Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1914-12-25
Peter Cooper Hewitt Muents Apparatus
to Multiply the Wonders of the Wireless
tNew York rImes)

Peter Cooper Hewitt. inventor OF
the mercury Yapor electric lamp, OF
the Cooper Hewitt mercury vapor
rectlfIer, which cut to less than half
The amount of apparatus required 20
change alternating current to direct
for storage batteries, and of other
practical electrical appliances that
have found large use IN industry, has
been working later than usual "a iirl
laboratory In the Madison Square
Garden tower for several months.
Last evening he told for the first
time of the experiments which have
been keeping him so closely to the
five floors OF the tower which he
uses. lie believed he said. that he
had about perfected variation of the
vacuum reetlfier which would many
tunes multiply the possibilities Of
wireless telegfaphy and telephony. He
has already perfected the receiving
apparatus and Is putting the final
touches on the sending part which,
he saws, Is producing excellent results
even In its present imperfect state.
Aside from its commercial uses, Mr..
Hewitt thinks the new wireless tele-
phone appliances Will be very valuable
for military purposes The apparatus
Is not cumbersome and could he easily
transported. With II the inventor be-
licves II will be possible to 50 attunc
instruments that messages cannot be
intercepted
Would Give Invention 10 Allies.
MIR. Hewitt Is a grandson of Peter
Cooper ana son OF the late Mayor
Hewitt, but, he explained, his ances-
tors We're English and French, and
as soon az the Invention Is perfected
II will be offered to the allies for use
In the war
THE receiving apparatus has been
In working condition for some time,
hut | am stlll adding improvements 10
II. and Il has not been commercials
led" he said, indicating glass tube
With the blue light In Ii on a table
across the room "The Mareoni pe0-
pie recently tried il out at their Glaze
Hay station, for II Is applicable to
wireless telegraph or telephone. and
expressed themselves as highly
pleased"
Some Of the main points Of the va
euum wireless receiver are these;
1t IL capable OF catching waves either
'or longer than are made by
any wireless apparatus thus far con-
structcd. The inventor believes 1t can
catch waves of any length whatever.
1t Is so highly sensitive that Il will de-
teet and magnify sufficiently for the
human ear to grasp the weakest sort
Of electric current, making 1t possible
90 pick up messages which would be
lost 10 the coarser apparatus In gem
eral use. Unlike the wireless appa-
ratus now IN use. the new receiver is
not affected by electrical storms, but
could continue to record messages
even though the receiver were struck
BY lightning. The instrument can
be tuned at will TO catch varying wave
lengths, and the alteration can be
made quickly enough TO prevent the
OF word in a continuous
The same receiver Is used for both
wireless telegraphy and wireless tele-
phony," Mr.. Hewitt said. For ex-
perlmentsl purposes we are catching
all the wireless telegraph messages
IN the mir about New York Just az the
present moment ON that instrument
On the table He pointed to the little
glass tube by which an assistant was
standing Wires ran from il to the
collecting apparatus on the roof OF
the tower, and attached to II was what
appeared TO be an ordinary telephone
whep this was adjusted to