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7
9
. TANGENTGALVANO METER , c
ardboard , a bout 2 .36 i n. h igh a nd 4 .72
READING 1AMPERE AT 4
5° i
n
. i n d iame ter. On t he b ottom o f the
DEVIATION
. b
ox g lue a c ardboard s cale d ivided i n
.
1
;RN a wooden c ircle 8 .8 i n
. 3
60'; s uch a s ca le may b e b ought
r
eady -made .
d
iame ter a nd 0.315 i n
. thick, the
One -quar ter i n ch f rom t he t op o f the
opening may b e 5.
9 i n
. On e ach s ide
b
ox , o n the i n s
ide , g lue a s t r
ip o f c ard-
o
f this r i
ng g lue a r ing 6 .
3 in
. i nside
b
oard , wh ich w ill s erve a s ar es t for
measure a nd 9.2 i n
. o utside measure .
t
he g lass c i
rc le wh ich s hou ld f i
t t he b ox
These r ings may b e c ut f rom t hin
s
nug ly . Th is g lass c irc le s hou ld h ave
v
eneer b oard . Thus o ne o b
ta ins a avery s mall h ole i n its e xact c enter .
g
roove r unn ing a round t he r ing o f Now magne tize a p iece o f as ew ing
a
bou t 0.197 i n
. d epth, Fig . 106. Th is n
eed le a bou t o ne -quar ter i nch l ong . I n
r
ing may o f course b e t urned f rom a i
t
s e xac t c enter t i
e a s ing le c ocoon
s
ingle piece of wood , but t his o
f c ourse t
hread , wh ich , i no rder s o a s n ot t o sl
ip,
s
hou ld b e s hellacked o r g lued t o t he
n
eed le. Th is c ocoon t hread i sn ow f ed
t
hrough t he h ole o f the g lass d isc a nd
a
ttached b y means o f ad rop o f s ea l
ing
wax. To t he n eed le i tself i s g lued a
f
i
ne g lass t hread o r else a f i
ne p iece o f
s
traw , wh ich s erves a s t he h and p lay-
i
ng o ver the s cale.
The b ox i s n ow g lued o n a wooden
F
ig. 1
06 F
ig. 1
07
s
tand , a s s hown i n F ig . 1 07 , i n s uch a
i
ss omewha t harder to accomp l
ish. In manner , that t he p lane o f t he n eed le is
t
his r
ing w ind f ive t
urns No. 1 5 B. &S. p
erpend icu lar t o the c enter o f t he r ing.
c
opper w ire, doub le c
otton covered, a
nd This i ss hown b v t he b lack l ine p assing
tw
ist the e nds around e ach other. t
hrough t he c enter o f t he b ox i n F ig.
Now p lace t he ri
ng o n the wooden 1
07. The d istance b etween t he c enter
s
tand, ilus trated in Figs. 106 a nd 1
07
. o
f t he o pen r ing a nd t he c en ter o f the
Next o b
ta in a b ox ei
ther o f wood o r box mus t b e 2 .2 in. Two b ind ing p osts
2
32 M O DER N EL E C T RI CS
not shown i n the i lus tration may b e s

hou ld c ome q uite c lose t o t he b ar
f
astened t o t he b ase. A c urren t o f 1 magne t. I fn ow t he n or th p o
le o f t he
ampere w ill d evia te t he n eedle e xac tly n
eed le i s p laced d irec tly u nder t he
4
5°. nor th p ole o f : he b ar magne t, t he
need le w ill d escr ibe a c ertain c urve
8
0. MAGNET F IELD . EXPERI - and w ill c ome T o r e
s t d irec t
ly u nder
MENTS . t
he s ou th p ole o f the s tee l b ar. T here -
P
lace a p iece o f f
o re:
paper o r a t hin L
ike d irec tiona ll ines o ff orce r epu lse
piece o fg lass o ver e ach o ther , u n like d i
rec tiona l l ines o f
a p er manent f o rce a ttrac t e ach o ther a nd s eek t o
hor seshoe magne , p
t ermea te e ach o ther .
shown i n F ig. 1 08, F
ig. 11 . T ake a p iece o f cardboard
and s i
ft f i
ne i ron o r m ica o r a ny • )
ther g ood i nsu la ting
fi
l
ings o ver t h e pl ate, a nd b ore a s ma ll h ole i n t he c en -
paper o r g lass . t
e r of s
a me. T hr ou gh t
he open in g r
u n
F
ig . 108 T hese f i
l
ing s w il ac
l opper w ire , w hich p asses t hrough
a rrange t hem - the h
ol e a
t r
ig ht angl es t
o t
h e p
la te.
s
elves inc erta in lines r unn ing f rom o ne I
f n ow a p ower fu l c urren t p asses
p
ole to the o ther ; t hese l ines are c alled through t he w ire . a nd i fo ne s if
ts i ron
t
he magne tic l ines o f f orce, a nd t he fi
l
ings o n top o f t he p la te, t hese f i
l
ing s
e
ntire space wh ich i s u nder t he i nflu- will g roup t hemse lves i n c ircular l ines ,
e
nce o f the magne t
, i sc a
lled t he mag - as s hown i nt he i Hus tra tion . The p late
n
etic fi
eld. i
s s l
igh tly t apped b y means o f t he
f
inger , wh ich a ss ists t he f orm ing o f t he
l
ines . I tw i
ll b e — bserved t hat t he l ines
have t he w ire a s ac ommon c en ter .
Th is s hows t ha t
, f rom a c onduc tor ,
t
r aver sed b y ac urren t, magne tic l ines
o
f f orce a re p rojec ted , t he p lane o f
wh ich i sp erpend icu lar t o t he c onduc -
t
o r.
I
n F ig. 12 i s s hown a c onduc tor
bent i nto a c irc le. I f ap iece o f c ard -
F
ig. 1 09 bo ar d be i
ntr o d uc ed i
nto t
his rin g
, i
n a
horizon tal p osition , a nd t he c urren t b e
It i
su sual ly a greed t ha t the l i
nes o f
f
orce g o f r
om t he n or th t o t he s ou th
p
ole. Th is i sshown i n F ig. 109, wh ich
r
epresents t he l i
nes o f f orce i n as ol-
e
noid o r magne t; t hey f orm c l
osed
c
urves a nd s eek t o t raverse t he s hor t-
e
st path.
