New Britain herald., 1929-07-12
RAY OF SUNLIGHT
 LED ID WIRELESS
Marconi's Discovery Accidental Inventor Looks Into Future

Inventor Looks Into Future
 London, July 2 UP)-A ray of sunshine chanced to strike a small mirror held in the hands of youth Of genius some 40 years ago in Italy As result of this seemingly com mon occurrence, ten years later and for the first time, a ship at sea in distress was enabled to summon help with an o S.
 The story was told to the United Press correspondent by a quiet, modest and unassuming Italian gen. tleman whose name is now synon- ym-us with wireless. It was during an exclusive interview in which after predicting almost fantastic de- Nelopment in the science of wire less telegraphy, including the future wireless transmission of light, pow CT and heat, moving pictures and television, he, Senator Guglielmo Marconi, described how he came to discover wireless telegraphy
 Tt was really quite simple" he commenced as though, instead of describing one of the greatest in- ventions in the history of the world he were relating the story of why chicken crosses the road"
 Like almost every boy that ever lived" he continued simply, T used to catch rays of sunshine on mir TOT and. -" he paused and smiled significantly, then added, well, you know as we'll as l do all the fun that one can have with a mirror and little sunshine, don't you?
 But to me there was something more in it than sheer amusement To me this reflection of light waves in the form of the suns rays, meant an ideal way of trans hitting signals to my friends. put the idea into practice. Soon was able to converse with my friends at distance by means Of flashing sun rays.
 A Cloudy Days Effect
 But one day clouds hid the sun from view and as a result my sig mailing activities were temporarily interrupted. Indeed I realized then for the first time that this method of communication was imperfect. And from that time on I set my mind upon the problem of discov- ering a way to make up for the defects of the system.
 'Inasmuch as clouds or darkness prohibited the transmission of light waves emitted by the sun, I de- cided to use Hertzian waves which are available at all times. night or day whether the sun shines or not"
 That, as you probably know" he added simply. lis what resulted in the invention of wireless telegra- phy."
 The senator spoke in perfect English. His tone is gentle. His manner quiet. Reclining comfort ably in his armchair in vast of flee at Marconi House in the Strand, he might have almost been mistaken for college professor lecturing to class of history.
 Only when the correspondent asked him what future he visual ized for his invention. did the Sen- ator slightly relinquish his calm manner and wax enthusiastic:
 Possibilities Of Wireless
 Wireless has very great fu- ture indeed" he commenced, and then began to enumerate its possi- bilites:
 "I should say that the next step in the development of wireless will be the transmission of moving pictures into peoples homes. I be- live that we shall be ready to accomplish this within the next year or two. Then, too, wireless television will >ome. This, how ever, is still far off, I think. But it is improving and I believe that sooner or later the people on either side of the Atlantic ocean will be able to witness televisioned public ceremonies. For instance, the swearing in of a president of the United States in Washington could be seen in Europe from armchairs in private homes or theaters. Peo- pie in the United States could, on the other hand, witness such cere- monies as the opening of parlia- ment here.
 T also believe that in the far distant future, it may be possible to transmit heat, light and power by wireless. And at still more distant time, no doubt we shall succeed in moving objects at a dis tance, for instance, airplanes, ships or locomotives.
 Then too I believe that future generations will see wireless tele- phones in general use. At the same time. however. l do not visualize praat nm, harS of cannot