The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-10-06
'BEIHENOD HASNEW
/. WIRELESS SYSTEM
Expects to Be Able to Communi-
cate From Paris to
America.
CHEAP AND POWERFUL
He Discovers Principles Which
Have Never Before Been
Used.
AND POWERFUL
CHEAP

Especial Cable to The Times-Dispatch.l
Paris. October 5.--M. Bsthenod says
that the descriptions Of his newly dis
covered system OF wireless telegraphy
have hitherto been inaccurate. he il
tae chief engineer Of the new Radio
Electric Wireless Company. wnich
works his patent. AS an inventor he
was unwilling to speak, but AZ q d.
rector OF the company he SAID the IN.
vention was not an Improvement On the
appai atus system OF Communication.
but the discovery OF new principle
in wireless. All scientists. he said
haa for long time been searching
tor a sparkless wireless. Some hao
succeeded, notably the American. Alex
ander Ande son. but the machines thus
made are h,gh frequency alternators.
with which, contrary TO the statement
IN the press. Eerhsnod's system has
absolutely nothing to do. Machines
ike Anders0n's. said N. Bethenod. are
really toys. They are terribly dear
and are ONLY able to emit 5000 meter
waves. Bethenod machines are solid
and practical. and give $4,000 meter
waves. To give the others the same
power would cost millions. even II it
were possible.
NJ. Bethenod said his apparatus was
In two parts, the machine and antennae.
10th being special The spark is sup
pressed and the oscillations produced
by special machinery. An important
point. which was the inventors real
object. Is the production Of very long
waves. The difficulty with the pres
ent wireless is the short wave with
whose progress all other short waves
in the atmosphere interferes. Long
waves are not troubled by the short
ones. The longer a wave is the less 1t
deteriorates.
The very long waves emitted by
Methenod's apparatus are completely
independent OF the phenomena Of ma
ture. Further more. the short waves
cannot be measured maahematically.
One can be measured perhaps. but the
next one cannot owing to the depres-
sion. Bethenod's waves are all meas
ured Enthusiastically. Before launchins
wave he knows its mathematical
measure. for he 10 a mathematician be-
fore everything. The production OF
long waves and the measurement
thereof-that is, the greatest problem
whence, as all scientists know. Will
flow the greater application of wire
less to telegraphy and telephony and
rapidity in transmission.
.Have you Experimental" asked the
correspondent.
Yes" answered n. Bethenod. "be-
tween Paris and Brussels. We used
the existing supporters Of masts and
then after testing the antennae sent
an experimental 2.000-meter wave We
next used an apparatus which allowed
a "a S,f,0.uater wave. We measured the
waves and found them to be exactly
what ! had foretold. We found COM
munication by the long wave better
than by the short one. and IL ts import
ant to note that the long wave was OBJ
tanned with the same antennae ana
supports: that IL to sa'-. at the same
expense as the short one. We were SO
satisfied with the result that we have
ordered machinery of high power ana
hone in a few months to be able to COM
municaee from Paris to America