New-York tribune., 1912-04-18
NEW HONORS FOR MARC0N|.
N. Y. Electrical Society Makes
Him Member After Lecture.
PRAISE COMES FROM EDISON
Inventor of Wireless Talks Of
Disasters at Sea and Hope
Of Averting Them.

An uproar OF applause that lasted many
minutes greeted Guglielmo Marconi last
night as he walked out on the stage in
the Engineering Societies Building. where
he addressed the New York Electrical So
ciety on The Progress OF Wireless Teleg-
raphy." John Bottomley, president Of the
society introduced the speaker. When
quiet was obtained the following telegram
from Thomas A. Edison was read:
Ny Dear Mr.. Marconi: regret my In
ability to be at the lecture tonight
hasten TO congratulate you on the success
OF your beautiful invention and on the
splendid work your system has done in
saving human life in disasters on the sea.
THOMAS A. EDISON.
Mr.. Marconi said it was the first time he
had spoken before large American gath
ering. He had many charts and stereop-
ticon slides to illustrate his lecture. His
hearers leaned forward eagerly whenever
ne referred to sea disasters, and there was
a spell over the audience when he gradually
led up to the Titanic disaster.
IL know you will understand me-" said
the speaker. when l say that feel with
the whole world what great benefit wire
less telegraphy has been In the last week.
II was the means OF saving many precious
human lives In the worst marine disaster
in the history OF the world feel with all
others the gratefulness for the wireless tele-
graph"
Mr. Marconi aimed to explain many
points which have become Of interest since
the Titanic disaster Thus he spoke Of fog
and its effect on wireless communication.
Fog is the enemy of-ships," he said,
skt, tA ,IJ u,Ira al
OF the British Coast the heavy, foggy
weather seems to be the best climatic con-
dition for the transmission OF messages"
The inventor said that in eleven years
time the distance OF transmission had in
creased from 200 to 1900 miles.
II am glad the United States requires all
passenger boats entering its ports to be
equipped with the wireless telegraph" said
the speaker. The chief facility of wire
less Is In its communication between ships
at sea and land stations. The main use OF
wireless will be the sea 1t seems to be
the special field for It and does not offer
the obstacles of land"
Mr. Marconi said he was glad to know
this government would promulgate rules to
regulate the use OF wireless telegraphy.
but he hoped the regulation would not go
too far He said he did not want to see
the ether interfered with by red tape.
"It is a good thing to have many stations
able to pick up messages such as ship In
distress would send"
wireless telegraphy, like aviation, he
added. is an art as well as a science, and
"a great deal depends on the efficiency Of
the operator"
Mr. Marconi spoke OF the earth's con-
auctiyity in long distance transmission OF
electric waves and OF the use OF the aero
n,ane wireless in the Italian-Turkish war.
At the end Of his address another wave
cr applause swept over the audience. Pro-
fessor Pupin, OF Columbia, spoke after the
inventor. and closed his remarks with the
exclamation that Marconi, and Marconi
o,ope WAS the man to whom all honor
should be given as the inventor OF the
wireless telegraph.
II was proposed that the inventor be
made AN honorary member OF the New
yorl electrical Society. When the an
,,ourcament was made men and women
,hrouyhout the house rose and applauded
=. the inventor was inducted into member
ship.