Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1918-12-20
New York.-"I have discovered /


new law of nature"
Without hearing the rest of a moo
est inventors assertions think what
that means. That is tremendous
declaration. 1t is epoehal. Not since
the day of Sir Isaac Newton. who was
credited with the discovery of the law
of grayitation, has real law of ma
ture been added to the worlds col
lection Of marvellous scientific pho.
nomena. One may expectantly look
for the eighth wonder of the world.
Newton may have been modest
man. Perhaps all great inventors are
modest men. The fact that most of
them have been unfortunate IN being
lily rewarded for their labors might
Indicate a bashful nature. No one,
who has seen and talked with Roy A.
Wpagant, chief engineer of the Mar
conf Wireless Telegraph company, will
dispute the fact that he is modest. He
is the young man who. after ten years
of scientific research into wireless
phenomena, has solved the puzzle of
static electricity and by means of
bOthersome element from the atmoS-
phere so that wireless has become
perfect means of communication for
extremely long distances. His inven-
ton has already been In use by the
allied governments during the war and
he is ready and anxious to disclose the
"new law of nature" TO the world as
soon MS certain restrictions are re-
moved by the conclusion of peace.
"A Simple Matter"
sit is simple matter when once
you find the governing law" said Mr..
Weagant TO reporter radio ex-
perts have looked for ii for years and
some of them have claimed TO have
discovered it. hut they were either
takers or had made honest mistakes
In scientific judgment. I have got it.
That fact can be easily demonstrated
and will be at the proper time II
should describe the details of the APP
paratus il would he simple matter
for radio engineers to recognize the
new law. We feel constrained rot TO
divuge the secret generally until
peace has been concluded"
Mr. Weagant said he was positive
the Germans had not made the diScov-
cry themselves or had any knowledge
of his discovery He declared that Gu
~ few days ago he was listening
to wireless messages being sent to
Germany and that the German opera
tor requested the sender to repeat the
messages and use more power. That
would not have happened if the Ger
mans had known how to utilize the
new method. the inventor said
"Static" has been the hoodoo of
wireless telegraphy ever since Mar
conf convinced doubtful world of
the actually of the new method of
communication. Little buzzings and
big Gatherings along the air currents,
particularly on moist days, have per-
sistently interrupted the clear flow Of
the wireless messages and made their
reception practically Impossible. The
inventor described the sound in the
instruments as similar TO that made by
some one throwing handful of peb-
bias against a glass window On cold.
snappy days the adverse atmospheric
condition has not been so bad But
the trouble was always the worst from
June to October.
A Prophetic Decision.
Mr. weagant recalled decision In
the United States district court on
January z, 1916, in which Judge Julius
Mayer made a prophetic announce
ment in regard to the solving Of the
static problem. 1t was in the case of
Kintner VS.. the Atlantic Communica-
ton company eft al, where the issue
involved the invention of new trans
mitter for wireless apparatus. REFER
ring back to the estate of the art of
wireless communication on July l.
1907. date figG ing in the case, Judge
Mayer said:
ION that date there We're just two
possibilities: "a To annul, exclude,