The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-12-27

New York; have discovered a
new law Of nature"
Without hearing the rest Of a mod
est inventors assertions think what
that means. That is a tremendout
declaration. II is epochal. Not since
the day of Sir Isaac Newton, who was
credited with the discovery Of the law
Of gravitation. has a real law OF na-
ture been added 10 the worlds col
lection Of marvellous scientific phe-
nomena. One may expec.sltly 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 !ahors might
indicate a bashful nature. No one,
who has seen and talked with Roy A.
Wea-ant. chief engineer Of the Mar
coni Wireless Telegraph company. will
dispute the fact that he is modest. lie
is the young man who. after ten years
Of scientific research into wireless
phenomena. has so;ved the puzzle Of
static electricity and by means Of \
new law Of nature has eliminated that
bOthcrsOme element from the atmOs-
phere 50 that wireless has become a
perfect means of communication for
extremely long distances. His inyen-
ton has already been in use by the
allied governments during the war and
he Is ready and anxious 10 disclose the
new law Of nature" 20 the world as
soon as certain restrictions are re-
moved by the conclusion Of peace.
"A Simple Matter"
~Tt IS q simple matter when once
you fnd the governing law" said Mr..
Wea-ant 10 a reporter. ''RadiO ex-
Terts have looked for il for years and
some q them have claimed To have
discovered il. hut they We're either
takers or had male honest mistakes
in scientific Judgment. ! have got it.
That fact can he easily demonstrated
and VIII De N the proper tine. If l
should describe The details of the aH-
TararuS II would be a simple matter
Tor radio engineers 10 recognize the
now law. We feel constrained not 10
divulca the secret generally until
peace has been concluded"
Mr.. Wea-anr said he was positive
tle Germans had NOT made the diScov-
cry themselves or had any knowledge
# Ills discovery. lie declared that on
ly q few days a-o he was listening
70 wireless messages being sent 70
Germany aul that the German opera
Tor. requested the sender n repeat the
messages and use more power. That
would not have happened if the Ger
mans had known how 70 utilize the
ne -1ethnd. the inventor said.
state" has been the ho0dCO of
-5relass tele-raphy ever since Mar
coal convinced q doubtful world Of
t1.- ac-ualirv If the new method Of
communication. Little buZzincS and
f:- Gatherings along the air currents,
particularly on moist days, have per
sfsre-tly interrupted the clear flow Of
tie EireleSS messages and made their
reception Practically impossible. The
irl-sntor described the sound in the
i1l.s;rurncurs rs similar 10 that made by
Sorne one throwing a handful Of peb-
hleS AGAINST a glass window. On cold.
Snaupv DAYS the adverse atmospheric
condition has not been so bad. But
the trouble WAS always the worst from
June 70 October.
A Prophetic Decision.
Nr. WeaGant recalled a decision in
the United States district court on
January =. 1916. in which Judge Julius
Mayer made q prophetic announce
rnenr in regard 10 the solving of the
static problem. II was in the case Of
Kintner rs. the Atlantic Communion
ton company = al. where the issue
Involved the inyentiOn Of new trans
mitter ior wireless apparatus. Refer
ring hack TO the "state of the art" OF
wireless Communication on July 1,
1907, 4 date figuring in the case, Judge
Mayer said:
On that date there were Just two
possibilities: ID To snnul, exclude,