The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1911-07-31

ments and people are seizing the OPP
portunities offered through the new
Il wireless discoveries. Research Worn
- going on continually and tho regu-
Mlar tests made by the United States
4 wireless Laboratory In connection
with the navy department are produce
| ing greater results every day. An
exhaustive study or the laws govern
ing the radiation the reception and
the absorption OF the waves on which
the new system OF telegraphy Ii de-
pendent IL bringing about many i'm
provements. Today, twenty eight or
thirty high power stations on the At
lantlc coast are continually at work.
In accordance with the law. ali our
warships and all first-class passenger
vessels carry apparatus for sending
and receiving messages. The recent
rescue OF nearly 1000 passengers on
the steamship Republic which was
made possible because OF the wireless
telegraph Is very strong witness to
the practical work In this new field.
Perhaps Europeans have done even
more than Americans in the develop
ment on wireless telegrahpy. Among
the many European stations which
daily show the value of the new sys-
tenn Of communication is one at Eiffel
Tower in Paris. This station now has
radius of $500 miles, signalling as
far as Algiers In Africa. The value of
this long distance signalling to navi-
gators s, Of course, easily recognized.
Clocks in various localities over the
whole European continent are regu-
lated The longitude OF vessels at sea
can be more accurately determined
than ever before. because OF the regu-
lar IL o'clock and O'Clock messages
from Eiffel Tower. 1t has been pro-
posed to correlate the geodetic meas
urements here and abroad by trans
hitting European time in this same
way. In Europe, extensive wireless ex-
periments have been made with the
aeroplane. 1t has been found very
easy to communicate with an airship.
but not so easy for the airships to
communicate with the other station
on account Of the lack of land con-
nection. Experiments have been made
with dirigible and captive balloons
without many satisfactory results. the
danger of gas explosions due to electric
sparks lessening the practicabiIity of
this kind Of communication.
No discussion of wireless telegraphy
in this section of the country is COM
plete without at least brief reference
to DIR. A. III. Taylor OF the university
and his work along this line. DIR.
Taylor became actively interested in
wireless telegraphy in 1893 when he
designed small set of instruments for
use In giving indoor demonstrations Of
the principles worked out by Heinrich
Heitz who was the real discoverer of
the wireless possibilities in 1885. This
set of instruments was later placed on |
sale by a Chicago firm. When. in |
1903, DR.. Taylor was an instructor in |
the Michigan Agricultural college, he
did considerable research work on the
Coherer which at that time was the
only instrument used in receiving mes
sages. His conclusions were published
the following year. In 1904, a paper
on The Resonance and Tuning of
Aerial Systems was published. While
In Germany, DR.. Taylor inspected the
government military wireless station
at Gottengen, the director of which is
his close personal friend. For q
long time DR.. Taylor has planned to
install system himself, but never be-
fore this summer has the opportunity
offered for carrying out his plan. This
year with the able assistance Of r. A.
Heising of the university, the work has
been done and the excellent instru-
ments exhibited at the fair and at the
this week are the results.