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Show Shortest Electric Wave Is Only Ten Meters Long Complete electric waves only ten meters me-ters long, believed to be among the shortest ever produced, have been developed de-veloped by an electric oscillator Invented In-vented by .7. P. Burton, a sophomore student at the University of Minnesota. Minneso-ta. The electrical engineering department depart-ment Is beginning experiments to determine de-termine whether this current Is practicable prac-ticable In radio communication. The waves compare with ordinary lengths of from 100 to 24,000 meters used In radio communication, while wave lengths in power transmission are frequently several thousand miles long. One advantage of the short waves Is that they can be used more effectively effec-tively In classroom demonstration than longer ones can. The Burton oscillator generates pronounced pro-nounced "standing" current so that at one point on a wire several amperes are measured, while a few feet away no current is perceptible. Another of Its freaks Is that short circuits on the wire do not seem to affect It. Waves from the new oscillator have the unusuajly high frequency of 30,-000,000 30,-000,000 cycles per second. |