The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-01-03
GREAT NEW STRIDES
In ELECTRICAL ART
Wonders Of Wireless Tele-
phony and Chats Across Con.
tinent Came in 1915.
EXPERT REVIEWS YEAR

In the great field NJ electrical sei-
ence tho year 1918 will bc rcmenbered
as having witnessed some most remark
abba achievement.
ON January &c tho world was thrilled
by the news that Alexander Graham
Bell. inventor OF tho telephone, had
talked across the continent TO his friend
Thomas A. Watson. the mai who had
heard his FIRST words spoken into q
telephone receiver In tho experiment IN
Boston In 1876. This marked the formal
opening OF the trsnscontlnental telc-
phone line TO San Francisco, which has
since been extended 10 Los Angeles. -
distance from New York of 3.s7J miles
Blu a still greater achievement wac
TO come, and this was tic throwing Of
tho human voice by wireless. first FROM
Arlington. Va, to Honolulu, and then
from Arlington 10 tho Eiarl Towov H.
Paris, a distance Of $500 mics. The
experiments occurred In October. Sine.
then the experts hay. been prcdictin=
that time would he when the human
voice would reach to Toxic.
As II still further 10 siEnalize y .cst
already rcplc'c with electrical scnaa-
lions Prof. Michael I Pu?ln announced
last November. shortly after these 81
~perinents. that he had almost l-'terte
"a device whereby ~ the suppression Of
all electrical waves except those trans.
hitting the desired sounds wireless tslc-
phony and telegraphy could he used foi
unlimited distances with ease and re
curacy.
vvs Years Advance.
But even outside tho Geld OF telc
phony the year was Il notable one ~
many ways. Asked by 4 St% reporter
to describe what advance had been made
in the field Of electrical science generally
Charles W Price, editor Of the Electrical
Rcriep. said
There have been great advances in
some phases Of electrical work. notably
the establishment OF rnnscontinentsl
telephone communication over wires the
transmission Of the human voice acror-
the Atlantic Ocean 20 Paris from the
Government radio station near Wash
ington. u. C., and across the continent
and the Pacific Ocean 10 Hawaii with
out wires the pure research which has
established a clearer knowledge Of light
n.ng phenomena and its control. and tho
building Of huge machines for the pro
ducing of large volumes Of electrical
energy from a single unit. FOR instance.
there has been Installed in one Of The
plants furnishing this city with Gle
trical energy FOR light and power tUu
mammoth machines, each capable OF de
veloping about 10000 Horsepower. ant
for the city OF Chicago au order la
been placed for one unit capable -
de veloping over 10000 horsepower. Chi
cago must lead New York. you know
Industrial Use Widcna.
There has been u marked increase n
the application Of electricity to %rcnrra'
industry. AZ a matter OF fact manutac,
t,rers IN every line OF industry sue
changing over To- secure the ADVANTAGE.
Of the aJaptability and ncxihNity 81
electrical equipment and c~o.'l0l. ami
with scarcely an exception every rev
factory installation IL fully equipped
electrically. thus lusur.nr na%imua
economy and efficiency Of production
THE comparison OF the years da
%velopment with that OF other years cithe,
as 20 general development or AS t. Ire
country Is not u~nfavorablo. There has
been steady growth. Nearly all the For
eixn countries, because Of the war, haze
necessarily been marking time. While
here We are steadily improving mater!ll
refining design n increasing our ad,r-
tations OF electrical service TO do the
work Of the world.
Undoubtedly a great desl OF researr.,
is going on as a result Of the war, and
the Laboratories OF this country may
astonish the world WITH their produ
tons, but II is too early vet 70 SptCui4''
as to what the real result OF lnv-stIst.
ton and experiment now being pur-ic'
will be. Among the kooncst students ~
foreign opportunities YOU will lind mar
OF our leading manufacturers oC "'"-
trical equipment. and they are unlou5
edly keeping In close touch VITA the .
tension of our markets. brought .t,r.
by the changes Of sources "f supply nNd
demand on the American continent ara
abroad