Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-20

icd down town. the antennae were
run up on light poles. and the massaCe
caught in the drawing room of the
house
With this machine it is possible to
record simultaneously. with the same
pen. the seconds of local time as furn-
ished by the local standard chrono-
meter. and compare them with tho
standard time as sent out by wireless
from obscrvatorics, without any errors
incident to lag of the Instruments
In this way the latitude of a spot
lar away from cables or wires, and
out of touch with the world can be de
tcrmincd to withing two -hundredths Z
a second of time. or about 81 feet. on
the carth's surface. This makes the
invention extremely valuable to g~o-
Sraphcrs and astronomers. and survey.
ors.
a machine designed to perform much
the snmc functions has been turned out
in France. but It's complcNity. and non
portaoiiity together with It's high cost.
ana irregular action. prevented il
from being more than laboratory eI-
pertinent German scientists tried to
work out the problem during the last
eight years. but 1t remained unsoiyed
In any satisfactory way until our own
government scientists got on the Job.
The new instrument win possibly
play an important part in the lives OF
many people living in isolated sec
tons OF the country. For example .
trading post in Alaska apart from
civilization, lacking all news of do
inEs back home may be able to buy
ono of tho machines. when they get tho
manufacturing perfected, for about
$500. Tho instrument could be set up
and tuned by n layplan. In accordance
with marks indicating sending stations
which could be placed on tho head of
tho condenser. BY setting tho machine
Tor these cSrtail wave lengths. every
thing which that station sent out
would be recorded and tho paper drum
would mark off all tho news OF tho
day, as IT was flashed from washing
ton. Paris. London or MOSCOW. The
record could then be dcciphcrcd at
leisure.
Prices of farm products In cities
sent out by radio under the supervision
of tho Department of Agriculture.
Newspaper offices will be able to
catch rsdigrams direct from distan,
lands, transcr'bc tho accurate record
and give you even more rapid service
than under present conditions
Warships. equipped with tho record
or, would avoid errors in tho receiving
of messages which are now possible
Should an admiral of the ncct wish "a
tho commanders will have a rccord OF
what was sent which can be nlest,
away and brough, up in connection
with tho orders should any slip occur.
Tn" responsibility now placed on the
hearing OF one or moro men. on tho
receiving end. would be eliminated
Merchant ships. by having tho re-
cordcr placed bcsdc the ships chrono-
meter. would have an automatic check
on their umcpiccc every day whom
signals arc sent out from oh.crya
tories.
The invention viii mean much TO
ships lost or in distress Even IL tho
| wireless man on board got scasick or
H< k~t-
Information. by having certain marks
on tho condenser head showing where
10 turn TO listen for powerful sending
stations. Evon layman could turn a
hnoh until tho arrow pointed to An
nHpolls. Faris. or London. and tho
record would hc taken down In black
and white. to he read or dcciphcrcd at
any chosen time.