The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1906-02-19

two or twenty mess aees may ne SUN w.
tanensIy dispatched u the same or IN
Eopposite dleeeti6r and each message
i iii ineyisabls selee iss instrument
Isl 81 attahsd Is tie one tfets
which II eniinated
Anothsr 9endsr.
But this by no means Tie most
wonderful 81 Marconi's actomplis h
ments. ne g nov able 70 direct his
signals SO that they win travel none.
direction only and; thus from d eal
trai station messages may be sent
separately but Elmultaneo usly %
cry point 81 tie compass With Tie
same anerring accuracy as Il myriads'
3of copper wires radtated ttersff'ooIni q
spokes from thehub OF q wheel.
( .In order to understand this you
must as:ept tie ypothesis Of sclen.'
lists that electric waves and light
waves are Identical; each travelling at
She same speed and differing only as
to their lengths. Light waves are
measurable IN hundred, thoisaadths
,of an inch and are perceptible 70 the
human eye. Electrical waves are
measurable In length Of yards miles
and thousands Of miles, and are inper
ceptible to sight and not manifest to-
any OF the senses They travel
through the ether ii waves analogous
to waves in the water. Their lengths
frequency and duration may be varied
at viii by proper apparatus. Thus as
"a stone cast into water will cause
waves to radiate in a direction contra
nv 70 the waves caused BY the agitae
tion Of the water at some other point.
so viii electric or ether waves set IN
motion Mt different points travel IN
contrary directions with scarcely per-
ceptibIe influence of one upon the
other
Marconi Ahead.
"Marconi is today as far ahead Of
all other wireless researchers as he
was ahead OF the scientific world in
the beginning. He has a remarkable
commercial organization reaching to
the uttermost limits OF the earth He
is man of fixed and answering pur-
pose. patient in The pursuit Of one OBJ
ject and it is therefore not to be Won
.dered at that he has 'filched the secret
from the stars
His commercial companies are now
self-supporting. they are on the eve
Of the profit earning period.
The news Of The day Is published
in nid.ocean; fire alarms are operat-
ed; clocks are regulated; railroad
trafic Is directed and travel protected
by means Of wireless telegraphy
I'VE are just upon the point Of Wit
Messing the establishment Of trans
Atlantic wireless tratfc that shall 81.
percede the cable.
I'm England a news association Is
being organized for the distribution Of
press dispatches to the country press
by means Of the system.
sTbe navies Of the great powers are
MI alarmed BY what they deem to be
the menace Of wireless telegraphY
but which personally believe 70 be
a more important factor lnthe promo
ton 81 universal peace than tho in.
PRODUCTION Of the high,explosIye, the.
armored battleshlp or the stealthytor-
pedo for by wireless may every move
ment Of the enemy at sea be closely
watched and promptly reported.
so important does Great Britain
deem the Marconi system that Y has
been heavily subsidized, It's stations on
British soil have by command 0iithe
government been located at points
safe from destruction b. lombard:
ment, and the location Of the most Inn
portant stations is closely guarded as
a state secret.
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