This may b e d emons trated q uite
n
icely by means o f a n a rrangemen t o f
Fig. 11 Fig. 1 12 F
ig . 13
t
he a u
thor , Fig 10 . Over t he e dges o f
aglass vesse l, the s hape o f wh ich i so f sent t hrough t he c onduc tor , t he l ines
n
o i mpor tance , p lace a s t
rong ly mag - of f orce w ill a ppear a gain i n c ircu lar
n etiz ed f
orm . A ll t hese l ines o f f o
rce r un i n
s
teel b ar. t
he s ame d irec tion a nd t he magne tic
Through f
i
eld o btained i n t he r ing w il
l b e v ery
a f
airly s trong .
l
arge s ize The s ame l ines o f f orce c ou ld
c
ork s tick b e o bta ined f rom a s tee l magne t, p ro -
a s teel v
ided t hat t he magne t w ere i nt he f o rm
k n it ing o f ac ircu lar p la te, h aving a t hickness
needle , equa l t o t hat o l - he w ire , a nd a d iam -
which l at- eter e qua l t o t ha t o f t he w ire l oop .
F
ig. 110 t
er mus t Referr ing a gain t o F ig . 1 09 , i f w e
a
lso b e t
ake a w ire s pira l, i .e
. as oleno id , a nd
we
ll magne tized a nd i t
s n or th p o
le p lace s ame i n ag l ass v esse l c onta in -
33
i
ng glycer ine, in wh ich f ine i ron f i
l
ing s 7
. The c ause o f t he electrical mag -
a
re h e
ld s uspended , a nd i f as trong c ur- n
e t fie
ld l ines i s the c ons tant move -
r
ent i ss ent through t he s p
ira l, the f i
l
- ment o f the e l
ectrica l e nergy a long s
ide
i
ng s will show t hat t he l i
nes o f f orce o
f the p ath o f the c urren t
.
a
rrange t hemse lves i nto a b undle, i n I
f we h ave a me tal s phere o n which
which t he greates t intens ity i si ns
ide o f t
here i s aq uantity o f electricity rotat-
t
he c oil o pen ing , a nd t here w ill b e i
ng w ith t he v elocity o f light, or 300,-
c
urves o uts
ide t he s oleno id, wh ich a re 00 kilome ters p er second , w e wil
l have
c
losed u pon t hemse lves e xactly a s t
he same magne t f i
eld a s wou ld b e pro-
s
hown i n F
ig. 1 09. d
uced b y the like q uan t
ity o fe l
ectric
ity
F
ig. 14 . Aga in, i fw e l ay ag lass f
l
ow ing , a s a c urren t, a round t his
p
late o n al eg o f ah orseshoe magne t c
irc
le, i n o ne second .
a
nd p lace i ron f i
lings o n s ame , and , if T
o be c ont inued.
we place b etween t he p oles, ap iece o f
s
oft iron, itw il
l b e s een t hat t he f i
l
ing s NE W METHOD OF MAKING
g
roup t hemse lves t hick ly a round t his SOLDERED JOINTS I N WIRES .
i
ron p iece, and, i n ag rea ter d egree i f A unique m e
thod of making so
ldered
t
he iron i ss of
t. T he s ame e xperimen t s
p
lices in el
ectr
ica
l conductor
s has been
may b e t r
ied w ith t he p oles o f ab ar d
eveloped by Me ssr
s. Car
l Eg li& a nd
magne t. The i ron b ecomes magne tic
t
hrough t he a bsorp tion o f t he l i
nes o f
f
orce, a nd in such a manner t hat itb e-
c
omes o ppositely magne tized w ith r e
-
F
ig 1
Seth Ljungqv ist, of S tockho lm , Sweden ,

whereby , b y the u se o f p ractically no
t
ools a nd v ery l i
ttle ma terial, s at
i sfac-
F
ig. 14 t
ory s oldered s p
lice s m ay b e m ade.
T
he m aterials used v ary s l
ightly w ith
t
h e type o f joint t o b e made , b ut t he
s
pect t o t he n e
igi -Lor ing magne tic method c on s
is ts in i n
serting t he e nd s of
po
le; p o
le a nd i ron, c onsequen tly, a t
- t
he t wo c onduc tors i nto a s pecially p re-
t
ract e ach o ther Tne magne tic l i
nes p
ared s l
eeve a nd h eating w ith a s mall
o
f force p ass t hrougr i ron a t housand t
orch, o r even a ma tch, o r
, i n the " self
t
imes more r ead ily t han t hrough a ir
. s
oldering" t ype s imp ly fi
ring t h
e c ombu s-
For this r eason , t he i ron f i
l
ings g roup t
ib
le c ompound s ur round ing t he s l
eeve .
t
hemse lves more r ead ily a round t he T
he " se
lf s oldering" s leeve i ss hown i n
s
oft ir
on . Th is p henomenon i su sua l ly F
ig. 1 , and c ons
is ts o f: ( 1) a s p
ira l
ly
t
ermed " permeab ility :' wrapped s leeve o f s o
lder- coated , rosined ,
Conclus ions : c
opper s trip, o f ova l s e
ction , s omewha t
1
. Magne ts a nd c ur ren ts s end o ut r
esemb ling a McIn tyre s l
eeve; ( 2) a
l
i
nes o f f orce . wrapping o f s heet solder o ver t he c opper
2
. Magne ts, a nd c urren t c arry ing s
l
eeve ; ( 3) a w rapp ing o f s heet a lum i-
w
ires, at trac t i ron .
3
. A magne tic n eed le, a nd a s olen -
o
id, tr
aversed b y ac ur ren t, place t hem -
s
elves i n an orth t u s ou th d irec tion ,
i
.
e. int he m agne tic m eridian .
"
mal
4
. C urren ts a ct o n e ach o ther s im -
F
ig. 2
i
l
arly t o magne ts .
