the young
Italian, and secured less remarkable
results. But with beautiful generosity
he promptly recognized the superior
merit of Marconis plan. and gave him
material aid in developing the new sys-
tenn. Experiments were made. botn out
in an open plain, as at Salisbury, and
inside a city district filled with great
buildings. The penetrating power of
the form beyond a doub; before the
close of 1897.
Three incidents of much significance
occurred last year. Regular service
was established between Alum Blv. on
the Isle of Wight. and the main land
at Bournemouth, distance Of eigh-
teen miles. Lord Kelvin. who has
made many interesting Investigations
into electrical phenomena. and who de-
vised the "sipnon recorder an instru-
| ment that was used in the first sub
marine cable work. sent Il message
over the Bournemouth-Alum Bay route
last year. and formally paid for il. "a
emphasiZe the commercial character OF
the transaction.
| After the Prince OF Wales had Sufi-
GENTLY recovered from the injury "a
his yacht. it remained in the vicinity
of the Isle of Wight. on which Osborn,
House, one OF the Queens residences
is situated. Lost of the time for six.
teen days the yacht lay in Cowes Bay
about two miles from Osborne House
During that period frequent report:
were sent To Her Majesty on the con.
dition of His Highness. Once in .
while the yacht would put out ~ sea
but communication was maintained
nevertheless, often at distance o
seven or eight miles. During tai.
period $50 messages were sent by IN,
Marcohi apparatus, and no hi;cB 0
any kind occurred.
Regular service between the SoutI
IForeland station on land and the Eas
Goodwin Sands Lightship was estab
lished on Christmas Eve 1898. Tn,
interval SPAWNED here is only abou
lseven miles.
| Two more advances were made at
ter the new system came in. The frs
messages across the English Channe
lwere sent last March. The distanc
between the South Foreland and Bou
logne is variously put 1t twenty-eigh
and thirty-two miles. Early in tn
summer series of tests We're mad
with warships. The French naval YES
France and England when at dis
lance of forty-two miles from the for
mer and twelve or fourteen from IN
latter
An important feature OF the Maroon
system is a wire arranged VERTICAL
near the sending apparatus, and a 81
milar one near the receiver. Withau
this attachment the system will No
work so well as with il. At Bourne
mouth and Alum Bay the pole - whic
the wire was led was l20 fee high Z
first, but later it was foun,. feasible I
reduce the height to so feet. The VIII
on the royal yacht ran up the funne