Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
EARLY SCIENTISTS
GET RADIO CREDIT
Prof. Pupin Pays Tribute to
Scotch and German Expert
| menterS' Discoveries.

Tt is characteristic of the modestN
Of scientists that they should disclaim
the great credit due themselves for
accomplishments in the field of radio
in recent years. Nor will many OF
them venture more than general
opinions on what the future holds
forth for radio.
Only the other day Prof. Michael
"A. Pupin, the great physicist, who Is
himself q notable inventor IN the rddlo
and telephone fields, accredited scleh'
lists long dead with the development
of modern radio broadcasting. DelN'
.ering the presidential address az tiie
4 meeting Of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science at
Philadelphia, the professor said that
Clerk Maxwell, the Scotch scientist
and Hittorf. the German. were the
enen who really made radio.
The electrical wave experiment by
Hertz in 1888 and MarConis invention
= of the wireless in 1895, frequently
cited as leading directly to the modern
home radio set were simply differences
from Clerk MaXwell's theory OF the
transmission of magnetic acton at a
distance, Prof. Pupin said. The Scot
theory guided Prof. Pupin himself, he
added, in his own work on hlgh-in-
ductance telephone transmission INES
Discovered Tiny Electr0n
Hittorf discovered the tiny electron,
TO the Harvesting of which Prof.
Pupin traces the source of all the ad-
vancement in the radio art in the
last 25 years The Germans expert
ments went practically unnoticed until
Roentgen repeated them in discover
ing the X-ray 80 years ago.
Thus. the primordial basis OF radio
progress as seen by an eminent
scientist. What about the future?
The news this week carries the an
nouncement that public wireless tele-
phone service across the Atlantic will
be started this month, connecting a
speaker at an ordinary telephone in
New York with one in London. Trans
atlantic television is freely discussed.
Weather maps by radio photography,
, the MarConi beam wireless and short
wave transmission around the world
are actual accomplishments. This
week John Hays Hammond, jr., was
granted a patent by the United States
Patent Office here on his system of
radiant telephony.
But the characteristic unassuming
ldAuIc vi the SCASillASl d6ciiAA ID CNAN
dent when DIR. ]. III. Dellinger, chief
physicist of the radio laboratory of
the United States Bureau of Stand
ards. was asked regarding future
prospects for radio progress. His
reply was only in general terms.
End of Chaos Sought.
Effort will be directed" he said,
''to determine a means for mitigating
the chaos in the reception of distant
broadcast stations. This is largely
TO a legislative problem) Fading is
the principal obstacle to radio develop
nlent today.
There will be continued investiga-
tons of radio wave transmission
phenomena and more knowledge of
the nature and causes of wave vag-
aries, thus increasing the control.
! which the radio engineer has over
radio waves
That was all the Government
scientist would say on the future
He did add that the Governments
own experiments are bent largely to-
ward providing radio facilities for
aviation by perfecting aircraft and
directive beacons that will give the
air navigator the same service as
the mariner.
Last night found the air filled with
Jazz. East, West, South. North
wherever one turned the dial-there
came orchestral music of the livelier
sort. New York's night clubs Wed
with local and 1ong-distance dance re-
sorts in supplying listeners-in with a
rousing send-off to the new year. Re-
ception was good throughout the
evening.
AS the hour Of midnight signaled
the death of the old and the birth of
the new, there was concerted
change. however. a more solemn
note was struck, as perspiring
. musicians slowed up 10 render the
old familiar "Auld Lang Syne.
The cracked voice of the Liberty Bell
IL the same time pealed forth a new
message Of inspiration for American
citizens, under the ministrations of
Mrs. w. Freeland Kendrick, wife of
the mayor of Philadelphia. The
mufi1ed. venerable tone of the old
bell must have been a surprise to
those who were expecting It to ring
out in the clear resonance Of its
brighter days of '76.
The momentary observance over
the bands bIared forth again with
renewed blatancy, in hilarious well
come to the sophisticated baby
with the 1927 calendar around its