5
. A c ur ren t f i
e
ld a nd a magne t n
um o ver t
he s
older; (4) a c ombust
ible
f
i
eld stand p erpend icu lar t o each o ther . b
ody composed of am ateria
l simi
lar to
6
. A s t he e ar th i s magne tic t here t
hat of a"fusee m atch"; a nd (5) a n
must of n ecess i ty b e a n e lectric c ur ren t i
gn
iting t
ipo
f materia
l similar t
othe head
f
l
ux f l
ow ing i n t he d irec tion f rom e ast o
f as a
fety ma
tch.
t
o west . I
nm aking aj
ointth e endsof th
e wires
2
a
re cl
eaned, smeared with ag ood solder- F
ig. 4 ,t he m ethod o f applying t h e l a
tter.
i
ng paste and in
serted in th
e s l
eeve, the T
he s older ing p late d ifer s f r om t he
j
o
int h eld level
, a nd t h
e t ip scraped s
l
e eve i nt hat i ti sf l
at
, a nd h a
s ap erfo r-
a
gainst th
e si
de of asafety m a
tch box o r a
ted, t inned c opper p late i n
stead o f
ast
rip of sim
ilar mater
ial. T he tip th
en t
he c opp er s tr
ip. I
t i s s imp ly b ent
a
round t he s plice b y mean s of ap air o f
p
l
ier s, t he c orner s b ent o ver t o h old i t
s
hu t, after w hich i tisf i
red i n t he o rdi-
n
ary m anne r.
A s older c ompo sed o f 6 3 p er c ent.
t
in a nd 3 7 p er c ent, lead i su sed. T he
amoun t of s o
lder a nd combus t
ible ma te-
r
ial i s s o p ropor t
ioned f or e ach s ized
j
oin t tha t t here w i
ll b e just suf icien t to
c
omp lete t he s p
lice w ithou t w aste. I ti s
s
aid t hat w ind , r ain, o r snow w ill n o
t
put o ut t he c ombu st
ible ma terial, o nce
i
ti sf i
red, b u t iti sadvisable t o p rotect
t
he j o
in t w hile t he c ombus tion i sg oing
on i n order t o preven t w ast
ing t he h eat
.
F
ig. 3 Abou t f iteen s econd s a re requ ired f or
t
h e c ombus tion t o take p l
ace. T he c om-
f
l
ares u p and i gni
te s the combu st
ible ma - p
le ted j oin t i s
, b oth electrical
ly a nd m e
-
t
e
ria l w h
ich d evelops s uf i
cient hea t to c
han ica lly, f ully e qual t o soldered j oints
c
au se thes o
lder t of low i n
to al the spaces m ade b y a ny o ther me thod.
b
etween t h
e s leeve a nd the wires, mak ing
avery g ood j oin t
. T he sheet al
um inum ,
b
eing a g ood c onduc tor o f heat
, e MARCONI PRESS SERVICE PRE
venly -
d
istributes t he heat f rom t he combu st
ib VENTS AT LEAST ONE VES
le -
material
, c onfine s the solder to the joint
, SEL FRO M GETTING THE
a
nd p rotects t he joint from t he a
she s and TITANIC 'S D ISTRESS
g
ase s r esulting f rom t h e combu st
ion. CALL .
S
ince s o
lder w il
l n ot st
ick toi t
,itise asiT
ly he w ire less o pera tor o n t he S team -
r
emoved a fter t he s older c oo
ls, leave
r H
ing elig O lav i sq uoted b y aN ew York
t
he f in
ished j oint r eady f or i nsu
la te
ven
ion. ing p aper a s say ing t ha t wh ile h e
The ma terial c ompo sing t he combus tw
ibas w
le ith in e asy c ommun ica t
ing d is-
portion doe s n ot fa
ll o f during the fi
rt
ance o
ing f t he T itan ic a nd w as n earer
t
han t he C arpa thia a t the t ime s he was
t
rying t o s ummon h elp, h e d id n ot h ear
h
er c alls f or t he r eason t ha t h e w as
c
opy ing " press" f r om t he h igh p ower
s
tation a t C ape C od. I nasmuch a s t he
Cape C od s tation o pera tes o n aw ave o f
i
ma sO pmE C-1 _7:3 a
bou t 1 500 m e tres i ti sa lmos t c ertain
t
ha t h e c ouldn 't h ave h eard t he T i-
t
anic's c all e ven i fs he h ad b een c l
ose
** dew — 1 b
y.
This s ugges ts a q uery : Why , when
t
he Marcon i s tat
ions a t C ape R ace o r
4
Cape S ab le,o r S able I sland , f i
rstp icked
up t he c a
lls, w as t he n ews n ot t ele-
g
raphed a t o nce d irec t t o C ape C od
w
i th i nstruc tions t o s top t he " press"
1=t 1= 1 a
nd s end o ut t he T itan ic's d is tress c all?
F
ig. 4 Had t his b een d one , p rac tica l
ly e very
s
teamer w i
th in 1 000 m iles o f C ape
p
rocess b
ut rema ins fi
rm. I ti sea
sily r
e- Cod wou ld h ave k nown o f i t
,a nd t hose
moved by t
he fingers. t
ha t w ere n eares t c ould h ave g one t c
.
F
ig. 1s hows a " l
ap joint," F
ig. 2, a her a ssistance . This c ould e asily
"
but jo
int
," F ig. 3, asoldering pla
te for have b een d one a s a ll t hese of i
ces a re
j
oin
ing s mal
l s tranded c onductors, and c
onnec ted w ith l and w ires .
2
T
r
ansm
it
ting P
hotog
raph
s b
y W
ire
There h as b een p er fec ted i n Par is a b ase o f t he pl ate i s af l
ex ible p iece o f
m ethod o f s end ing p ho tog raphs o ver t h
in s hee t c opper . These p la tes a re
m etallic c ircu i ts f o r l ong d is tances , o f made e ntirely b y p ho tograph ic p roces -
wh ich t he f ollow ing i s ad e
-
s
c rip tion .
P
ic tures a re s en t r egu lar ly
from P aris t o B erlin a nd a lso
t
o Mon te C arlo a nd t he r esu lts
a
re s o g ood t hat s uch p ictures
a
re p ublished i n t he F rench i l
-
lustra ted j ourna ls a nd e ven
P aris d ai ly p apers a re b eg in-
ning t o u se t hem when a ny-
t
-hing o f s pec ial i nteres t t akes
place . A t p resen t t he l i
ne i s
being w orked b e tween Mon te
.
Car lo a nd P aris f or t he mos t
p
ar t, t he d istance b eing a bou t
nm iles .
The f i
rs t m ethod u sed b y D r
.
