The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-18
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ing under conditions of rain, fog, dark
ness, and motion Of speed. Wind rain.
log, and other conditions of weather do
not AFFECT the transmission through space.
, but dampness may reduce the range.
rapidity and accuracy by impairinp the
insulation Of the aerial wire and sthe in
strurnents. Darkness has no effect. We
have no data as to the effects of rolling
| and pitching, but excessive vibration al
nfkn speed apparently produced no paI
erect on the instruments, and we believe
the working of the system would he YER
| little affected by the motion of the shk,
me accuracy is good within the working
| ranges. Cipher and important signal.
! may be repeated back to the se-..i4,s sta
ZION II necessary, to ensure absolute ac-
! curacy. The commissions report con-
| Guided In these words: "The board re-
spectfully recommends that the system
be given trial in the navy"
Again, most convincing proof of prac-
tlcabll1ty was given on the afternoon of
/ Nov Is, 1885, o.. board the St. Paul, in
WHICH was returning to England. | had
notified my company ii. london thai !
would communicate with our stations at
| Alum Bay and The Haven from the in
coming steamer Because of the hurried
| orders to South Africa these two land
stations had been diSmantled and the in
struments taken to London; but the day
before my arrival Maj. Flood-Page and
Mr.. II. jameson Davis, with assistants
rugged up the stations and awaited sig
nals from me. On the ship we waited
! until the morning of the 10th, and then
secured our vertical wire to spirit fast
ened to- the mainmast and set up our in
struments in the smokingroom. 1T was
while we were still sixty miles from
southampton that we received the sig
nals. Within another hour, still over
torty miles away We had received their:
is that you, st. Paul?' and then, "Hur-
ran! welcome home! Where are you?'
Ihen came war news, four hours before
we landed, and we sent kilograms ashore
M&spf1cers and passengers of the shin
i9efenthusiasm of all those aboard led to
the spubllcation OF a paper, which was
SOLD for 81 a copy for the benefit of the
seamen fund, for which $3.50 was raised.
Inc call from England was IMPERATIVE
! was obliged to. stop the work for tho
United States navy, and also the nerotiae
tons with the signal service corps Under
zen zen Greely. On the eve of my departure
the navy commission expressed great SAT-
lstaction over the results
,NoIE.-Lord Kelvin, one of the most dis
tinsushed scientists in the world, r,-e.i!ent or
.he Royal Astronomical society nartinin,+o5
IN the laying of the first Atlantic nahIa
ocotchlnAn by birth. he early became distin.
guishet as mathematician. For twertn's,i.
years ne occupied the chair Of natural nhi,oso~
phy at Glasgow university. He was knirbted
IL, IN 1906 and raised to the peerage in 1892. H.
is tne- inventor of the mirror nstruruant,,
Nd many others. On the day of Nicholas NJ
ray, ray suffers installation president of Co
,GInola college he arrived in New. York. az
Nantucket, he received by wireless telerra,b-
tth tn the Marconi SYSTEM an invitation to
oe present at the college ceremonies, ana sem
ms nS accordance through the same medium. He
sa . on landing: Il was pleased to get thai
wireless message yesterday. The Invitation 10
Geieu tne installation of President Butler at
Golunnla university came to me by the Mar
conl system. They told me it was transmitted
70 me through Nantucket, and I sent nv ac
ceptance over the same route ~
49,. ne wonders to come to light through wire
!ess leiegraphy are too far-reaching for mo ia
speak Of now.s have absolute faith tnetb ~
Wal system In view of the fact that -
was was LORD Kelvin who insisted upon being tho
llst 10 SEND paid message in 1928 it is intar
Astlng TO note that within four years he r.
a re message by the same system in anoth
fr land IN the usual course of business