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Show Wireless Lighthouse Stations. We have the horseless carriage, wireless telegraph, smokeless powder, etc., and now we are having the light-less light-less lighthouse. Should the wireless lighthouse stations installed at Brest, France, which automatically send out warning messages to ships every few seconds without the help of man, prove a success, as they are reported report-ed to be, it will mean that the old system of lights, bells, horns and other oth-er danger warnings at sea will be rendered ren-dered unnecessary. The lighthouse in each case would act as an aerial mast. By a simple clockwork arrangement, which only needs attention once a week or so, distinctive messages are sent out by each station every few seconds. One set of signals are sent out by each station every few seconds. Otifc set of signals are sent out every ten seconds and another set every 30 seconds, so that ships may positively identify the lighthouse that is "talking." "talk-ing." Pathfinder. j |