Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1918-12-27
New York.--"I have dlscovere

new law OF nature"
Without hearing the rest Of mod
est inventors assertions think what
that means. That Is tremendous
declaration. II Is epochal. Not since
the day Of Sir Isaac Newton, who was
credited with the discovery Of the law
of gravltntlon, has renl law Of ma
ture been added to the worlds col
lection Of marvellous scientific phe-
nomena. One may expectantly look
for the eighth wonder Of the world.
Newton may have been modest
man. Perhaps all great inventors nre
modest men. The fact that most of
them have been unfortunate In being
lily rewarded for their labors might
indicate bashful nature. No one,
who has seen and talked with Roy A.
Weagant. 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 a
new law OF nature has eliminated that
bothcrsOme element from the atmos.
phere so that wireless has become a
perfect means Of communication for
extremely long distances. His lnven-
ton has already been In use by the
allied governments during the war and
he Is ready and anxious to disclose the
Snew law Of nature" to the world as
soon as certain restrictions are re-
moved by the conclusion of peace.
"A Simple Matter"
ut Is simple matter when once
YOU find the governing law" said Mr..
Weagant to reporter. radio ex-
perts have looked for It for years and
some of them have claimed to have
discovered It, but they were either
takers or had made honest mistakes
In scientific judgment. have got II. |
That ftfct can be easily demonstrated /
and will he Mt the proper time. II |
should describe the details of the mp |
paratus 1t would he simple matter
for radio engineers to recognize the
new law. We feel constrained not 10 |
divulge the secret generally until
peace has been concluded"
Mr.. Weagant said he was positive
the Germans had not made the dlscov-
cry themselves or had any knowledge
Of his discovery. He declared that on
ly 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
he actually of the new method Of
communication. Little buzZings and
zig Gatherings along the air currents,
on moist days, have per-
'istently interrupted the clear flow Of ,
he wireless messages and made their
reception practically impossible. The
inventor described the sound in the
Instruments ms similar to that made by ,
ome one throwing a handful of peb-
lies against a glass window. On cold. |
nappy days the adverse atmospheric !
has not been so bad. But 1
he trouble was always the worst from $
une to October. 6
A Prophetic Decision. Y
Mr.. Weagant recalled decision In a
he United States district court on v
anuary Z, 1916, in which Judge julius @
layer made prophetic announce
1ent In regard to the solving of the a
tatic problem. II was in the case of (
1ntner VS.. the &tlantic Communica- +
lon company ct al, where the issue \
lvOlved the invention of new trans v
litter for wireless apparatus. Refer n
ing back to the Estate Of the art" Of v
'ireless communication on July /, II
DOT, date figuring in the case, Judge Il
layer said: 81
"On that date there were just two
disabilities: ~ TO annul, exclude, 8,