The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1900-02-10

the opposite corner beat the air sud,
denly with a fan. waves of atmos
pheric energy would be sent thr0uaA
the space between the fan and the
strlng and agitate the string in OBJ.
dience to the motion Of tho fam. but
with less force-part of the energy be.
ing lost in Its journey across the room
so 1t is with the electric force thrown
from the sending wire OF my apparatus
~ Journeys through space until n
reaches the hanging wire OF the receIv.
ing apparatus, and the electric waves
vibrate in 1t as the air waves agitatd
the string when the fam set them N
motion.
The agitation OF the receiving wirs
Dy these waves causes an alternate
breaking and connecting OF the electric
current according to the length Of hi
wave or the time elapsing between each
wave, and this 10 recorded by the telg-
graph instrument with which the wife
is connected Air waves are, of coura&
stopped or detected by solid substances
tnat may be In their course, The elee.
trlc waves thrown Off my transmittinR
or sending apparatus 60 through of
around all solid substances. They are
not stopped or DETECTED by the curvA.
ture OF the earth or by any high build
lngs that may be between the sending
and receiving wires.
For instance, broker with an once
IN wall street might have a branch
once at Madison Square, and by means
OF my system establish telegraphib
communication between them, Hs
could hang a transmitting wire froM
me window Of his Wall street office and
q receiving wire from the window of
ms Madison Square ONCE. BY starting
the electrical vibrations in the sending
ware the waves Of electricity would %
through space and through all the II.
tervening buildings and agitate the wlEH
In Madison Square.
MY apparatus is neither delicate nsg
complicated. 1t does not easily get out
o.; OF order, and no special electrified
system.
The principal cost Of installation a.
my system ig for the poles that sup
port the vertical wires. The receivers
cost about 500 each. The expense 0f
maintenance Ia chiefly the cost of the
eIectric current for charging the send.
lng wire and the renewal of battery
cens IN the receiver. Messages can be
t ssnt at speed of from twelve to
twenty-five words a minute.
1 nave endeavored to get results
the use Of the vertical wire, but
without signal success.
MY invention Will, without doubt,
Ultimately have q large commercial
aelo: Inc English Post ONCE Depart.
nent, which controls the telegraph lines
England, is negotiating for its usa
IN America its usefulness win soon
'ecome appreciated. Il will be re-
ulred by both the army and navy, and
y the Lighthouse Board.
Inc merchant marine will need It on
ne sea and the lakes. BY its use coll
SONS at sea will be avoided.
nave devised reflector by which Il
possible to tell for short distances
ne direction from which signals are
my system Of wireless teIerraphy
iii De OF great use In Newspaper work,
J one transmitter can supply any
1 IN OF receivers In harmony with II.
us value will be appreciated in dis
'icts where 1t would not nav TO MAIN
IN line OF wire, but where my sys-
m would feed trunk lines Of wire,
MY nrst discoveries OF the possibilI-
e 10 OF wireless telegraphy were made
1880 and the frst signals were trans-
Tilted over two miles. Since that time
e apparatus has been perfected and
lriens Important atfachmcnts have
en- worked out.
NY system Of wireless teIerraphy Il
ny covered by patents IA everS civ
yea country in the world. ana these
ssnts are fundamental and fmpreg-