New-York tribune., 1918-11-20
Great Wireless Invention
Reveals New Law of Nature
General Manager Of Marconi Company Says Discovery by
Roy A. Weagant Means Last Long Distance
Submarine Cable Has Been Laid

"The last long distance submarine
cable has been laid" said Edward J.
Nally, vice-president and general man
ager of the Marconi Wireless Tele-
graph Company Of America, yesterday.
Enter wireless perfected"
In the executive Offices of the Mar
conf company, in the Woolworth Build
ing, Mr.. Nally explained the potentiali-
ties Of the new invention whe reby Roy
A. Weagant, chief engineer of the Mar
conf firm, has eliminated the difficulty
of static" from wireless transmission
and opened up a new era in the history
OF trans-occanic communication.
This INVENTION" declared Mr.. Nally.
which is not simply an invention, but
! involves the discovery of an entirely
new law of nature, will be the deter
mining factor in the communication of
the future-of the new world we are
about to enter"
He then declared the principle for
which all radio operators have been
searching ever since wireless has been,
and which Roy Weagant has now per-
fected, has received its testing and
rendered its proof through the most
crucial hours of the war
u. S. Kept Informed
Through its agency, he said. the
United States government at Washing
ton, unbeknown to Germany, has
learned of nearly all the Teutonic
moves and intentions hours before anv
rumor of them leaked out to the world
at large.
when the full story of our opera
tions can be told it will make most
spectacular and illuminating reading
Just now. though, the great thing is
mat transoceanic communication is for
the first time fully assured, twenty
four hours a day, every day in the
year." he said
1.-The trouble in wireless has always
been that there were buzzings and
elattc crlngs along the air currents that
tor long stretches made the reception
! OF messages practically impossible" !"
said Mr.. Wcagant. at would sound as
though some one were throwing hand
luis of pebbles at plate glass window
and you couldn't make any sense out Of
the message. That was static On
cold, snappy day it wasn't so bad:
but on q day when the air was full of
heat evaporation and moisture, ono of
those days when you feel like q Turk
lsh bath, why, that's when static was
at its worst
How "Static" Was Beaten
From noon till sunrise during the
period from June to October it was
terrific. In general, every line in wire
less remained wrong till the problem
Of static was solved.
And all the while radio operators
IN general went on regarding static
es thing erratic, incalculable, way
ward, wllful, law unto itself"
The turning point came when Mr..
natural law, rational and following a
Definite system, that only needed to be
! understood to be conquered. That was
In 1908. From that time on Mr.. Wea-
CANT has devoted the better part Of his
energies to ascertaining just what the
properties Of this law were
lhe preliminary work" was done
largely at experiment stations in New
jersey and at Miami. Fla. At length.
IN ;, lvl6' government assistance was
enlstcd and the experiments took on
a far more definite character Bv Tho
time this country was ready TO enter
tho war the work had reached practical
completion and patent application
clalms had been allowed by the United
States Patent Office. From that time
forward tho problem was largely orc
or perfection of detail.
Work Nearly Over
"Tt's pretty RASH" snid Mr.. Wearant
yesterday, ITO say that any invention
IL perfected but I think it's safe to
say that this ono has boen approxi-
mately perfected This month"
AS result, besides tho guarantee
ct constant wireless service. there
WI be virtual guarantee against tho
interruption or picking up" OF mes
saEes by, outside high powered sta
! tlone. Also tho tall towera alwnrs