Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-17 | Page 3 | New Wireless Will Help Ships in Fog

NEW WIRELESS WILL HELP SHIPS IN FOG Washington, Nov. 17 Wireless .'pparnius designed to help ships In fog determine their positions soon will he established at Cape Ood by tbe oavy department The apparatus has been perfected by American nav-al nav-al officers, it was announced today. bo that it would bo possible to lo-cate lo-cate an inquiring ship after measurement measure-ment of the radio waves by the points of a compass. A ship Inquiring by wireless, It . explained, first, might be Informed In-formed It bore S S E one point E. mm mmm I amWSSSffm , Upon the receipt of a second mes- I sage from the same shore station, half an hour later, showing a change I iD the compass points, the navigator, knowing his vessel's speed, would be able to determine his position on a chart with accuracy. The apparatus I is of foreign origin