Korn , wh ich w as d escr ibed i n
o
ur J anuary , 1 910 , i ssue h as
b
een a bandoned f or l ong d i s
-
t
ance t ransm iss ion , a s t he s el
-
enium me thod i nvo lves t he u se
o
f e xtreme ly s ma ll l ine c ur -
r
en ts a nd , w hen i t c omes t o
l
ong d i
s tance t ransm iss ion t he
d
is turbances o n t he l i
ne i nter -
f
ere t oo much w ith t he work o f
t
he a ppara tus . T he n ew a p-
p
ara tus u ses a s imp le c ontac t
point o n a p repared c opper
p
la te c ar ry ing a p i cture s o tha t
t
h ere i sn oth ing e ssen tia lly n ew P
hotogr
aph asre
ceived inP ari
s, by w i
re, fr
om M onte C ar
lo.
e
xcep t i n t he d etails .
One o f t he e ng ineers a t P aris, M . s
es. Some times l i
ne d raw ing s o r
Cha tene t
, h as a l abora tory f or p repar - s
ke tches a re u sed . The l i
nes o r s ketch -
i
nt
.; t he c opper p la tes , o ne o f wh ich i s es b e
ing d rawn o n t he c opper s heets
i
lus tra ted h ere , wh ich a re a s pe cial with a n i n
su la t
ing i nk. The u se o f
k
ind o f h al f t one p la te made u p ofl ight t hese p repared me ta l
lic p ho tog raphs
work ing b y direc t c on tact i sp referred
t
o t he u se o f t ransparen t f i
lms a nd a
s
elen ium c ell
, f or t he r eason t ha t the
new me thod a l
lows t he u se o f h eavier
l
ine c urren ts wh ich a re n ot much a f-
f
ec ted b y d isturbances o n t he l ine. F or
t
he l i
ne a d oub le t e
lephone w ire i s
u
sed w ithou t ag round . The l abora tory
with t he i nstrumen ts i si nc harge o f M .
Carazzo lo , and when h e r ece ives t he
t
hin c opper h a
lf -tone p late or d raw ing
he w raps i tu pon t he c y
linder , wh ich
S
end ing A ppara tus Open . r
e semb les al arge p honog raph c ylinder ,
and a d
jus ts the me tal c ontac t p oin t so
and h eavy p ara l
le l l ines . T he ma terial a s t o p ress u pon i t
.
f
o rm ing t he l ines i n t he f i
nished p late A
s t he c y
l inder i s r evolved b y a
i
s a n i nsu lat ing s ubs tances a nd t he synchronous mo tor, as im i
lar c ylinder
2
36 M O DERN EL E C T RI CS
a
t t
he o
ther e
nd o
f t
he li
ne ro
tates at e
l
ectr
ical i
mpu
lses come i
n over t
he
e
xac
tly th
e same s
peed
, a nd re
ceives l
i
ne wire
. When the f
i
lm h
as b
een e
x-
PAR
IS MO NTE CARLO
TRANSM
ITTER
L
INE 55 0 M
I LE S
RE CE
IV ER
M
.E.
t
he transmi
tted p i
cture. T he record- p
osed t he l i
gh t t i
ght b ox wh ich c on-
i
ng isdone en
tirely by the photog
raph - t
ains i tist aken t o the d ark r oom a nd
i
c method, util
izing t he a ct
ion o f a t
he f i
lm r emoved f rom t he c ylinder a nd
sma
ll b eam o f l igh
t wh ich p asses d
eve loped a nd f i
xed i n t he o rdinary
manner , an ega tive o ft he pic ture t r
ans -
mitted b eing t he r esult. F
rom t his
n
ega tive, b rom ide p r
in ts a re made ,
which a re sen t t o t h
e p ho to-eng rav ing
r
ooms , w here h alf-tone c u
ts a re made
f
rom t he p ho tog raphs a nd t he l atter
a
re u sed f o
r p rin ting.
I
n t he diagram s how ing t he e l
ec trical
c
onnec tions , A , i s the s pec ial c opper
ha
lf- tone p late, w rapped a round t he
cy
linder , N, a t t he s ending e nd . B , i s
t
he c ontac t p oin t
, w hich i s moved
a
long a s t he c ylinder r evo lves b y
means o f the s crew s ha ft, C . A t t he
r
ece iving e nd, t he s hutter r eferred t o
a
bove c onsists o f aw ire , J , s t
retched
b
e tween p oles o f t he e lectro -magne t
,
H. T he l i
ne c ur rent p asses t hrough
P
hotograph R
eady t
o be pu
t o
n t
he S
end
ing
Drum.
t
hrough t he h ole in adiaphragm , a
nd
s
tr
ikes t he s
ur face of t
he photog
raphic R
ece
iving A
ppara
tus R eady t
o R
eproduc
e a
f
i
lm wh ich h as b een wrapped around P
icture.
t
he recording c ylinder
. I n t
he path o
f
t
he beam i s ag a
lvanome ter s
hutter b
y t
he w
ire
, J
,and moves s
ame as
ide fr
om
which the light i sshut of or a
l
lowed t
he p
ath o
f the b
eam of l
ight and al
-
t
o str
ike t he p hotographic f
i
lm a s t
he l
ows i
ttof
all o
n t
he pho
tographic f
i
lm.
37
When n o c
urrent is fl
owing t hrough t
ention o f the med ical p rofession, for
t
he wire i
t o bs
truc
ts t he passage of i
t
s u ses a re b road a nd t he r e
sults
t
he b
eam. L, i san in
candescent lamp, n
otewor thy. The manu facturers d o
K
, and G, l
enses f
or concen
tra t
ing the n
ot c la
im t hat i t wil
l c ure a l
l s i
ck-
n
esses, as i n the c ase of p atent med i-
c
ines or electric b elts
, b ut simp ly that
i
t will induce s leep in t he v i
ctims o f
i
nsomn ia, wh ich i s i n i t
self a g reat
c
ure. F or r un d own n erves, t he a p
-
p
ara tus is of e xtreme v alue, and i n a
T
he R
ece
iving A
ppara
tus O
pen
.
b
eam of l
ight. D, i
sthe r
ecord
ing cy
l-
i
nder
, E, t
he photog
raphic f
i
lm, and F
,
t
he l
igh
t tight b
ox con
tain
ing the f
i
lm.
THE TELELECTRON .
