The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-12-27
Puzzle Of Static Electricity Has Been Solved by r. Weagan-
Invention in Use by Allied Governments During the War viii
Be Given to the World When Peace Is Finally Con-
cluded-Great Saving of Time and Money.

eliminate stale; or. (2) 10 improve
the wireless note by method OF appara-
tus, or both, 50 far beyond the art as
% constitute Invention. The first has
not been done. He who shall accom-
plish that need have no fear Of the
fate Of his invention"
So the radio operators kept on
searching for that principle which Mr..
Weagant has nj last found. We have
his word for It. and the word OF Ed
ward J. Nally, vice president and gen
eral manager Of the Marconl company.
and the fact that the perfected wire
less has been used by the government
during the war. although not yet Off
cially announced.
II has made the bridging Of the
North Atlantic by wireless. always the
hardest route for aerial messages, ac-
cordlng to 5Ir. Weagant,- easy. Il has
eliminated long distances, the most i'm
portant goal radio engineers have
striven for
Before the war we were limited to
six Or seven hours communication n
day across the Atlantic and across the
six thousand mile stretch from San
Francisco TO Japan" said Mr.. Wea-
CANT. "NOw we can use the wireless
continuously. Before the war II would
have been impossible 10 get all the
news which the German wireless
tried 10 scatter over the world. Now
we can get it all. / am not privileged
to say 10 what extent our discovery
has figured in the war. hut l can say
ia . general way that almost every
thing the Germans sent out bearing on
the question Of peace was received
VIII Save Money.
"A considerable saving Of money
will be effected. In some sending STA
lions the power needed Is cut in half
Instead Of steel maSts 400 feet high,
rs some are. and cost $4,000 apiece.
a mast the height Of telephone pole
is enough for receiving"
The inventor said that the trouble
with most Of the radio experts who
had been exuerimentinc with static
was, that they had given up too soon
Many Of them came 10 the conclusion
that the solution OF the problem was
impossible. They regarded static Is
a thing erratic. incalculable. way
ward. willful, law unto itself.
The turning point came when the
Marconi engineer decided that ''static'
was Il natural law. rational and follow
ing definite system. that only needed
10 be understood TO be conquered. That
was in 1908. Since that time Mr.. Wea-
-ant has devoted the better part Of his
energies To aScertaininC Just what the
properties Of this law were. The pre-
liminary work was done largely AT ex-
pertinent stations in New Jersey and
Miami. Florida. In 1916 government
assistance was enlisted and the eZ
perimentS took on n far more definite
character. BY the time this country
was ready 10 enter the war the w"r17
had reached practical completion an"
patent application claims had been a.
lowed by the United States patent a.
fee. From that time forward the prob
lem has been one largely Of perfection
Of detail.
"AT did was TO set out TO discover
the new law OF nature and make If
work for man. and that's all l have
done" said this modest inventor. Il
set up all sorts of hypothesis and con-
structed all sorts of apparatus, and
when one theory wouldn't work tried
another. It was Ike failing in 999
ways and finding what you are after
on the thOusandth attempt"
OF course the question came up
again as to Just what the inventor had
found out, what the new law Of na-
ture was. And what millions of lay
men and a few thousand scientists.
who were taking the attitude of the
Missourian. wanted TO be shown. 1t
was stated that some Of them had pub
licly doubted the solving Of the stat
ic" puzzle. The inventor smiled and
shrugged his shoulders.
That's quite natural" he said 1T
sounds big TO make the announcement
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