The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-29

It is now easy to follow the various actions which take place. The oscilla- tions set up by the transmitter at the distant station act on the vertical con, ductor or resonator, which is connected to the sensitive tube at the receiving station cohere the filings in the tube and allow the local cell to actuate the relay The relay. in its turn causes the larger battery to pass current through the tapper or interrupter and also through the electric magnets of the recording in- strument. The practical result IS that the receiver is actuated for time equal to that during which the key is pressed at the transmitting station.
 After the experiment across the Bristol Channel, Marconi gave some demonstra- tions before the Italian naval authorities at Spezia. With the transmitter on shore and the receiver on board an ltallan man-of-war a distance of twelve miles was bridged. A series of trials were also carried out from ship to ship, and the re- suits go impressed the Italian naval au- thorities that they adopted Marconl wire less telegraphy tor the navy ana nave used 1t ever since.
 Invited to return to England Sig. Mar conf was next heard from on Salisbury Plain, where he introduced kites as means of raising and suspending the yer tical conductor at a considerable altitude. In these experiments he sent messages thirty-four miles between Salisbury ana Bath, up to that time his best achieVe1 ment.
 After the experiments upon Salisbury Plain, Sig. Marconi set up two expert mental stations. one at Alum Bay, In the Isle of Wight and the other at being fourteen miles. He did this In or der to test the practicability of the sys- tenn under all conditions of weather. and also to prove that wireless telegraphy was not a myth, but a working reality.
 Up to this time it had been thought that the weather or varying conditions
 of atmospheric electricity might inter-
 fere with, if not entirely obstruct, wire less messages. Everyday work for four
 teen months at his experiment stations
 in England convinced Marconi that there
 is no condition of weather whlch can m lh-
 terfere with a wireless message any more than there is any condition ot weather that can obstruct the light that comes from the sun. There are clouds to darken, but the day dawns despite | tlenEl q I \ tJ6i7mSat, stations in the year lSgS and his fdiheb spread In December Of that year he undertook to prove ms system
 adaptable to te!egraphic communication between Nghtships at sea and the shore. He connected the East Goodwin light shin. the outermost lightship guarding the dangerous Goodwin sands, with the South Forehand lighthouse, twelve miles distant The installation worked success fully from the very first and continued to work admirably through far weather and foul. Within the first few weeks two vessels in distress received qulcK aS-
 zissSnGs Rss5 Tsn thF0ufh 60 fhe 'sa sand G fog The Uehtships noted their signals Of distress and telegraphed for assistance lndiCaI- ing the exact spot where 1t was requlrtu' As a result tugs and hteboats were quickly and accurately dispatched, Mem bers of the crew learned now 70 stnu and receive messages and how 10 con duct the station. Subsequently MaTSoul NNry,
 fish Channel between the Soutn ore hand lighthouse and Boulogne issuance of about thirty miles. This was sue
 cess from its inception and both the tito Emk l fish and French authorities pecalhe NHl'e l enthusiastic. over 1t. .N N-Ss All these results were secured with the vertical wire system. which sent the mes | sa Res in no direct line, but in every dl- | rection. They affected all suitable recelV- ] CTS within a certain radius. Subsequeht- . | lv Marconi discovered that privacy could | he secured in messages bV means or syn i chFOnizing arrangements. the instruments sending and receiving the messages haN h 1 ing harmonious attunement at pl'c' | agreed upon
 When the Prince of Wales was on
 board the royal yacht with an injured l knee. in 1898. Sig. Marconi established a | wireless connection between the yacht | and Osborne House. on the Isle or Wight. where Queen Victoria was living. l He received for this service. which en-
 abled the Queen and the Prince to com
 municate at will, a special favor from | Victoria and Edward.
 From these achievements Marconi ad- vanced to his 2O0-mile feat in England last year. Two weeks ago he came to Amer | ica to attempt a message across the At | l8ntic. He chose Newfoundland for his
 western hemisphere station and worked
 there quietly for a few days almost un-
 noticed. Then he startled the world by l receiving on the Newfoundland coast l messages sent from the Lizard, on the l Cornwall coast, England.
 Signor Marconi had made extensive