The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-07-22

ity. After I havestri a great MANY
things that fail I get the thing that
/ succeeds, and 1 don't have to repeat
+; experiments in future triats.n
1t was interesting TO watch him in the
tuning" experiments. There was as
much satisfaction in his face when one
\ or his assistants signaled that no effect
was produced as when strong effect was
noted; he simply varied capacities and
resistances until the right relation was
! produced. Then he began another ser
les of experiments. One day he was
/ asked: How do you know this is radia-
ton? Isn't it earth leakage?'' For an
SWer he disconnected the vertical wire
ana pressed the key. There was no eff
] Iect on the receiver down the beach.
We don't know ali about this yet
ne said. but We know the effect of
the few things We have tried L believe
II is radiation-ether waves. The
scientists have theories about it," he
went on. but very little is known. 1t
seems curious that these waves should
follow the earth's curvature, as we
know they do. One man believes they
collect at point on the other side of
the earth-the antiDOdal point of the
transmitter-and that may be true
In the evening MarcOni reviews the
work he has done during the day, and
plans the experiments for the next.
days work is a valuable thing TO
him, because he has the feeling that
tomorrow may bring some great de-
velopment. No kind of weather binders
him. He Will only stop work in the
rain when it is severe enough to short
circuit his batteries or make a shock
from the key possible. On stormy days,
when work outside is impossible, in
door experiments are carried on from
one room to another. The spirit of
work is dominant, and it is always in
telligent work. e rOutS us out at
night, sometimes said one of his as
siStants. CAT Salisbury we started
work one morning at I O'Clock, be-
cause the NIGHTS were good and the
days bad" Persistence, patience and
pluck are embodied in Marconi.
The spirit with which he works is
we'll illustrated by one of his expert
ences at Salisbury. For days he worked
trying experiments with vertical wires
held uD by balloons and kites High
winds played havoc with the kites, but
there was no giving I'D until good
weather came, so that a fair trial could
be had. On one occasion a balloon /
broke loose. but MarcOni seized the |
trailing ropes and thought to make |
an anchor of himself by winding the |
ropes about his waist. The balloon, /
however, was not to be restrained, and, /
after dragging Marconi four miles I
across country, it left him against a 4
fence which happened to be in the way. /
1 haven't any proof, but I venture to /
state that the young man made his /
way back and went on with his work, \
without the interference of a surgeon. !
It would be like him.
AT nroSeOI M3rcOni is huSV with +
plans for the extension of his work
along the line of greater distances than
before attempted. and with contracts
for the use of the system at sea, as
we'll as on land, where wire systems
are not in use One of his men is at
BuTkum, Germany, completing the
of the installations for
The North German Lloyd steamships, I.
and making stations at a light house
and lightship there. Another assistant
S locating stations on six or the II
Hawaiian islands. and instruments for
he complete outfit are now on the way
here.
The use of the system in South
Africa has been chiefly confined to
signalling between the English ships
llong the coast and stations on land,
hough Lord Roberts has made good
Use Of it on land in some instances.
During the recent fear of a Boer plot
o blow up the English ships, the wire
ess system showed its advantage. The
company, recently or
,anized in France, will place the Mar
oni system in use along the French
cast and on the French naval fleet.
n addition TO all these operations. the
installation of the system on forty
english warships should keep Marconi
,usy for some time. /,
Certainly the wireless telegraph has
eased to be a scientific toy; it bids fair
o be one of the most important ele-
nents of the future worlds work. But
1arconi takes it all modestly.
81 don't think have done very much