The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1901-12-20
MARcoN1s SUCCESS.
Successful Transmission Of a Signal
Across the Atlantic without
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Successful Transmission Of Signal
Across the Atlantic without
Wires.
ST. Johns, Newfoundland, Dec.
14.-Sig. Marconi announces that
he has received signals across the
Atlantic ocean from his station in
Cornwall, England. by wireless
telegraphy This is probably the
stepping stone TO the practical solu-
tion Of the most difficult scientific
problem Of modern times. When
the system is perfected, as the
great inventor promises it will be,
man may communicate from conf
nent to continent, though thous-
ands of miles intervene, without
the aid of wires.
Marconi explains that before
leaving England he made plans for
accomplishing this result, for while
his primary object was to commun-
icate with ocean liners in midocean
he hoped also to succeed IN obtain
ing the wonderful scientific achieve.
ment of wireless telegraphy across
the Atlantic.
POWERFUL SENDING STATION IN
ENGLAND.
Signor Marconi's station in Corn
wall is most powerful. He possess
es an electric force, generated there,
hundred times greater than at his
ordinary stations. Before he left
England he arranged that the cleo
trician in charge of the station,
which is located at Poldhu, should
begin sending signals daily after a
certain date, which Marconi would
cable him after having perfected
his arrangements here.
Signor Marconi arrived here
week ago Friday, selected Signal
Hill, at the entrance of the harbor,
as an experiment station and moved
his equipment there. Last Mon
day he cabled to the Poldhu station
to begin sending signals at 3 p. m.
daily, and to continue them until 6
p. mi, these hours being respective
ly 11.30 a. m. and 2.30 p. m, st.
Johns time.
DURING these hours Wednesday,
Signor Marconi elevated kite with
an aerial wire by means of which
signals are sent or received He
remained at the recorder, attached
to the receiving apparatus, and to
his profound satisfaction, signals
were received by him at intervals,
according to the programme ar
ranged previously with the operator
at Poldhu.
SATISFIED SIGNS ARE GENUINE.
These signals consisted OF repeat
ing at intervals the letter IS" which
in Marconi's code is made by three
dots or quick strokes. This signal
was separated so frequently and so
in accordance with the detailed plan
arranged to prevent safeguards
against a possibility of mistake
that Signor Marconi was satisfied
that it was genuine transmission
from England
Again, on Thursday, during the
same hours, the kite ives elevated
and the same signals were renewed.
This made the assurance complete
that Signor Marconi cabled to his
principals in England, and also in
formed the Governor of Newfound-
land, Senior Cayendish Boyle, who
appraised the British Cabinet of the
success of the experiments.
SYSTEM is IN EMBRYONIC STATE.
Signor Marconi, though satisfied
of the genuineness of the signals
and that he has succeeded in his
attempts in establishing commune
cation without the use of wires
across the Atlantic, emphasizes the
fact that the system is yet only in
an embryonic state and that the
possibility of its ultimate develop
ment is demonstrated by the sue
cess OF the present experiments
with incomplete and imperfect
apparatus, as the signals can only |
be received by the most sensitively |
adjusted apparatus, aud Signor
Marconi is working under great
difficulties owing to the conditions
prevailing here. The Cornwall
coast is 100 miles from st. Johns.
In view of the success attending
these trials Signor Marconi will tor
the present disregard the matter of
communicating with transatlantic
steamers. He will return to Eng
land next week and will conduct
the experiments from Poldhu HIM
self. He explains that the greater
electrical power there will enable
him to send more effective signals,
He will undertake this work him
self, leaving assistants here to erect
a mast and receive the signals as
he forwards them. 1t IS not possi-