Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1901-01-10

the opposite corner beat the air sud
denly with a fan, waves of atmos-
pherlc energy would be sent through
the space between the fan and the
string and agitate the string in obe-
d1ence to the motion Of the fan. hut
with less fOrce-part of the energy he
ing lost In its journey across the room.
so 1t is with the electric force thrown
from the sending wire of nv annaratus
IL Journeys through space until if
reaches the angin wire of the receiv-
ing apparatus, and the electric waves
Vlbrate in 1t as the air waves agitated
the string when the fan set them in
motion.
The agitation of the receiving wire
py these waves causes an alternate
breaking and connecting of the electric
current according to the length of he
wave or the time elapsing tive each
wave, and this is recorded by the tele-
graph instrument with which the wire
is connected. Air waves are. of course
stopped or DETECTED by solid Substances
that may be in their course. The cleo
trio waves thrown off my ransmittine
or sending apparatus go through or
around all solid substances. They arc
not stopped or detected by the curya-
ture Of the earth or by any high build
1ngs that may be between the sending
and receiving wires.
FOR instance, a broker with an office
IN Wal street might have 2 hrancb
once at Madison Square, and by means
OF my system establish telegraphic
oooonnii51l a etWee them. He
tould hang a transmitting wire from
the window of his Wall street office and
a receiving wire from the window of
his Madison Square Office. By starting
the electrical vibrations in the sending
wire the waves of electricity would 90
thfough space and through all the in
buildings and agitate the wire
in Madison Square.
My apparatus is neither delicate nor
complicated. It does not easily get ont
OIL OrOer- and no Cy4ncjoI aJAo+1;1@J
knowledge is required to operate the
system.
n principal cost of installation of
my system is for the poles that sun
port the vertical wires. The receivers
cost about $50 each. The expense of
maintenance is chiefly the cost of the
eIectr1c current for charging the send
ing wire n the renewal of battery
sent at a speed of from twelve to
twenty-five words a minute.
l. nave endeavored to get results |
without the use of the vertical wire, but |
signal success.
My invention will, without do1ht
have a large commercial
field. The English Post Office DEPART
ment, which controls the telegraph lines |
IN england, IS negotiating for its use.
In America its usefulness will soon |
become appreciated. It will be re- |
CURED by both the army and navy, and !
the Lighthouse Board.
AA1CA SIldIII IldIluG VIII need 1t on |
the sea mo the lakes. BY it's use col
l1s1ons at sea will be avoided.
1 nave devised a reflector by which it
IS possible to tell for short distances
the direction from which signals are
coming.
NY system Of wireless telegraphy
VIII be OF great use in newspaper work,
one transmitter can supply anv
number of receivers in harmony with it.
Its value will be appreciated in dis
tricts where it would not pay TO mar
tain a line of wire. but where nv svs-
tenn would feed trunk lines of wire.
My first discoveries OF the possihi1i-
ties of wireless telegraphy We're mada
in 1895, and the first signals were trans
over two miles. Since that time
apparatus has been perfected and
various important attachments have
been worked out.
My system of wireless telegraphy is
July covered by patents in ever> civ
are fur damentaI and imprege