Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-01-08
new LAW OF NATURE FOUND BY
INVENTOR or Perfect RADIO
Pazae Static Electricity Has Been Solved by R. A. Weagant-
Invention In Use by Allied Governments During the War win
Be Given to the World When Peace Is Finally Con-
CIuded-Great Saving Of Time and Money
New York.--'T have discovered a.

TINT means. That IN n tremendous
declaration. II IL epochal. Not since
the day OF Sir Isaac Newton, who was
credited with the discovery OF the law
OF grnvltntion. has a real law Of nu-
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 n modest
man. Perhaps all great inventors are
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.
Weagnnt. 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
new law OF nature has eliminated that
bothersome element from the atmos-
phere so that wireless has become q
perfect means OF communication for
extremely long distances. His inven-
ton hns already been In use by the
allied governments during the'war and
he Ia ready and anxious to disclose the
"new law OF nature" to the world as
soon as certain restrictions are re-
moved by the conclusion OF peace.
"a Simple Matter"
at is simple matter when once
you find the governing law" said Mr..
Wengant to reporter. "Radio ex-
perts have looked for II for years and
some OF them have claimed to hate
discovered II. but they were either
takers or had made honest mistakes
In scientific judgment. have got It.
That fact can be easily demonstrated
and will he nj the proper time. II
should describe the details of the up
parntus II would be simple matter
for radio engineers to recognize the
new law. We feel constrained not to
divulge the secret generally until
peace hns been concluded"
Mr.. Weagant said he was positive
the Germans had not made the discov-
cry themselves or had any knowledge
OF his discovery. He declared that on
ly a 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 II 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 n doubtful world of
the actuallty OF the new method Of
communication. Little buzzings and
big Gatherings along the air currents.
particularly on moist days. have per-
sistently interrupted the clenr flow Of
the wireless messages and made their
reception practically impossible. The
inventor described the sound In the
Instruments as similar to that made by
some one throwing a handful Of peb-
bles against glass window. On cold.
snappy days the adverse atmospheric
condition has not been so bad. But
the trouble was always the worst from
June to October.
A Prophetic Decision.
Mr.. Weagant recalled a decision In
the United States district court on
January Z, 1916, In which Judge julius
Mayer made prophetic announce
ment in regard TO the solving Of the
static problem. It was In the case Of
Kintner VS.. the Atlantic Communica-
tion company ct al. where the issue
Involved the invention Of a new trans
mitter for wireless apparatus. Refer
ring back to the Estate Of the art" Of
wireless communication on July 1,
1907, date figuring in the case, Judge
Mayer said:
ION that date there were, just two
possibilities: t1) To annul, exclude,
eliminate static; or, (2) to improve
the wireless note by method of appara-
tus, or both. so far beyond the art as
to 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 at last found. We have
his word for 1t, and the word Of Ed
ward j. Nally, vice president and gen.
eral manager Of the Marconi company,
and the fact that the perfected wire
less has been used by the government
during the war. although not yet off,
cially announced.
1t has made the bridging of the
North Atlantic by wireless, always the
hardest route for aerial messages ac-
cordlng to Mr.. Weagant, easy. It 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 a
day across the Atlantic and across the
six thousand mile stretch from San
Francisco to Japan" said Mr.. Wea-
giant. "Now we can use the wireless
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