The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-04-20

of ether Ether, we have. all of us. commonly supposed existed only be- yond the .eartf's atmosphere in inter ence, is not manifest to any of the hu- man senses. Beginning with the hypo- thesis of the existence of an all-per- vading ether, we have but to realize than certain forms of motion may be communicated to this ether and will. travel through 1t until the force in1- stand how messages may be transmit ted through it. We must compel our understanding to accept the existence of ether and then everything becomes ~ Simplicity of system.
 Regard this ether as you now re- gard the copper wire of the telegraph, the conduction of the electrical signal from one place to another and then the simplicity of the Marconi system at As we can compel an electric sig nal to travel along a copper wire we can also compel 1t to travel through known substances. all substances are, so to speak. transparent to the waves of ether. As waves of light pass un- waves of ether pass unimpeded through all other solids. Glass will not admit of the passage of air or water, nor will sponge permit the er passagSs anSsrfu, Ut ~ fhes glass will allow light waves to pass freely than that the sponge will allow the ether waves to.pass as wellf yell, .,,a,,, four or more messages to be transmit ted simultaneously over 1t so Will the ether conduct ap indefinite number of messages simultaneously It would tire your readers for me to give them a detailed explanation of how this Is accomplished; they know 1t Is done on that 1t is also done through the ether with full confidence. but. If. any doubt I can produce an overwhelming mass of testimony to prove the truth of my
 'Wireiess messages may now be di- rected to a given point with as uner- ring accuracy as by wires. % or they may nay ceived simultaneously at thousands of stations located at every point Of the compass from the transmitting stations. the limit of distance over which such signals may be transmitted is unknown; we know that they may be sent ana received regularly and accurately over 5000 miles of space and We are pre- 'paring stations separated by 5000 miles In full confidence that messages will be received without difficulty.
 "A reporter for The New York Amer. ican recently interviewed Mir. Marconi and asked him if he could send mes sages to the planet Mars. Mir. Marco nis reply was characteristic.
 "'If,' said he, there existed any ac- curate knowledge in relation. to the possibility of Mars being populated by intelligent beings, and If there existed a commercial necessity for comnuni- cation with that planet, and If such communication could be coined into profits for a commercial organization. I am certain that the attempt would De made fin less than ten years. Attempts to communicate with that planet In tho absence of any certain information that there are inhabitants there or sur ficient intelligence to recognize our signals into their own language 1T they possess language, would be without any certainty of results
 Marc0ni Is Practical.
 'Marconi is of an intensely practlcai turn of mind; business man us well as a scientist and that perhaps Is why he earned the following tribute rom United States Judge Townsend, who re- gently decided the patent cases in Mar confs favor: Al.
 "Other inventors venturing tortn on the sea of electrical movement. met the rising tide of Hertzian waves ana allowed them to roll by without ap- preciating that this new current was destined to carry onward the frelght and traffic of the world of commerce They noted their manifestations, sus- pected their possibilities, disclosed their characteristics. and hesftated, fearing the breakers ahead. imagining barriers of impracticable channels and shifting sands Marconi, daring to hoist his sail and explore the unknown current, first disclosed the new high way.