The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-05-03
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wen adapted for use in squadron signal
ing under conditions of rain fog, dark
ness and motion of speed. Wind. rain.
log, ana other conditions Of weather t,l
not AFFECT the transmission through space
out C:ampness may reduce the range
raplolty and accuracy by impairing this
insulation CT the aerial wire and the in
| struments. Darkness has no effect. We
| nave no data as to the effects of rolling
and pitching, but excessive vibration at
nlgh speed apparently produced no bad
elIect on the instruments, and we believe
the working of the system would be very
little affected by the motion of the shin
Inc accuracy is good within the WORKING
ranges. Cipher and important signals
may be repeated back to the sending sta
t1on II necessary, to ensure absolute ac-
curacy. The commissions report con-
cluoed IN these words: 1.-THE board re-
spectfully recommends that the system
De given a trial in the navy"
Again, a. most convincing proof of prac-
ticao1l1ty was given on the afternoon OF
NOV To- 1889, OH board the St. Paul. il
wi!ich was returning to England. had
hotlneo MY company in London that +
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 Mai. F1ood-Paee and
Mr.. H. Jameson Davis. with a.sistsnts
rugged up the stations and awaited sig
hais from me. On the ship we waited
until the morning Of the 18th, and Their
secured our vertical wire to a spirit fast
ened TO the mainmast and set up our in
struments In the smokingroon,. It Wa.
Mnile we were still sixty miles from
that We received the SIP
another
Lofty miles away, We had received their.
is mat you, St. Paul?'' and then. "Hur
ram welcome homei Where are vonq,.
Ihen came war news, four hours befors
we landed. and We sent kilograms ashore
Tor ohcers and PASSENGERS OF tho sh;n
The enthusiasm of all those ahoard rea ~
the publication of a paper, which Wa
sold 1or 81 copy for the benefit Of The
oeamen's fund, for which S15O wa. raised
The call from England was Imperative.
was obliged to stop the work for the.
United States navy, and also the negotia-
lions with the signal service corps under
Gen. Greedy. On the eve of my departure
the navy commission expressed great sat
isfaction over the results.
NOTE.-Lord Kelvin, one of the most dis
tinguished scientists in the world president or
the Royal Astronomical society. participated
in the laying of the first Atlantic cable A
Scotchman by birth, he early became distin-
years he occupied the chair of natural philoso-
ply at Glasgow university. He was knighted
IN 1856, and raised to the peerage in 1892 He
Is the inventor of the mirror Instrument
and many others On the day Of Nicholas Muir
ray Buffers installation as president Of Co
lunbia college he arrived in New York, of,
Nantucket he received by wireless telegraphy
through the Marconi system, an Invitation to-
ne present at the college ceremonies, and sent
ms accentance through the same medium. He
SAID OH landing: II was pleased to get that
wireless message yesterday. The invitation to
attend the installation of President Butler at
Columbia: university came to me by the Mar
conf system. They-told me it was transrnittet1
TO me through Nantucket, and sent my ac-,
ceptance over the same route
me wonders to come to light through wire
less telegraphy are too far-reaching for me to.
speak of now. I have absolute faith in the
Marconi SYSTEM In view of the fact that I,
was Lord Kelvin who insisted upon being tho
11rst to send a paid message in 1898 it is inter
est,ng to note that within four years he re-
ceived a message by the same system in anoth-
er land in the usual course Of business