The t elelec tron i s an ew, s c
ien tif
ic,
e
l
ec tro -therapeu tic a pp liance d emon -
s
t
ra ting a p rinc ip le wh ich h as b een
f
ruitlessly s ough t a fter b y t housands
o
f p revious i nves tiga tors . B y it
s u se,
c
oncen tra tion o f t hought i s attained
n
atura
l way b
ring
s forth r
esul
ts which
a
nd t he c ure o f d isease made c ertain,
c
ould no
t b e obta
ined p ermanently
p
ure ly t hrough e l
ec tr ica l means .
t
hrough pa
ten
t medicines or drugs
.
The t r
ea tmen t o f t he h uman b ody
w
ith e l
ec trici ty i s b enef icial, b ut t he
v
oltage o f t he c urren t o bta ined f rom OKLAHO MA STATE WIRELESS
nedica l c oils i s o ften t oo p ower ful, ASSOCIATION
.
a
nd t he b enef icia l r esults a re d e-
The Ok lahoma S ta te Wire less A sso -
g
troyed . I t i s sim ilar t o t he f a
ct t hat
c
iat
ion h as b een o rgan ized i n t he c i
ty
aw arm -wa ter b ag i s u sua lly more e f
-
o
f Muskogee , f or t he p urpose o f pro -
f
i
cien t t han a r ed -ho t p oker. A s i tis
,
moting t he a rt o f Wire less T elegraphy
t
he c urren t g enera ted b y t he t e
lelec-
among ama teur s
. This a ssoc iation
t
ron i s h ardy f e
lt b y t he p a t
ien t
. s
tarted w ith a membersh ip o f a bou t
Whereas t he c ur rent f rom a n o rdinary f
ive and h as a lready i n
teres ted s even o r
medica l c oil i s u sua lly a pp lied t o the e
ight more i n t he a r t
.
v
arious p ar ts o f t he b ody , t he t e
lelec- Mee t
ing s a re h eld e very F r
iday
t
ron i s p l aced o nly o n t he h ead b y n
igh t and a l
l ama teur o perator s in t he
means o f as trap . s
tate o f Ok lahoma a re r eques ted t o
The a ppara tus i s v ery s imp le, c on- wri
te f or m ember sh ip. The m ember s
s
i
s t
ing o f as ing le d ry c el
l p laced i n a a
lso a nswer q uestions o n Wire less
c
ylindr ica l b ox w ith a s w
i tch o f t wo f
rom o ut-o f-
town ama teurs a nd i fa ny
c
on tac ts o n t op . Connec ting c ords amateur i n Ok lahoma i s having t rou -
l
ead t o t he h ead e l ec trode wh ich i s b
le with h i s a ppara tus o r desires i nfor -
e
qu ipped w ith a s trap f o
r h o
lding o n mation a bou t w ire less h e is r eques ted
t
he h ead o f t he p a tient . A s mall i n
- t
o w rite t he S ecre tary a nd h is q ues -
t
errup ter i s a lso c on ta ined w ithin t he t
ions w il
l b e brough t u p for d iscuss ion
b
a t
tery b ox, a nd s erves t o c reate t he a
t the f i
rst mee ting . R a
lph J ones , C or-
d
esired c urren t. r
espond ing S ecre tary , B ox 1 448, Mu s-
The a ppara tus h as c laimed t he a t
- kogee. Ok lahoma .
2
5
00,000 V
ol
t T
est
ing T
rans
forme
r
In t
he a ccompany ing i lustrat
ions i s i
nsulated f o
r hal
f t he v o
ltage; but
s
hown a t es
ting t r
ansformer r e
cen tly when mak ing i
n
sulation te
sts itwould
c
omp leted b y t he Wes t
inghouse E lec- b
e n ecessary t
o i n
sulate the tes
ting
t
r
ic a nd Manu facturing C o. a t E ast
P
ittsburgh , for making i n
sulation tests
o
nh igh tension power transformers a nd
o
ther h igh t ens
ion a pparatus. A n i n
-
g
enious a rrangemen t o f the i nterior
p
arts e nables the hand l
ing o f th
is e x-
\ i
n
ding
s.
t
ransformer , a nd t he a pparatus u nder
t
e
s t
, f rom g round f or h a
lf t he tes
ting
v
oltage .
B
y t he ingen ious s ub-divis
ion o f the
h
igh t ension w ind ing i nto al arge n um -
b
er o f s mall se ctions a nd so c onnec t-
i
ng t hese sections t ha t the h igher t he
v
oltage i n any s ection, t he f ur
ther i t
i
sa way f rom t he c ore, the amoun t o f
i
nsula t
ing ma ter ial h as b een k ep t
d
own t o within r easonab le limits. The
t
rans former h as d eve loped a p otential
o
f 6 00,000 v olts w ithou t a ny s ign o f
d
istress i n t
he w inding s
.
The high t ens ion t e
rm inal i sof t he
wel
l k nown c ondenser t ype, made u p
T
he T
ransformer C
omp
lete
.
i
x *Ind,
' I
nsulat
ing
C
ylinders
t
reme ly h igh v o
ltage w ithou t u nduly r
ound
m
r Winding
i
ncreas ing t he amoun t o f i nsu lating
material used o r the b u
lk o f t he a ppa - 1
221
r
atus. 0
:
139c
On ly o ne h igh t ension t erm inal i s EMI

p
rov ided, the o ther end o f t he high t en- E
SEN
s
ion w inding b eing grounded i nside t he ESl
e
F
:
E
s
2
c
ase. T h
is a rrangemen t h as many a d-
v
an tages i nasmuch a s mos t i nsulation
t
es
ts a re m ade f r
om o ne t erm inal o f the
a
ppara tus under t e
st to g round . Wi th
o
ne e nd of the w inding g rounded i tis D
iagram o
f W
ind
ing
s.
n
ecessary t o i nsulate t he t ermina l . f
or
t
he f ull vo
ltage o f the t r
ans former . H o
f a
lternate la
yers o
f paper and ti
nfoil
,
t
he m iddle p oin t of the w ind ing w ere s
o proportioned in le
ng th a nd t
hick-
g
rounded i nstead o f t h
e e nd, b oth e nds n
ess that the po
tent
ial g rad
ient along
would h ave t o b e brough t o u t
, e ach t
he surface of the t
ermina l fr
om t he
(
Cont
inued o
n P
age 3
26.
)
39
T
he M
ode
rn T
heo
ry o
f E
lec
tr
ic
ity
B
y K
arr P
arker
.
