Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-03-04

tHtt a 1ieftHian wave has a force OF say
lo,O00 and that this is increased to 10000
or more, the force of the vertical COM
ponent" would be eerrespondihgly in
creased And ii this vertical compo-
nent' resisted the force of gravitation.
then the latter would be partly or wholly.
neutraliZea or suppressed.
The condensing dynamo invented by
Mr.. Farrow increases the force of the
Hertzian wave, and this Increased power
is transmitted to the vertical compo-
nent. The later thus intensified offers
a proportionate resistance to eravitation
and the force of the latter is reduced
thus giving buoyaney to any object to
which the condensing dynamo may be
attached
an aeroplane equipped with one of
these dynamos of sunicient strength may
be sustained in the air after its motive
power has ceased to work BY turning
on the current of electricity there would
be produced 4 horizontal. circular. Hat
sheet, so TO speak. of HertZian waves
.radiating outward for a mile or more on
every side of the aerial craft. The effect
of all this would be- in measure to
suspend the craft by the edges of a thin.
magnetic plain of influence a mile or
more in horizontal circumference.
This discovery has not been made by a
purely scientific theorist Mr.. Farrow
is practical man. He is a graduate of
West Point Military academy aud for 1
number of years was tactical instructor
at that institution. For eight years he
Was chief of scouts on the northwestern
frontier, having been sent out nv the
government to take charge of this body
of men directly after the Custer mas
sacre. Later he became q consulting en-
2ineer, inventor ana author His Mill
tary Encyclopedia, embracing the mill
tary knowledge of the world, ancient and
modern, foreign and domestic is the re-
eognized standard authority on all MILF
tary affairs
1t was while a cadet at West Point as
member of the class of &c that Mr..
Farrow became interested in wave mo-
ton, that complex phase of physics
which enters into the explanation of
many of the forces of earth and air, and
1t was through the study of the phe-
nomena presented by this motion that
there was planted In his mind the seed
which was later to be developed into his
remarkable invention.
During the eight years that he was in
command of the Indian scouts Lieut..
Farrow had ample opportunity to con-
tinue his study and experiments One of
the things that puzzled him was the ap-
parent defiance of the law of gravita-
ton by eagles soaring. immovable. over
the desert. Similarly he had observed
other sailing or gliding birds, such as
hawks and buzzards, hang high in the
air, motionless so far as the human eye
could tell. and unaffected by the wave
motion of the ether or the laws of gravi-
tation.
Even after the conquest of the air by
man the common explanation of the ex-
tended wings of the birds acting as
aeroplanes did not seem at all logical or
sufficient to Mr. Farrow. When the mo-
tive power of an aeroplane ceases while
the machine is in air. the planes coast
downward. gliding to the earth. But
eagles buzzards. and hawks. without
motion of the wings and without a pro-
peller to push them into the wind, rise
to heights almost out OF sight, sailing
in great circles. alternately going with
and against the wind.
Mr.. Farrow's theory is that nature has
slowly evolved some kind of generator
of Hertzian or wireless energy in the
birds as nature has IN the electrical eel
and in the electric fish called the ray or
torpedo. AS the substances. which are
insulators for common electricity, are
good conductors for the so-called Hert-
zian waves. IT Is possible that the feather
points around the edges of the bird s
wings 'pelariZe a horizontal plane of in
fluence, magnetic or Hertzian, in the at
mosphere or suppositive ether surround
ing the birds. thereby producing the
same effect as the ''condensing dynamo"
In addition to it's applicability to aerial
navigation some of the practical uses
to which the new mechanism cauId be
put are these
If a Il ton girder was To be raised to
the top of a skyscraper with derrick
of 10 tons capacity. the condensing dy-
namo would oblfterate the two tons of
excess weight.
Steamships could be made 10 ride
more lightly and easily on the sea b.
making them Fighter" thus increasing
their speed. Similarly the speed of rail-
road trains, automobiles street cars. and
in fact, all mechanically propelled con
veyances could be increased by reduc.
ing the friction of the wheels on the
tracks or road and with the same
amount of power as at present used.
While Mr.. Farrow has succeeded by
means of his invention in reducing tn.
weight of body only one-sixtl, he has
every reason to do more. The invention
is in its infancy and the possibilities
which 1t appears to open up are praeti-
cally mited.-Spokesman Review