Evening star., 1909-07-11
1t Will Ignite Enemy's Powder
at Long Range.
ALSO A SHOAL LOCATOR
Which Will Even Detect Fish Swim.
ming Under Boat.
COMPASS THAT POINTS NORTH
These Three Wonderful Devices
Edwin Fairfax Naulty Offers
to Government

a peace gun" that will detonate, or.
rather, that will ignite, smokeless powder
beyond the range of any present twelve
inch gun:
\ compass which will indicate true
north on any great minor circle or
latitude OF longitude on the earth's sur
face, irrespective OF the local ma gnetic
attraction of the vessel on which il is
installed. and
location indicator which will denote
the presence OF shoal water. coast line.
or any moving object on the surface OF
the water or under II.
These are three unusual Inventions
which Edwin Fairfax Naulty OF New
York has presented to the attention OF
the officials of the Navy Department. Mr..
Naulty is the co-discoverer OF the Brooks
Naulty comet now in the heavens
Other Devices Up His Sleeve.
The three things that he is preparing
to demonstrate to the navy are only a
few of the things he has In reserve.
He says he has visualzed the ultra
violet rays of the spectrum and given
the name "annay' to the heretofore un-
known color found there He has pre-
dicted earth tremors. and knows why the
Wrights have difficulties in flying. owing
to the present state of disturbed gIavita-
uonal force.
He has replicas OF all the famous dia-
monds of the world, except the Tiffany
diamond and the Cullinan, which he
uses IN solar spectrum analyses. Very
casually he remarked. when showing
them all some time when he had time
AS there are only about $4,000. 900 worth
of diamonds in the lot. this Is a matter
about which there is no great hurry.
Would Try Compass on Warships.
He is in Washington now on business
with the Navy Department. He says he
has perfected the position finding COM
pass. but does not care to discuss its de-
tails. owing to pending patents. But he
has applied to have one OF the new in
struments installed on the Idaho during
the summer target practice, to see wheth-
er it will stand heavy gun fire and still
operate.
He says in this connections:
Il am not floating any stock company.
have means enough to carry on my own
work, and when / have shown that the
instrument does all I claim for IL, then
| will talk business with the government.
/ know that I can put my compass on
tug, or a merchantmen, and 1t will
work: but / want to try il on battle
ship. where it will be subjected to the
severe test OF the gun fire Of actual
warfare. and see how the continuous
heavy conclusions affect its operations -
The most that Mr.. Naulty will say
about the details of the compass is that
it's circle-instead of being divided into
minutes and seconds. 1t is not neces-
sary to take an observation OF the sun
or any heavenly body to disclose compass
points. 1t will ascertain the exact loca-
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thick weather.
He says that the instrument will not
be affected by local magnetic disturb
ances, such as the presence of iron or
steel on vessel. 1t will always show
true north under any conditions, he as
Serts.
Shoal Locator's Qualities.
Regarding the "shoal locator the in
ventor says it will indicate the approach
of another vessel, submarine or torpedo
boat, and will show If the water Is rapidly
shoaling ahead or to port or starboard.
I'm fact" he said, 1T will indicate the
passage of school of mackerel under a
vessel. Jokingly l told some of my
friends In New York that / was going
to outfit some Gloucester fishing boats
with the detector. so they would know
where to fish. This sounds a little far
fetched, / know, but it really might be-
DONE"
Regarding the powder detonator, or
peace gum Mr.. Naulty says he has dis
covered a force that can be directed so
as to raise powder TO the ignition point.
This force, he says, can pass through
the human body without producing even
both confined and unconfined, at q dis
tance Of 500 feet.
Three plants. located on the extremity
of Sandy Hook and at Atlantic Highlands
nnd vfvNa To1n nil
pervious to the attack of any fleet in the
world. the inventor says.
Asked IL the ignition force would diff
ferentiate between friendly powder and
that on a hostile fleet, he replied:
''If you blow up all the enemies vessels
by a force superior in effect to powder
then powder will cease to be a factor in
warfare.
Will Make Diamonds Of Replicas.
Mr.. Naulty said his diamond replicas
are not glass. but composition that is
secret, and indeed they do not look
like glass. He has all the famous dia-
monds of the world copied-the Kohinor.
the Mogul, the great Orloff, the blue
Hope diamond, the famous green diamond
OF the Empress Eugene collection. that
looks like an immense emerald, and the
rectangular diamond worn by the Shah
Of Persia, that owing 10 its peculiar cut
ting shows three Jagged bars or light
like lightning when rejecting sunlight.
He saws the collection Will be worth
about 5000. IL it were for sale-which
1T is not-and that, owing to its value, he
keeps it in a safe deposit vault.
IT do not have them for their looks,
however" said Mr.. Naulty. but because
they are useful in experiments with solar
and stellar spectrum analyses.
Incidentally. Mr.. Naulty says the cur
rent theory about light waves is wrong.
Light travels only In straight lines that
may be broken an infinite number OF
times thus Stimulating curve.
He saws that the atmosphere OF the
earth Is loo miles deep, and that there
would be no perception of light but for
the atmosphere. That liz to say, inter-
stellar space Is absolutely dark, light be-
ing ONLY the perception OF the force per-
meating the solar system.
II was while displaying the diamond
replicas that ne remarked. quite as a
going to carboniZe them and so turn
them into real diamonds. He thinks
more. however, OF a small sphere of rock
crystal that he carries in a gold case. Ha
saws IL is the most perfect crystal in the
world and that it is extremely useful In
spectrum analyses.
Mr. Naulty hopes to have his peace
pun" or rather the instrument which he
iokingly refers to by that term. ready for
test at either the Indian Head proving
grounds or the government station at
Sandy Hook. n. Y, within three to four
months time.
The apparatus is necessarily compn-