The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1901-12-04
Wireless Transmission.

The Armorl system for electric trans
mission. by which effects similar tc Sig
nor Marconis system. with several adj
d,tions. can be transmitted without tie
aid OF wires. invented by Ariel AIRING. a
young swedc was tested q the residence
Of his associate, J. T. Armstrong. in
Buckinghan.shir@. the other day Briefly,
the new system. besides transmitting or
dinary dot aud dash messagcs, viii carr
energy sufflcien, 10 set In operation the
steering apparatus OF torpedo, all the
time undor control OF The operator, be-
sides doing away with the necessity OF
the tall poles used In the Marconi system.
The whole mechanism al each end is
hardly more bulky than an ordinary tele-
graph instrument while the only install
alton required consists OF sticking the
two ends OF the ground wires into she
earth. wheTson the apparatus rs ready TO
receive or transmit messages. The eN-
periments were said To be remarkably sue
cessful
There are said to be three differences
between the Armol system and any other.
The first is its chespnoss, the second is
that the electrical Impulse is directed
not through the afr, but through water or
the earth the third Ii q peculiar combi-
nation in this discovery OF low tension
current and high potential discharges,
the battery being of only eight volts and
the current less than one amperc. More
over. the Armor apparatus. unlike some
better known. sends ns energy not 10
friend and Toe alike but TO a particular
destination. result achieved by
"tunins" if one may use the word both
receiver and transmittsr TO one pitch. How
far 81 win transmit electrical impulses has
not been exactly ascertained. but II viii
send them from station 60 station for an
indefinite distance. the station being sim
plX a box hmried ia iho earlh. "
As for communication az sea. it can he
established either by wireless telegraphic
Instruments or by land telephones requir-
ing neither skilled operators nor costly
appartus. For few dollars. II is claim-
ed every ship and shore station can have
one OF these marvels. ships furnished with
the Armorl apparatus could communicate
with one another. the lighthouses and the
shore. Though articulate sounds are per-
haps desirable for the sake of the small
vessels whose owners would grudge the
money even Tor cheap apparatus, they
would not be necessary to either shore
stations or ships. provided both were fpr.
nished with transmitting and receiving
Instruments fitted with indicators.
With working apparatus OF the Ar
morl type IN general use there would be
fewer collisions az sea and fewer such
wrecks as those of the Drummond Cas-
tie and the Stcllo Some time ago dur
Ing q fog in the British Channel. large
mail steamer stayed AL night within
mile and hall ~ lighthouse without
hearing the lattere siren, though it was
blown every a. seconds. II the steamer
ana the Ughfshfp had beon fitted with tho
Armori apparatus they would have been
aware ~ each others presence from the
.irrt. the new syRten heiug unaffected
by atmospheric variations.
Many minds being set more ON war
than peace. perhaps moro interest Will be
taken ln the Actinsut. the torpedo di-
rcCted by wireless power. nan in the
safety 90 bel0gged argcsics This strange
thing. "a is said. viii persistcn'ly follow
the object az which l Or aimed Unless do.
nccted by The operator on October IS
tho visitors % DesburgH saw its ruddcr
moved this WAY sud that by wireless
current sent from iour hundred or i've
hundred yardf away. but there was no
pretonce that The demonstration vas
complete. The propellinE power petroleum
or compressed aif) not being in thc ma-
chine But fhe king ~ Sweden aud his
advisers have seeu tho ACtinaut at work.
and have manifested their approval in
the way already mentioned. Midway in
its course " can nc turned aside. either go
attack fresh euemv or 90 avoid friend
or n can be brought back to the point
whence n started. 20 perfect. y ~ said.
IL the operators control over the r0wer
he directs. that no can prevent ,hc DIE.
charge OF the aescuatine pistol, even
though TIE terpsds sEiks somet1ing.