Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1899-10-27
"WHAT HATH COD WR0UCH7s'

From the experiments made by Ben
Franklin, with his key and kite, ~coaxing
electricity from the skies, to the wireless
telegraphy of Signor Marconi is a mar
Vicious step. When scientific progress
made possible the first telegraph line
from Baltimore to Washington. and the
reverential message-"What hath God
Observation-Disclosures over the wire, even
scientific men little dreamed of the posi-
bilitles in store for the human race. To-
day. the question is not what Infnity
hath done but what Infinity may do to
broaden the knowledge of man in the
lmitless field of mystery. It is an age
of surprises-a time in which the free
play of superstitious imagery is dis
counted by the realization of scientific
facts.
For some time past Marconi, the in
ventor of a practical system of wireless
biography. has been working out the de-
tails of his marvellous contribution to
~ LIN ~ tCi
was deemed impracticable, and expert
ments We're confined to distances of less
than half a mile. and under conditions Of
the most favorable character. Finally.
a long distance test was successfully
made across the English channel, So
miles, and later another reliable test
was made at San Fra rcjcco
The government could no longer doubt
the a~dvisability of utilizing this system
In a practical way. Yesterday a series
of important experiments were ~inaugu-
rated in the navy department.. with most
extraordinary success. The Inter Noun
tain's Geographic advices today recount
a number of the tests made, all showing
the limitless possibilities Of the new sys-
tenn of wireless biography. Upon it's
threshold it gives greater promise of de-
%velopment han did the old system when
the immortal Morse demonstrated it's
p~racticability. A proportionate enlarge
ment of the scope of the new system
means the final embodiment of natural
mysteries, and the requirement of a
knowledge of natural laws. now undream-
ed of by men who regard themselves as
the astute representatives of scientific
progress.
In wireless biography the sending and
receiving instruments are suspended in
the air, and the message is sent through
impulses upon waves of ether. When
the sending instrument throws an cleo
trio spark into space, corresponding with
a letter in the Morse alphabet, it creates
ether that surrounds everything in ma
ture, very like the wave in a pond when
a stone is thrown in. This wave extends
in all directions, and when any portion
of it's rim is caught by the receiving in
strument the letter which produced the
impulse is again translated into a etter
Logically, there can be no limit to the
distance which these impulses will ira
vel, the ability to translate them de-
pending upon the constituencies of the re-
NA@
ceiying instrument.
The question naturally arises, can such
a system be made practicable when these
impulses go in all directions, to be caught
by various receiving Instruments? Would
not its publicity destroy it's usefulnesso
Had not Marconi made a most important
scientific discovery in connection with
his experiments this would be true. Sci
entifically, these impulses impaired to
the etheric ocean in space represent into
nations corresponding with the musical
scale and it's subdivisions. It therefore
follows that the receiving instrument
cannot perform it's work unless exactly
attuned to the sending instrument. If
unsteady in accord with each other. 50
to speak, the impulses can be accurately
transmitted and translated at a distance
of over thirty miles, as experiments up
to date demonstrate. 1t is only neces-
sary to keep the musical key a secret to
prevent publicity in. She sending of mes
sases through eth
Though the government has proved the
practicability of sending messages in this
manner from ship to ship inc from ship