Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-06-17

Editor Evening Bulletin perus.
ing copy of this evenings issue Of
your paper | read an article, written
by one w. F. Hasson. commenting up
on the Hawaiian Stars version OF my
explanation, on Friday morning last,
| regarding wave telegraphy.
| | am somewhat at a loss to know
p, whom he INTENDED his sarcasm to be.
little, but had he considered the ethics
OF engineers, he would have at least
ascertained whether or no, | was cor.
rectly quoted. Failing in this, am In
clined to think II was intended for me.
Mr.. Dickinson of the Pacific Cable
Company was one of the party, and
had | diverged much from the path of
accepted theory regarding the subject
he would have corrected me. Now,
therefore. as | dislike to be made to
appear in false light, particularly by
a man OF limited knowledge of matters
electro.technical, | hasten to correct
the error OF the Stars article. What !
did say, in part, 20 the intelligent gen.
tlemen who were sufficiently interest.
ed in wireless telegraphy to make the
trip to Waialae wac: IL Is supposed
that the luminiierous ether, or the
same medium that conducts the SUM-
. rays to earth, Is the conducting ele.
ment in wireless telegraphy. An cleo.
trlc discharge from an ordinary Ruhm.
Korff Induction coil or a fash of light.
ming Will hook the ether, and cause q
wave to radiate in all directions. You
might liken 1t TO mass of jelly. strike
1t at one point and the whole will quly
. or.
E Mr.. c. NJ. Cooke questioned, was II
not like dropping a stone in the water
causing waves to radiate; ! replied
I that 1t was quite analogous. that q,
I the waves in the water radiated IL
lever widen circles, SO II was suppose
to be with ethereal waves as used II
: aerial telegraphy.
1 Nearly any schoolboy knows or ha!
J. been taught that the light from tn,
=, sun travels at the rate of about 1856, OOI
. miles a second. The waves used II
: wireless telegraphy are supposed 10 b,
@ the same and have the same velocity
but are several thousand times longer
that is the distance from crest to cres
g is greater.
g II Mr.. Hasson will make a trip witt
n me to the Waialae station, | will b,
: pleased to teach him something abou
n wireless telegraphy. | might particu
a larry convince him that there is prob
. ably $4,000 or 10000 volts somewher,
. whether it was In the ether or in tn
d" coil, or what not, which might caus
e his brain to cohere and produce some
n thing besides an everlasting desire {
1t be heard.
II However, had ! been so thoughtles
N as to make the statements referred I
N by the Government would-be elect
,r cal savant, ! would not have appeare
,r more ridiculous than a certain electr
cal man, who, in writing specification
Al for series electric light plant spec
:, ned that each lamp must be protecte
~ by fuse, or who went to the top .
" comparatively dry mountain an
ei spent several thousand dollars lookin
J. for water that would irrigate all tn
% lower lands, as well as to furnish poy
ID err in abundance for manufacturln
le purposes.
of Awaiting an intimation from you
D. correspondent that he is DESTROYS
ar learning more Of wireless, am.
in FRED. J. CROSS.
10 Honolulu, June 10th, 1902