The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-31
CHILDREN MAY USE WIRELESS.
MARCONrS HOPE FOR the OUT
COME OF ms INVENTIONS.
HE Expects TO Simplify the Process OF
transmission 80 That Any One May
Operate the Instrunents-ralksW With
Ed,son About New Developments.

A child will be able to operate the Mar
roni system Of wireless telegraphy within
wear or two il experiments now being made
brove successful Signor Marcont him
self so predicted last night.
"One of the principal difficulties with
wireless teleRraphy thus far. said Marconi
Do n S1.N reporter who saw him at the IIol-
land House, 'has been the fact that only
the most skilful operators could be en-
Moved at the Instruments. But several
details on which am working now will 80
simplify the mystery, hope, that any per-
non of ordinary education, in fact even
child can send or receive wireless messages.
The employment of cheaper operators
will. OF course. mean lessened expense.
This ia one of the means by which wireless
teegraphy can DO made practical for
commercial purposes.
Sipnor Marconi had then just returned
YromOrange, NJ. where he had spent the day
with Thomas A. Edison, who is the consult
ing engineer of the Marconi Wireless Teleg-
raphy Company. They had discussed
chiefly the new developments in the science
OF wireless telegraphy which Marconi has
not yet made public.
az had a very pleasant day with Mr. Edi-
son. | consider it an honor 10 meet him, :"
was all that Marconi would say of the
meeting.
Asked if they had talked over the inven-
tions on which he is experimenting, Marconi
would only repeat
All can say is that the conversation
was very valuable and pleasant to me"
As to these new invent ions in wireless
telepraphv. which he described as matters
of mere detail which the public would
hardly notice, Marcoui said that besides
securing simplicity from them he hopes to
make his system of wireless telegraphy
far more regular and dependable than
at present.
Ican't go into any more details than that,
he declared. my employers have forbidden
me to tell what the inventions are until they
are all patented
Marconi will be at the Holland House
for three or four days. Then he will go
20 Montreal and from there 20 the Marconi
station at Cape Breton, where he says he
hopes to try many of TIE new improvements
Then he will return to England, trying as
many of the inventions as possible on the
JMcania on his way over
You see" he said yesterday, "to perfect
q EN- of wireless teegraphy is entirely
different from doing anything else. If
man invents a sewing machine, he locks
himself UP in his room until il is perfected.
But have to travel several thousand miles
to accomplish anything An experiment
may turn out all right in one place; but TO
make 1t complete, no matter how smell
and insignificant the thing may he, have
to 20 Ave or six Thousand miles 10 look
after the other end Of it.. That's one reason
why it takes so long to perfect our system,
The people who get the greatest benefit
from my experiments are the steamship
companies. 1 guess they are wishing me
all kinds OF success"
Marconi had number of callers last night,
Including several officers of his company.
Mr.. Edison said last night that he had
had heart to heart talt with Signor Mar
conf, the FIRST real long talk they had had
since he became Marconi's consulting
engineer about wireless plans for the future.
"Marconi," said Mr.. Edison, "is going
right ahead and will have his system in good
shape for general operation soon. Our
conference was just general review of
work and methods, and nothing special
&as accomplished. or course we will
have other meetings from now on