El Imparcial. (San Juan, P.R.) 1918-197?, 1919-01-15
Wireless Devise has
Manr Device
(Continued)

/ to be made, of course, at wireless
station at Belmar and some at own
station controlled by the Govern
ment in different parts Of the
country. / spoiled lot Of appa-
ratus, Of course, and our company
was very kind in supplying me
with whatever new mechanical
helps | needed. II it hadn't |
could no have gone on with my
work. The company permitted me
to play with and scrap much costly
apparatus.
L was working at one Of the
stations one day, at that season of
the year when the static plays the
most heb, when, all of a sudden,
| found I could hear the sending
without much interference. 1t was
transition from much noise in the
received to little noise, and | was
sure then that static was pretty
well done for. But | wasn't taking
anything for graifted. I keep on
working all through the war, and
the longer | worked the more sure
| was that | was on the right
road at last, and that a new law
Of nature had been found. Aftei,
that, all that was necessary was
to put on the finishing touches,
and it was only this month that
I was willing to admit that the
device was perfected and that
static had plagued wireless recel
yer just as long as it was going to.
"By the use of this device wire
less messages, the reception OF
which has always been. impossible
during many hours of the day may
be received, without interruption
during the twenty-four hours OF
every day. That means the esta
blishment of a certain and sure
commercial service to any part of
the world, at much lower rates
than are charged by subocealf
cable. I think the wireless rate is
just about one-third Of the cable
rate. Also many more words may
be sent in the same length Of time.
Furthermore the device may,
possibly, be used for greatly ex-
tending the use of wireless telepho-
ny. By it we can tell, with absolute
certainly, a coming change i'll the
weather much more quickly than
any barometer can. We cannot tell
what kind Of change it will be,
but it has ocurred to me that, may
be, the forecasters of the weather
may find the device useful some
lay. Moreover, when it has been
iurther perfected, it may be possi-
bic, by its use, to prevent any
,ther wireless station from pickin
up the messages received at the
/ stations using the device. But all
[ started out to do was get rid OF
he stale and make the wireless a
sure and certain means OF recelv
ing messages at all times, and that
have done.
Challenge to Other Claimants
Mr.. Weagant said he wished tG
acknowledged very great assistance
from C. l.. Farrand, Designing
Engineer for the Marconi Com
pany; DIR. Alfred n. Goldsmith,
Director Of Research fer the same
company, and Professor OF Elec-
5rical Engineering at the College
If the City Of New York, and to
Frank N. Waterman, consulting
,ngineer and member of the Anne
| lean Institute Of Electrical Engi-
| neers. Mr.. Weagant having been
Easked if he heard Of any claim to
priority of invention, replated:
81 have not, but the United
States Patent Office would hardly
Eiave so amply protected by inven-
fion by patents issued to the com
pany if there had been prior
invention of anything like mine.
But for the benefit OF such clai-
tmants should any turn up, let me
say that within a comparatively
| short times a technical paper will be