The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1919-01-24
Puzzle Of Static Electricity Has Been Solved by Weagan
Invention in Use by Allied Governments During the War Will
Be Given to the World When Peace Is Finally Con-
cIuded-Great Saving of Time and Money.
New York; have discovered I

new 1OrK.-1 nave ulSCoScicu :"
new law of nature"
without hearing the rest Of mod
est inventors assertions think what
khat means. That Is tremendous
Aeclaration. 1t Is epochal. Not since
The day Of Sir Isaac Newton, who was
credited with the discovery Of the law
of gravitation, has real law OF ma
kure 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 modest
man. Perhaps all great inventors are
modest men. The fact that most OF
them have been unfortunate in being
ally rewarded for their labors might
indicate a bashful nature. No one,
who has seen and talked with Roy A.
EWeagant, chief engineer Of the Mar
lcsni Wireless Telegraph company. will
hispute the fact that he Is modest. He
u the young man who, after ten years
hDf scientific research into wireless
phenomena. has solved the puzzle Of
6tatic electricity and by means Of a
S0MkIuW VI ndIOI0 ldo CAAAnAA0tCu JA0S
bsthersome element from the atmos-
phsre 80 that wireless has become a
berSect means Of communication for
610emely long distances. His inven-
Mon has already been in use by the
Ailte6 governments during the war and
Aea ready and anxious to disclose the
eASW law of nature" to tina world -
nson as certain restrictions are n
6sved by the conclusion Of peace. =
KIDD ~ simple Matter" 10.
1T IL a simple matter when once
Dous ind the governing law" said Mr..
Weaeant 10 . reporter. 'Radio ex-
bsffs have looked for 1t for years and
ksme Of them have claimed to have
discovered it. but, they were either
takers or had made honest mistakes
n scientific judgment. I have got 1t.
That fact can be easily demonstrated
md will be at the proper time. II I
should describe the details of the ap-
Paratus 1t would be simple matter
kor radio engineers to recognize the
; new law. We feel constrained not to
livulge the secret generally until
peace has been concluded"
Mr.. Weagant said he was positive
the Germans had not made the discov.
ery themselves or had any knowledge
Df his discovery. He declared that on
" few days ago he was listening
to wireless messages being sent to
Germany and that the German opera
eor requested the sender to repeat the
messages and use more power. That
would not have happened If the Ger
mans had known how to utilize the
new method, the inventor said.
"Static" has been the hoodoo Of
Vireless telegraphy ever since Mar
fceni convinced a doubtful world Of
me actually of the new method Of
accommodation. Little buzzings and
big Gatherings along the air currents,
particularly on moist days, have per
eastently interrupted the clear flow Of
HE wireless messages and made their
reception practically impossible. The
pnventor described the sound in the
Instruments as similar to that made BY
some one throwing handful Of peb-
bles against glass window. On cold.
bnappy days the adverse atmospheric
Z
rendition has not been SO bad. But
HE trouble was always the worst from
0une to October. es
IN A Prophetic Decision.
Mr.. Weagant recalled decision in
the United States district court on
panuary Z. 1916, in which Judge julius
Mayer made a prophetic announce
ment in regard to the solving of the
static problem. II was in the case of
1ntner vs.. the Atlantic Communica-
Hon company ct al, where the issue
Involved the invention Of a new trans
knitter for wireless apparatus. Refer
hing back to the estate Of the art of
wireless communication on July 1.
H907. date figuring in the case, Judge
Mayer said:
ION that date there were just two
possibilities: ~ To annul, exclude,