The Washington times., 1915-10-24

can be transmitted through an electric
any charged wirc. and. although 90
not know with what ease II can bc
comprehended. II is verv simple to con
vey these same vibrations. violently
agitating the atmosphere. over electrical
waves maintained by n powerful dynh-
mo. That Is how the human voice. or
the sound OF II. can be heard from Ar
lington to Paris"
What do you think Of the probablli-
Ties of talking around the world oy
wireless Telephony" he was asked.
The human voice can girdle the
globe with the same case that II was
heard across the Atlantic Ocean. IL I
Just question OF building wirelc'
towers and maintaining electrical wav'
In the direction IN which the mcssaT
are to be sent
Neither Phone New.
What Is the principle which max
this possible?'
Neither the land telephone nor W.
less telcgraphy Is new. but tho d..
covery thot they can be combined Ii
new. and solves the problem OF corr
municating with any part OF the UNI
verse. Tho northern. southern. eastern.
and western limits to which tho hdman
voice. or the sound OF II. can he trans
mittcd IL the most northcrly. southcriy
eastern. or western wireless tower OF
land telephone. We have the principles
and agencies. all we need is the me-
chanical apparatus"
What Is the arrangement by whlcl
tho land telephone Is linked with wire
lcss?"
AN that is necessary to complete
the wireless tower. Then tho converse
ton. instead OF stopping at the base o.
the wireless tower. is sent to the TOP o.
| tho tower thrown on the eIcctrica
waves. and continues to It's uestiha
ton"
Captain Buiiard said nc and the othc,
naval officers and corps Of OPERATOR
at tho Arlington tower were always
willing to lend their aid TO any inventor
whose prospectus OF an inventor
showed that there was good chance o
his contributing something new to th'
wireless world. lie stated that withir
the near future several other testi
similar to the wireless t"l"nhony ~
periments made this week would be con
Quoted at the Arlington tower BY dif
fcrent compa nies and inventors.
Assistants At Test.
At the recent tests there were present
and actively participating in the expert
ments Lieut.. Il. II. Coffman. VINO ha'
charge OF the wireless tower: Licutcnan
Commander : W. Bryant. assistant
superintendent: Lieutenant Comma nde'
8 H. HOOPER. who has charge OF th'
materials used at tho tower and th'
technical side Of the wireless apparatus
and Lieutenant R8stedo. assistant u
Lieutenant Hoonrr.
In addition to these naval ofhCers wh'
made many suggestions AZ to atmos
pheric. static. and mechanical condi
tions and helped IN other ways In con
ducting the successful experiment "hicf
amazed the world. the twenty eNper
operators. all OF them skilled elec
tricians NJ well az men able to sent
and receive wirc'"ss messages. wcr'
present and assisted by maintaining IN
necessary electrical current and sc"in'
! that the mechanical conditions wer'
perfect.
Although tho Arlington-Paits t's
created n sensation. II II believed ma
within the near future tn" sound Of m
! human voice will b." carried from th
| local station to Yokohama or iono'nli
| Arrangements are said to be in proGres
| now for such test. and captain Bul
| lard and others familiar with III" prin
! cine OF wireless t"l' 'phOny profess to u
! unaware of any reason why It shoui'
| not succeed.