The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1922-07-22
RADIOS FUTURE
TOLD BY. EXPERT
Develepneat Almost Toe Big to
Realize, Dr.. C. r. StelnAetx
Tells Public.
By Dr.. Charles T. Steianetz.

BY Or. Charles Z. Stednneh
(Chief Consulting Engineer Of tho
General Electric Company
Radio messages that course
through the earth and through wa
ter, as we'll rs the air, are q well
founded possibility in the light Of
recent and unusual performances
Of lower power radio apparatus IN
transmitting messages to surpFis-
ing distances.
These possibilities are not diff
cult Of belief. In fact, l believe
that under certain conditions 1t
will be easier for wireless waves
to pass through the ground than
through the air. Submarines al
ready have sent radio messages
successfully while submerged, a
primary substantiation Of the the
ory which looks to the cOnquering
Of another element in addition to
ether.
II radiations through the earth
do take place, however, they will
be wholly in accord with accepted
electrical laws. This is due to the
circumstance that the sending an
tennae and the receiving set were
both connected to the ground and
that the earth, in such a case,
would act as q return circuit for
the current
1t is difficult to look into the fu-
ture Of radio, for it is such big
thing. Developments in the past
have been SO unusual and so unex-
pected. Only those who have stud
led it most thoroughly can safely
talk Of its development.
One thing is certain, however
! Uninterrupted CO m m n tion
throughout the world is now a
reality because OF radio. There
can hardly be a time when any
place will be out OF communication
with the rest Of the world. In case
OF a disaster, when ordinary com
munication is cut OF, messages car
still be sent out by radio.
Expeditions in distant lands, il
places where wires have never beer
stretched, can keep in constan
communication with the work
through the radio. Communication
at sea, Of course, holds great pos
sibilities, too.
1t is not likely that the radio
will ever replace the ordinary tele
phone. Radio messages cannot b,
directed SO that they will pas
merely from one individual to an
other. Radio is too general. l
igoes out over large areas. Other
mot everybody. but some-coul
hear the message as we'll as tn
person for whom it was intended.
However, toll messages might b
transmitted by radio from city t
city. A telephone subscriber Nigh
: talk by wire with the central sta
ton in his own city and the mes
, sage might then be put on the wire
less and transmitted to anothe
city and then delivered by wir
telephone to the person concerne,
!, The Greatest Field.
IL
3 Radios most notable field
/ service to most people will vi
: doubtedly be broadcasting. In tn
manner it can be of service to man
, people everywhere. Speakers ca
address the nation at large, &
President Harding did in his il
y augurA address; lecturers ca
. speak to larger audiences; collef
/ professors may be heard by poop
who cannot take the regul;
courses. People might recei,
: some aspects OF college, trainir
y without leaving their homes.
:. Ministers can preach to persol
not present at church. Public il
formation is already being sent O,
by radio.