T he s imple q uestion , "Wha t i s E lec - e

nd l e
aving t h
e f i
xed p ositive c harge s,
t
r
ic ity?" h as a lway s l ed t o e nd les s w on - c
harg ing the c ylinder ± , at M , b ecau se
d
er a nd s pe cu la tion . Many t heor ie s o
f ad ef
iciency o f e l
ectron s
, a nd — , a t
h
ave b een a dvanced f rom t ime t o t ime N because o f a n e xcess
. S ince t he elec-
which e ndeavored t o a c coun t f o r e lec - t
ron s are n egative, a c urren t p assing
t
r
ica l p henomena b y c ons ider ing e lec - t
hrough a w ire f rom r ight t o left, + t o
t
r
ic ity a s aw eigh t
le s s f l
uid ; a n e xces s —
, i sr ea
lly n othing m ore o r less t han a
o
f t his f lu
id c au sing a p o sitive c ha rge s
t
ream o f electron s mov ing i n th e oppo -
a
nd a d eficiency , n ega tive , a ccord ing t o s
i
te d i
rection, f rom l e
ft t o r igh t. A l-
t
he " one f luid" t heory o f F rank lin ; o r t
hough t he electron s are s o m inu te t hat
a
ssum ing t wo e ntirely d iferen t f luid s, t
hey c an move w ith e ase t h rough a
p
o sitive a nd n ega tive , a s i n t he " two d
en se s o
lid, y et t h
eir p roper ties
, t he
f
l
uid" t h eory . B ut t hese t heor ie s w ere amoun t o f the c harge t hey b ear, t heir
a
t b est o n
ly s pecu lative a nd u p u ntil weight, and s i
ze a re al definitely k nown .
1
902 n o thing d efinite w as k nown a s t o
t
he r e a
l n ature o f e l
ec tric ity .
I
n r ecen t y ea rs, h owever , e xper imen -
t
a
l w ork h as b een d one w hich t hrows
l
igh t o n t he s ubjec t a nd g ive s d efin ite
i
n forma tion a s t o t he t r ue n a ture o f
e
lec tr icity . The modern e
lec trica l
t
h eory , k nown a s t he " elec tron t h eory ,"
has b een a dvanced b y s ome o f t h e mo s t
p
rom inen t m en i n t he s cien tif
i c w orld;
par ticu la rly b y S ir J . J . T homp son , o f
Cambr idg e Un iver sity, w ho se w ork i n
t
hi s f i
e
ld h as e xcited u niver sal a dm ira -
t
ion .
T his t heory h olds t ha t a c e rta in
a moun t o f p o sitive e le ctric ity f orm s t h e
nuc leus o f e very a tom ; a round t h
i s p os -
ti
ve c harge r evo lve s an umber o f m in -
u
te n ega t
ive p ar ticle s
, t he e lectron s,
e
ach o f w hich h as ama ss a pprox ima tely
1
/1700 o f t ha t o f ah ydrogen a t om a nd F
IG..3
.
bear s an ega tive c harge o f 3 .4 x 1 0- 1°
e
lec tro s tatic u nits. T he se e l
ec tron s, t he
u
n its o f n ega t ive e l
ectr icity , a re t he u l-
I
n this article i tisi mpo ss
ib le t o go into
t
ima te c ons tituen ts o f ma tter a nd a re
t
he e xperimen tal evidence t hat c onf
irm s
univer sa l, i .e .
, p r ecisely a l
ike i na l
l s ub -
t
h
is t heory, b ut tha
t s uch p articles as the
s
tance s. The f undamen tal a ssump tion
e
l
ectron s r e al
ly e xist a nd h ave c harac-
o
f t he e lectron t heory i s
: " The e lec trica l
t
er
istic p roper ties m ay be s een f rom t he
p
roper tie s o f m atter c an b e a ttr ibu ted
t
o t he a ct
ion o f d iscre te p a rticle s e ach f
ol
low ing e xperimen t.
b
ear ing a n e lec tric c harge ." I n i n sula - CATHODE RAYS .— If w e t ake a
t
o rs t he e lectrons a re h eld t o f ixed c en - v
acuum t ube o f the f o
rm s hown i n Fig.
t
er s b y e lastic f orce s; i n ac onduc tor II
,a nd e xcite t he t
ube b y p assing ah igh
t
h ey a re f ree t o move . e xcep t f o r t he t
ension c urren t t hrough i t f rom t h
e
fr
ic tiona l r esis tance wh ich v ar ie s f or a
node , A , t o t h
e cathode , C , a s teady
d
iferen t c onduc tor s. 'When a m etal s
tream o f p art
icles
, t he el
ec tron s, wil
l b e
c
ylinder , MN . F ig . 1 ,i sc harged b y i n
- p
rojec ted, f rom C , a t r
ight a ngles to its
duc tion f rom t he s phere , S , t he n ega tive f
ace. The se p art
icles p as sing t h
rough
e
lec tron s s tream a way t o t h e o ppo site t
he d iaphragm s
, D , a re c oncentrated
2
i
nto a r ay a nd s trike t he w all o f ANENT THE "VALUE" OF THE
t
h e t ube , a t M , p roduc ing a b r
il-
WIRELESS
.
l
i
an t y e
llow ish -g reen p ho sphore scence .
I
f w e h old a m agne t n ear t h e s tream B
y F
el
ix J
. Koch
.
o
f p ar ticle s f orm ing t he c athode r ay,
A t rans -A t
lan tic t raveler t e
lls a n i n
-
t
h e r ay w ill b e d eflec ted , s how ing
t
ere st
ing a ne cdo te o f t he w ire le ss a nd i t
s
t
h at i
t i s c ompo sed o
f m ater ial
r
e al p ositive v alue w hich m ay p erhap s
partic le s s us cep tib le t o m agne tism . I f a
sma ll m ica v ane b e p laced i nt he p ath o f open t he w ay t o a n i n
tere st ing d iscus -
s
ion.
t
h e r ay t he i mpa c t o f t he p ar ticle s w i
ll
"
I w as b ound f or t he C orona tion l a
st
c
au se i tt o rota te . I f a n e lectr ic c harge
b
e g i ven t o t h e p late s, Xa nd Y , t he r ay s
ummer ," h e r ela tes, " and h ad t a ken a
c
ompara tive ly s low b oa t, o u t o f Mon -
will b e d eflec ted , a s s hown , p rov ing b y
t
real, c alcu la ting t o g et i n
to L iverpoo l
,
t
h e d i rec t
ion o f d ef lec t
ion t ha t t he
a
nd s o L ondon , j us t int ime f or t he f ete.
