Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-03

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has long since been conducting experiments
along altogether different lines of trans
mission, in which he has developed perfect
isolation and selectivity. He has discovered
that any desired degree of NATURALIZATION
of aerograph and aerophone messages may
be attained by employing large number OF
cooperative elements and arbitrary var1a-
tions of their distinctive features and order
of succession, so that not only many thou
sands. but even millions, of simultaneous
aerograph and aerophone messages may be
sent through one conducting medium with
out the slightest interference.
The general term "World Telegraphy"
has been suggested for Tesla's scheme of in
telligence Transmission, although "World
Aerophonv" would be as applicable, since
his system will make it as practicable to
talk as to telegraph through or round the
globe. and as easily to a person using his
aerophone at the antipodes as one in an OF
fee in the next block. Nor will 1t require
great, unwieldv contrlvance for sending or
receiving either aerograph or aerophone
messages; such, for instance, as required IN
the present wireless system. Instead, Tesla
assures us. for this purpose small, cheap,
and extremely simple device, so compact
and portable that it may be carried in ones
pocket, NAV be set up or held in ones hands
through intermediary transmitting plants
messages to any part of the terrestrial uni
verse; or receives such special messages as
NAV be intended for it, or records the news
of the world as constantly despatched from
the various news distributing stations.
Professor Tesla is confident that his sys
TEN of intelligence transmission constitutes,
in it's principles of operation, means en-
ployed, and capacities of application,
radical and fruitful departure from what has
been done before. Il have no doubt, he
adds, that it will prove very efficient in en-
tightening the masses, particularly IN still
uncivlized countries and less accessible re-
gions, and that it will add materially to gen
cral safety, comfort, and convenience, and
maintenance of peaceful relations. 1t in
wolves the employment of a number OF
plants. all of which are capable OF transmit
ting ndividualized signals to the uttcrmost
confines of the earth. Each of them will be
preferably located near some important cen
| ter of civilization, and the news it receives
through any channels will be flashed to all
| points of the globe Thus the entire earth
will be converted into a huge brain, as It
were, capable OF response IN anyone OF It's
parts. Since single plant OF one hundred
| horsepower can operate hundreds OF millions
| of Instruments the system will have a virtu
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needs immensely facilitate and cheaper the
| transmission of intelligence"
W/ITH universal aerophony available by
| w the use of a convenient pocket lnstru-
ment, the balloonist dropping into the far in
terror of ,lninhabited Canada need never be
featured in the news as "lost." The explorer
striving to reach the earth poles, or ventur
ing into the wlds of the worlds untraveed
regions. will be able to keep in hourly touch
with his friends, to report his progress to the
world, or to send out a call for relief or
rescue over bleak fields of ice, the desert
wastes. or jungle Businesses. Also, the man
hunting in the big woods or on a solitary
Journey on land or sea. can spend an other
wise lonely evening talking with the folk at
home. There will n~ver be any reports of
"line's busy" by Central on this aerolne.
| Nor will there be any eavesdrOpp1ng on
"partv lines" or delays through an inatten-
tive Central: for, 10. there will be no Cen
trail Each instrument and its operator will
constitute an aerophone central in them
selves; all calls being direct from the lnstru
ment calling to the one called. And any
operator with his individual pocket instru
ment NAV call any other instrument any
where on the face of the earth, simply by adj
| lusting the seective device on his instrument
TO correspond with that of the one desired.