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Show Signals from England to America's Shores St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 14. William Marconi announced the most wonderful wonder-ful scientific discovery of modern times tonight, in stating that he had received electric signals across the Atlantic ocean from his station in Cornwall, England. He explains that before leaving England he made plans for accomplishing this result, for, while his primary object was to communicate with ocean liners in mid-ocean, he hoped also to succeed In attaining the wonderful scientific achievement of wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic. Signor Marconi's station in Cornwall is very powerful. He possesses an electric elec-tric force, generated there 100 times greater than his ordinary stations. Before Be-fore he left England he arranged with the electrician in charge of the station, which is located at Poldhu, that signals should be sent daily after a certain date, which he would cable him after having perfected his arrangements here. Signor Marconi arrived here a week ago Friday, selected Signal hill, at the entrance to the harbor, as an experimenting experi-menting station, and moved his equip ment there. Last Monday he cabled to the Poldhu station to begin sending signals at 3 p. rn. daily and to continue them until 6 p. m., these hours being respectively 11:30 a. m. and 2:30 p. m., St. John's time. During these hours Wednesday Signor Marconi elevated a with an aerial wire, by means of which signals are sent or received. He remained re-mained at the recorder attached to the receiving apparatus, and, to his profound pro-found satisfaction signals were received re-ceived by him at intervals, according to the programme arranged previously with -the operator at Poldhu. These signals consisted of repeating at intervals inter-vals the letter "S," which, in Marconi's code, is made by three dots or quick strokes. This signal was repeated so frequently and so in accordance with the detailed plan arranged to provide safeguards against possibility of mistake mis-take that Signor Marconi was satisfied that it was a gentuine transmission from England. Assurance Doubly Sure. Again on Thursday during the same hours the kite was elevated, and the same signals were renewed. This made the assurance so complete that Signor Marconi cabled to his principals in England, and also informed the governor gov-ernor of New Foundland, Sir Cavendish Boyle, who apprised the British cainet of the success of the experiments. Signor Marconi, though satisfied with the genuineness of the signals that he has succeeded in his attempts in establishing estab-lishing communication across the Atlantic At-lantic without the use of wires, emphasizes em-phasizes the fact that the system is as yet only in its embryonic stage, and that the possibility of' its ultimate development de-velopment is demonstrated by the success suc-cess of the present experiments with incomplete and imperfect apparatus, as the signals can only be received by the most sensitively adjusted apparatus, and he is working under great difficulties, difficul-ties, owing to the conditions prevailing. prevail-ing. The Cornwall coast is 1,700 miles from St. Johns. In view of the success attending these trials Signor Marconi will, for the present, pres-ent, disregard the matter of communicating communi-cating with trans-Atlantic steamers. He will return to England next week, and wil conduct the exeprimetns from Poldhu himself. He explains that the greater electrical power there will enable en-able him to send more effective signals. He will undertake this work himselr, leaving assistants here to erect a mast and receive the signals as he forwards thenv It is not possible to send return signals from here until a powerful electric elec-tric batter shall have been Installed. Sir Robert Bond, nremier of New Foundland, offers Signor Marconi every facility Within the power of the colonial government for the carrying out of his plans. Signor Marconi intends to build a large, fully equipped experimental station sta-tion near St. John's, beside the Lloyds' station at Cape Race. The former will have the same equipment as the Poldhu station and will play the same part on this side of the Atlantic as Poldhu does on the other. The St. John's station will communicate with New York on one side and Cornwall on the other, being mid-way between the two. Thl3 establishment will probably cost about $60,000 and will perform the same work as the modern cable station. Signor Marconi announces that he will remain in England until after the coronation of King Edward next summer, sum-mer, and that he hopes to send the news of that event across the Atlantic by the wireless method, so as to prove the capability of the system for ?uch purposes. He ' will probably in the meantime equip all vessels of the leading lead-ing lines of steamers with his apparatus. |