c
harge o f t he p article i s n ega tive . I f
t
h e r ay b e d eflec ted s o a st op as s t hrough and, n ot b e s ub tec t t o t h e e xorb itan t
t
h e s lit
, S . and f all u pon t he c onduc tor, o
ver -charge o f L ondon s hop -keeper s
.
a
bou t w hich w e h ad r ead, a ny l ong er
N, i tw ill c ommun ica te an eg ative c harge
t
o N , e s
tab li sh ing b eyond q ue stion t hat t
h an n ece3 sary . Th ad my a r rang emen ts
t
h e c athode r ay i sc ompo sed o f m ater ial f
o r the C orona t
ion f ixed a s p er fec tly a s
Ic ould f r om t h
is s ide t he p ond . When ,
p
ar tic le s b ear ing a n ega tive c harge a nd
however , w e b egan a pproach ing E ng -
t
rave ling w ith h igh v elo city . T he se p ar-
t
icle s a re t h e s ame , n o m a t
ter w ha t g as l
a nd, Ib elieved i tw ou ldn 't d o t h e l ea s
t
i
sc on ta ined i nt he t ube a nd t heir w eigh t b
it o f h arm t o d ispa tch a Mar con ig ram
i
s1 .1 x1 0-24 g rams . t
o o ur Emba ssy . l etting t h em k now ,
among o ther t h
ing s, t hat Iw as c om ing .
X RAYS . —The r ay s g iven o f b y r a
-
"Anyway , It ook t he m e ssage t o t he
d
i um , a nd o ther r adio -ac tive s ub s tance s
, Mar con i o pera tor . ac lever y oung c hap ,
a
r e d i v
ided i nto t h ree c lasse s: a lpha
a
nd h e a c cep ted i tf or t ran sm iss ion ' a
s
r
ays , c ompo sed o f p o sitive c orpu scle s; s
oon a sp o ssib le.
' C ha t w a s s hor tly a fter
b
e ta r ays , compo sed o f t h e n ega tive e lec-
b
reakfa st. T rying t he i nstrumen ts, o r
t
rons; a nd g amma r ays , w hich a re n ot
however t hey d o d iscover t ho se t hing s
.
m ater ial p ar ticle s, b ut w aves o r e nergy
h
e i nformed m e t hat w hile w e w ere h av -
pulse s i n t h e e ther, u naf f ected b y m ag-
i
n g mo s t d eligh tfu l w eathe r a l a bou t u s
,
n
e tism . Xr ays b elong t ot het hird c las s
,
a
nd t he day w as p erfe ct s o f a ra s Ic ou ld
t
h e g amma r ay s, a nd a re p roduced b y
s
ee, u p i nt h e e ther s omewhere , a n e lec-
t
h e s udden c hange o f mo tion o f a n e lec-
t
r
ic s t
orm w as r ag ing , a nd h e c ou ld n o
t
t
ron , e i
ther a s udden i ncrea se o r d e- g
e t my m e s sage t h rough .
c
rea se i n i t
s s peed. S ince a n e lec tron "Off a nd o n, a l t hat d ay , w i th t he
h
as a n e lectric c harg e i t p o sse sse s a n
g
rea test f i
de lity, t he o pera tor m ade h i
s
e
lec tro s tatic f i
eld a nd i nc on sequence t he
a
ttemp ts w ith my m essag e
, w h i
le l ike t he
e
ther a round e very e lec tron i si n as tate r
eturned s hade o f P eter G rimm , Is tood
o
f s train . I n a n Xr ay t ub e
, t he c athode
n
ear , w a
iting f or h im t o g et i tt hrough .
r
ay i sf ocused o n ap la t
inum t arg e t
, T ,
To cu t al ong s tory s hort, i tw a s c lo se
F
ig . I TT, f rom w hich t he X r ay s r a-
o
n t o s upper t ime w hen f i
na lly I g o
t
d
i ate. Now t he s udden e xpu ls ion o f a n
word f rom h im t hat h e h ad m anag ed t o
e
lec tron f rom a r ad io -ac tive s ub stance ,
c
atch a no ther s hin , w ho w ou ld s end i t
o
r t he s udden s toppage o f o ne, o n t he o
n.
t
arge t, T , o f a n X r ay t ube, p roduce s a
"The c rux o f t he m atter i st h
i s: We
s
hor t p u
lse o f e nergy i n t h
i s e lec tro -
were o n c ompara t
ive ly w ell t rave led
s
tatic f i
eld i nt he e ther , t his p ulse i st he
s
ea s
, th e r ou te b etween t he m ou th o f t he
X r ay. T he s teady s ucce ssion o f i m-
S
t. L awrence a nd L iverpoo l i sh ard ly a
p
ac ts o f t he r ap id m ov ing e l
ec trons g ive s
d
esolate p i th o f tc ean. a nd y e t h ad o ur
r
i
se t o t hese r ay s, w h ich a re e ther eal s
hip b een i nt he u tmo st d istre ss , h ad w e
p
ulse s o f v ery s hort w ave l e
ng th a nd
b
een c augh t i n t his c a
ta strophe , o r t hat.
h
igh p ene trative p ower .
t
he w ire le ss m us t o bvious ly h ave b een
The e
lec
tron t heory isone o
f t
he most q
uite u sele ss.
i
mportant a ddi
tions to sc
ient
if
ic knowl
- "That i sa t l eas t t he o bvious c onc lu -
e
dge and will u ndoubted
ly throw much s
ion a l ayman m us t d raw . I tw ou ld b e
l
i
ght o n electr
ical phenomena i n gen
- i
n
tere sting t o h ear a n e xper t's e xp lana -
e
ra
l. t
i
on s."
M O DE R N EL E C T RI CS 2
41
F
arb i
l
rttr
r
ELECTRIC COLOR TOP . DETECTOR CRYSTAL TESTER .
