The Republican journal., 1905-07-20
4 Defense of MarConi.
,ar Letter on Wireless Telegraphy.

r-t eau an lutCi CStluS lCltOl III yOoA
of July 18th, under the heading ga
80 from Yale of DR.. Lee DeForest."
american, / must Sympathize with
Ter for his attempt to support Amer
mus, but,as college man, can not
fedly countenance misleading state
Ior m attempt to allot credit where
Nl belongs. We of America, and
div its college men, should be only
linz to cry the glorieS of whomso-
AS done his part to enhance practical
ratical science, even it there were no
>to humanity as in the case of Wire
-.-sraphy. Your columns have al
been devoted to two communications
subject, but | do not hesitate to ad-
MS letter to you regardless of
or not it may find space in your
.uan
e, no gainSaying that Dr.. DeForest
wing of credit for the persistent
m which he has applied himself to
-t Of Wireless Telegraphy and for
rat which he has added to the sum
.- tnowledge upon this subtle but
at subject.
,seent contributor should have APP
mself of the fact that Marconi,
A. uudeniably to first to convince the
ie practicability of wireless, has
and is now using a receiver to-
aIent from his first invention and
4, he can receive messages at the
hundred words per minute or as
ssageS can be transmitted with
-l-s> Of accuracy whether by wire
Wire system. Furthermore, this
pparatuS is capable of doing its
.ectly as part of multiplex syS-
writer refers to the use of tele-
injection with the DeForest re-
Varatus. The only difficulty
Narconi experienced in produc-
acelying device was in combining
automatic recorder so that the
eceiyer attachment might be
18th. From the first the Marconi
i telephone receiver, but the
was found to be subject to err
. 5ling and an automatic recorde
Marconi still utilities a tele-
~
rider whenever desirable. The
acorder will record waves of
II Indication that the surest hui
Id never detect them. So much
parative progress made by Mar
h aForest.
utributor states that messages
sent continuously from Key
hcago, a distance of 1900 miles.
Hra Of the fact that the utter fail
service to do its work has re-
It's abandonment and the dis
# the stations9 In contrast, is
hat the Marconi system is con-
Uding messages over distances
200 miles and with old appara-
n S shortly to be replaced with
ducts and instruments of at least
power Of those which have ac-
"a such remarkable results?
E Investigate the question of the
eported failing at the time that
E Iia ran aground and discover that
was actually transmitted but failed
.ry through clerical error after
VT of the hands of the Marconi
ntion of the De Forest system by
iago and Alton railroad may be so
r news items to that effect appeared
ls ago. Nothing has been heard of
Je since. To avoid the drawing of
meet inference, however, | beg to
a- Contributor attention to the fact
graph operator has been carried
ir twentieth Century Limited"
~ W York Central for years and that
ults messages while the train is
4 IS fastest speed. A connection is
he rails instead of over wires, but
Na presumed that such a service
effective as wireless. The fact
rs not been generally adopted is
Z evidence that the game is not
a- candle. Mayhap the Chicago Il
Nere seeking certain advertising
ion with their tours to the Lewis
Xposition at Portland, Oregon.
'ur contributor realize the cost of
hllletins daily aboard ship? At
u twenty-five cents per word for all
lu .er printed and with but a limited
i9r the papers in contrast to the
d Il great paper in city, is it any
mat the messages are indeed brief?
and the Associated Press do not
have complete stories in hand at
nent of sending the items to sea
7a hour later, they might be able to
Exhaustive details of a given story.
not state the facts in regard to the
nj the Marconi Company indirectly
eetien with the infringement caseo
eal was not from the original de-
toto but from those rulings of the
heh were not decided in Marconi's
irSt, Rather a decided difference.
ot think ?? 1t is hardly essential to
It all of us are aware that court
iuntain number of counts cover
" points and that, in drawing up a
ry effort is made to make it COM
hat some counts should be stricken
II coincedent with usual court rul-
ne decision on the main and all en-
ing factors, however, was in favor
''nl as but casual reading of the
'AcisiOn as handed down will con-
fair minded man.
me takes the trouble to communi-
't the Navy Department at Wash
- he will learn that the government
arlmenting with several wireless
which is quite different from the