Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-11-19
WILL SURPASS PEAK
a-OF ANCIENT CHINESE,
ycE. of Civilization VIII Bring Unheard-Of Develop
ments i'll Application of Radio Science to Trans.
mission of Power and Intelligence

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The. sfarrcaching ideas Of Nlhola
esla,s famous electrical engineer and
ffventoy, may no only n recurrence
the. same thoughts thousands OF
#earsssaHo
4 Only recently Tesla asserted power
dashed through space by radio wNl
pm the world aud nil its activities
But Chinese scholars claim this IS
10 new idea They point back to
&ieir ancestors who. somc 10000 or
8ore years ago. Flew through the
!r and %talkod over enormous dis
inces."
The ci,a,lon.,is taken to DO a rofcr-
nee to appliances and wireless Chi
ese civiiizstion, 10000 or more
ears ago. is said 10 have been equal
, that of today. Then. according to
2hinese theory mankind slid down
ard for 5000 years, and now ii Is
n its upward climb OF smother 49,
P0 yeanf only 20 fall hnck again
the -ePa of this cycla into bar
arism. 4
-. More 10 Go,
Whether the present is tho peak Of
bis period Of 10000 years no ono
hn tell. But Tesia declares VIC have
i'll TO see greater wonders in radio
nd If that is SO, we have still TO
bach the peak OF the present civil
ftion ckaic"
VIII # surpass the Chinese, a;
leir heieilt or PROGRESS?
Tesla SAYS yes he points TO tho
Pct that We ar. already flying and
aalking over space. hut that We
hve still greater wonders 70 soc. our
6iNiiizatton cycle" he points ont.
HI reach out beyond Tho peak Of
hinese civilization.
VIII See by Rndio.
Besides bridging enormous dis
inces in flight ana wireless CONVEX.
alton. modern Scionc~ viii span The
#'rth with power flashed through
he air by radio. Tesla has been
&orkinr on his plan ever since lN9S.
m now. he declares. it NIL! hr pos
Bile 10 run tho world by radio
"Airplancs and trains ana ships
III carry no fuel ne says. nut
III rum by transDlIttcd energy. with
irelcss power no onc-cXplorcrs.
-avelcrs. campers need pc cut on
ON civilization mud lis comforts
Not only that, hut We wni.see over
Hrcat distances by aid ~ wireless
Percy, predicts Tesla And scein-
nr neichbors across tho oceans VIII
Jake for a united s"cia! ana po.
teal world. he adds.
Movies Already Here.
Talking movies have become an
Fsured success through tho aid OF
hdio.
: The little vacuum tube. which
Ends Td detects sound sailing
hrouer> rho "the- IS thu means hy
hich,. inventors have h.en able To
1-orAhs' action and speech ON the
liver screen, The man vino hnd AN
Important .part in the perfection OF
MS itenn0w can cla,rwia share, in
he corlaletion of the talking movie
He is Or. Leo dc Forest. of Sew
ork. who is prepared 10 .Nh,hl,
nat ne terms his "phononnm." by
! hich the characters on tho screen
re made to talk nj the same Time.
8'ith him, however. in ,his en-
FAVOR to produce n talking film have
e cen other Inventors. Most famous
Fmons them have been e., Francis
enkins, OF WASHINGTON, y. g.. ana
! professor Joseph 7 Tykocincr. OF TN.
University OF Illinois.
= J"nkim.
These two Inventors have alrooJy
roduccd Instruments The prirc,r,,s
which seem 20 have h.o, rn-nrdi-
aatcd into tho ultimate iuvoDtihn a.,
Ne Forest. The Jeuklns apparatus
said - be based on Tho ,rh,ipIo
4 transniS OF pictures - wire
8ss. According 10 th" inventor mo
es may he transmitted from a con.
fal broadcastiuE station 3usti az ,ra
Rncerts. into tho homes g. th6e,