El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-10-22
A TORPEDO WITH
EARS, BRAINS
Demonstration by DR.. Mon
traville Wood Astounds
His FL Paso Audience.

Inc DulLeu states navy Is now
using a torpedo with deucately tuned
ears" which can be tuned TO follow
any ship selected and which viii not
harm any other ship. This was the
declaration OF MOntravile Wood, SCI
enlist, inventor and lecturer, before
an FL Paso audience at the Texas
Grand theater.
Mr.. Wood is the inventor Of the
torpedo and he showed his audience
how it works. Near the head Of the
torpedo the ears" are located. They
may be tuned to any sound. When
the sound appears straight ahead, the
torpedo heads for the sound If the
sound appears on one side, the ear"
nearest The sound, by means OF an
electric communication with the rud-
der. steers the torpedo in that direc-
ton. a torpedo can be tuned. Dr.
Wood said 10 the sound Of the prOpel-
Ter Of an enemy ship, and when re-
leased in the water, viii follow that
vessel until IL strikes the vessel and
eXplodeS- II viii not follow any other
vessel As the torpedo has a speed
much faster than any ship, il viii
overtake the fastest vessel he said. If
the ship stops, the sound 10 which the
torpedo is tuned also stops, Of course.
u does so. device opens and sends IL
downward where an enemy boat can
not catch IL IN a net, as is the case OF
spent torpedOeS OF the ordinary type
that miss their mark. As soon as the
ship starts again. however, the tor
pedo rises and heads directly for the
sound TO which IL has been attuned.
The Wonderful GyrOscOpe.
TIE explanation OF this wonderful
torpedo was but one Of many interest
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turer told his audience Saturday
night He explained the use Of the
gyrOscOpe and showed how, by the use
Of this little machine on an airplane
or a mOnOral car. 1t is impossible to
tip either OF them over. He said the
gyroscopei II large enough, would also
prevent the rocking OF boat
He said he has invented a gyrOscOpe|
automobile that runs on two wheels
and can follow a path instead Of q
are now in use in France Seven per-
sons standing on a running board
cannot tip one Of these cars over, heI
said he showed how impossible IL isl
TO tip over a mOnOrail train or an air-'
plane so equipped and asserted that
roscope, the United States army viii
be able TO operate airplanes without
men In them TO take moving pictures
Of enemy trenches The airplanes can
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electrical device and the gyroscOpe. b e
asserted. and can be sent anywhere
that they can be seen. Attached toi
them VIII be moving picture cameras l
to make pictures OF enemy territory I
and trenches.
Why Automobile Szids.
Dr.. Wood said the reason the aver 7
age automobile skids when stopped
suddenly IS because the fly wheel Is in /
reality small gyroscope and that III
Q a-n
they do now, were operated so as tof
revOlve in the direction the car is go
ing, skidding would be impossible.
Dr. Wood gave some very interest
-ng Demonstrations Of the use OF the
ultraviolet rays.
By treatment with the ultra violet
-ays, he said a preparation has been
made that Eliminates IN the dark the I.
.aces OF watches, cOmpasseS and the
figures which Il is necessary for ar
-illerymen TO read on their pieces on
the firing line, so that men in the
Held can see what they are doing
without using lights He said the
nited States government IS taking
al Of this luminous paint at present
He asserted that in Few years III
would not be unusual TO see a room
1apered with wall paper that would +
light Il at night sufficiently for read
Ing purposes He said he had already
done this but had to work out some
means Of reducing the cost before Il
became commercial practica bility. (
Efficiency OF Mechanical Ears.
In proving the efficacy OF the ears"
he has invented for the torpedo, Nj
Wood showed how he could attune the
instrument TO his voice so that he
could make IL light an electric bulb
al viii, simply by speaking a certain
word 10 it He made II do the same
thing by attuning Il 10 the sound Of
the people in the audience clappingi
their hands in unison. He fired a mine
connected to the ear" by wire, in the
same manner. showing how one OF
these ears might be set 20 any sound
so as TO explode a harbor mine a great
distance away.
Dr. Wood declared the wireless tele-
phone is no longer an experiment and