The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1902-03-27
WIRELESS TELEPHONY
4 KENTUCKY INVENTOR SAID TO HAVE
SOLVED PROBLEM
OF Communicating the Sound OF the
Human Voice Over Long Distances
Without the Use of Wires-Nathan
Stubblefield, a Farmer-ElectriCian
Of the Blue Grass State, May Aston


of the Blue Grass State, May Aston
ish the World With His New Device.
Sum, South.
Through wood, brick, mortar and
solid stone: through blocks Of bust
ness houses, over long distance.
through city streets, uninterrupted
bv the noise Of traffic, Nathan Stub
bitiicld. An inventor Of Murray. kv..
has tran, milted the sound of human
voice without wires. He has devised
>rst"m Of wireless telephony. The
story Of how he sprnt his New Years
day IN astounding the citizens of the
littir Western Kentucky town viii he
world history before many weeks
From "A station in the law office of a
friend over a transmiitrr Of his own
invention he gave his friends Il New
Yea s greeting by wireless telephony
and al sefen stations, located in dif-
tsrtmt business houses and Otflc.e iii
he town, the message was >irnuliane-
ouslv delivered. Music, songs, whis-
pcred conversations could bt. heard
with perfect ease. Hundreds of pro-
pie visited the differ-nt receivers
during the period o! the public
demonstration and were astuni> flrd
at the result. A. ~in>idiouS and pene-
tratiug a. the wonderful X-Rav,
stopping for no material oh ect, the
cH> eiopc Of lhe earth bore he Stub
blei-id messages This mysterious,
intangible envelope is what Stubble-
liclt claims to have made "A messenger
boy for the millions that inhaDit tho
globe.
Nathan Stubblelicld, tho inventor
is, according to hi, own descrip ption,
a ''practical farmer, fruit grower aud
elsclrician." He owns yalua Die farm
ins property in the vicinity Of Murray
and it is here that his experiment :
| have been carried on lie IS II wears
Of aye and is plain and unassumming =
in his manner. He is the inventor OF
several electrical cnntrivauces which
have been patented in this country
and Europe. His only assistant in
the work on the invention has been
his l4-ycar-Old son, Bernard Il. Stub
hl,lield. The father has for year,
| been All enthusiast on the subiec Ot
electricity and the boy has made
plavthinss of electrical devices since
babyhDOi. His father claims that ht
should have the credit for numerou:
valuable suggestions given in tht
course of working mp the details o
the invention.
The nature Of the apparatus use'
by the inventor is not known. HI
positively declines at this time to
give out either technical descrip ption,
or diagrams of the vital part of hi:
apparatus, All that is exposed tC
view while his apparatus is in work
ing order is the ordinary Commercial
telephone trsnsmitter and receiver
Within n brightly polished box, which
is not opened in public, the inventor
conccals his secret which he says he
will not disclose until it is perfected
to the smallest detail. Up to thi:
time be has devoted his entire attcn
tion to the construction Of a trans
mitter. He will now occupy Eimss
with the completion of an Improve,
receiver which has been PARTIAL,
constructed. 1t will. when perfected
bring up the sounds to any desiret
pitch.
INVENTOR TALKS OF WONDERFUL DE
In speaking of his invention Mr.
Stubblefield said:
Il know that | have solved tn,
problem of wireless telephony, and
will now devote myself to perfectin.
my apparatus. | want it to be per
feet when given to the public, and i
is my desire that it shall not appea
with defects for the scientific journal
to pick to pieces. With my device i
will be pOs.ible..to communicate Will
hundreds of homes at the same time
A single message can be sent from
central station to all parts of th
| United States | am confident tha
it will operate over long distance
and eyen at great distances tn
transmitttr will be no bulky instru
ment, but quite small and convcnien
to handle. | think that my devic
would be invaluable in the matter c
| StlltlUS Oui lilS l ilbSb SASiOS NSttIIt
bureau prsdictions,' in directing tn
movements. of fleet at sea and i
numerous ways which appeal Ia on
at first thought. | am in hopes G
getting a government appropriate
to aid mo in carrying on my work, o
at least the promise of its adoption
when perfected The possibilities c
the invention seem TO be PRACTICAL
| unlimited. and it will be no more tha
\ matter of time when conversation
over long distances between the grea
| cities of the country will bs carrie
on daily without wires. | intend /
continue at work on my device an
think that | will get other startliu
| results in a short time.
Stubblefeld does not intimate !
what time he will give out the dis
grams of his apparatus. His worl
shop is in his home, which is locate
: on a farm several miles from Murra
! and all his preliminary experiment
y have been carried on with gres
= secrecy on account Of the comparatiy
isolation of the place. He is quite s
proud of the part which his boy ha
= PLAYED in working on his apparatr
as he is of the success OF his publ
= exhibition. He speaks entertaining
on the question of his invention an
its possibilities.
Prof NJ. l.. Pence, who has the Sc:
Of physics at the Kentucky State Co
lege. and whose theory as TO why Il
earth is a magnet created sensatic
in the scientific world some month
: ago, was seen in regard TO the Stu
blefeld experiments, which seem
have a bearing on his theory. |