This a ppara
tus , d esigned b y P . I
n this a pparatus, m etal p oints, G,
Dosne, a nd made b y P oulenc, Paris
, a
re brought i n contac t with t he c rysta
l
c
onsists o f acylindrical b ox, su
itably which i sheld i n t
he i n
sula ted s uppor t
,
moun ted, and c
on taining ar ather e
lon- I
. T he s t
rap , S, c arr
ies a r ota t
ing
g
ated e lec
tric motor, the shaft o
f which p
iece, A , wh ich i s prov ided w ith a
p
rojec ts from the b ox, and isa dapted s
crew t hread t o p ermit i t
s t urning
t
o rece ive the co
lor d iscs. The c olor a
round . I t is held i n any p osi t
ion b y
t
he s et s crew , F . The p iece, C ,
s
l
ides u p and d own, ( i
t h as a p in to
p
reven t rotation). I t has a s pring i n
-
s
ide, w ith a w asher i n wh ich i s a
s
crew . E, worked b y the m i
lled h ead
,
B
. Th is screw a l
ters t he tension o f
d
iscs are a d
justable so that any amoun t
o
f the t hree primary c olors may b e
c
omb ined t o match any g iven color. A
g
radua ted c irc
le s hows t he e xact
amoun t o f e ach c olor u sed. An
a
ppara tus o f this sort i s very useful E
i
n ma tching o r analyzing c olors
. T he
t
he s
pr
ing
, and s
o v
ar
ies the pressure
motor o perates on the lighting current
o
f t
he po
ints
, G
, on the crys
tal.
w
ith a r es
istance i n series. At the
r
ight i s also shown a h and o perated HIGH POTENTIAL SPARK GAP .
machine. I
n the measuremen t o
f the extreme-
NE W CONDENSE R l
y high v o
ltages now u sed f o
r p ower
t
ransmission, iti
si mprac
ticable to c
on-
Th
is condenser c
ons
ists o
f agl
ass n
ect av o
ltme ter .
d
irect
ly to the ci
rcuit
,
t
ube, T
, i
n which i
s afi
l
ament
, A
, c
on- s
o recourse mus t b e had t o a v o
l t
-
7 V17:-
f
l
eeted t o te
rm inals, B , fused i nto t he
m ii i o si o witle
e
nds o f the t ube. T he i nside o f t he
-
!
.
t
ube iss i
lvered a t C. B y f l
ashing t he
f
i
lamen t by ah igh v ol tage t he f i
lam,m t
i
sb urned o ut a nd t he p articles wh ich
c
omposed i tare projec ted a gains t, and
d
eposited u pon , the i ns
ide s urface o f
t
he tube. Th is, toge ther w ith t he s i
l- meter c
onnected t
o as tep d own t r
ans-
v
ered e nds, forms t he i n
side c oating . f
ormer of known r
atio. I ft he voltage
S
o f a
r as w e c an see t here i s n o p ar- must be measured d irectly a n eedle
t
i
cular a dvantage i n f orming t he c on - p
oint spark gap mus t b e used
. The
d
enser this way. The e nt
ire i ns
ide s ur- i
lustra
tion shows such a g ap fo
r v ery
f
ace might jus t as easily b e s i
lvered . h
igh p oten
tials
, connec ted i n s er
ies
2
w
ith a n on-
induct
ive r es
istance t o t
he p ieces a re t aken o u t o f the e lec-
l
imi
t t he amoun t of current f l
owing t
r
ic f urnace u ntil t he t ube i s fin
ished .
a
cross the g ap when it sparks o ver. This i s n ecessary o n a ccoun t o f t he
The le
ft h and term
inal is adjustab le, f
act t ha t q uar tz i s v ery b rittle a nd
t
o vary t he le
ngth of t
he gap, a nd i s f
racture s r ead ily i fh ea ted s udden ly i n
moved b y means o f t
he s mall crank o
ne s pot. B y t his p rocess o dd s haped
a
t the le
ft hand end o
f the base
. Th is p
ieces a re r ead ily made t hat c ould n ot
g
ap w as made b y the Swiss O erl
ikon b
e made f rom a s t
ra ight q uar tz t ube
c
ompany . o
n a ccoun t o f t he d if icu lty o f work ing
i
t a nd t he l i
abi lity t o f racture when
QUARTZ TUBES FOR MERCURY
unevenly h ea ted.
ARC LA MPS .
One o f t he i lustra t ions s hows a
A Frenchman b y t he name o f D a
- number o f odd s haped p ieces made b y
g
uerre, an ephew o f the i nven
ter o f t
his p rocess wh ile t he o ther s hows a
t
he o rig
inal D aguerreotype p ho
to- water st eril
izer , w hich s imp ly c onsis ts
t
z
Taphic process
, has invented a meth- o
f ap ipe c onta ining s evera l q uar tz
l
amps a round wh ich t he w ater t o b e
t
reated f l
ows . Th
is s ter i
lizer makes
u
se o f t he e xcess ive amoun t o f u l
tra
v
i o
let r ays e m
it ted b y t he q uartz a rc
l
amp . I
t h as a c apac i ty o f 1 00,000
l
i
tres p er h our .
QUARTZ TUBE HEATING UNIT .
T
he li
tt
le e l
ectr
ic h ea
ter s hown
h
erewi
th c
ons
ists of t
hree quar
tz t
ube
QUARTZ TUBE S
o
d of mak ing t he tubes f o
r m ercury
v
apor a rc lamps f rom q uartz. The
p
rocess i s started b y p lac
ing t he
q
uartz, in smal
l l umps, in a n e l
ectric
f
urnace, a
nd when i tsof
tens, the l umps ME
a
re taken o u
t a nd worked t hereafter
b
y m eans of the o xy-hydrogen b low -
p
ipe
. The ma terial i
sd rawn i n
to r oi
ls
o
f s mall diame ter
, wh ich a re t hen.
wound o n mandre ls of s ui
tab le s ize
,
i
n much t he same manner a s al ayer
i
ncandescen t u n
its h av
ing t he h eat
ing
w
ire s ea
led i n
to exhaus ted tubes. T his
b
e
-
f
i
l
iv
a
rrangemen t al
lows t he heat tob e fr
ee-
l
y radiated, with li
ttle absorption, and,
a a
t t he s ame t ime p rotects t he w ire
.
1
1
4
,1k
\
a
gainst o xidation
. The h eater i s
a
dap ted t o sl
ide i n
to a r ecess i n the
b
ottom o f the double bottomed k ett
le,
l
i
ke a d rawer i n ac abinet, and i spro-
v
ided w ith a h ea
t r egulating s w
itch.
ME
HEATING I NCREASES CURRENT
OUTPUT OF PRI MARY
o
f wire is wound o n a magne t c
ore
. BATTERIES .
The r
esult
ing coil o
f quar
tz r
od ist
hen A French i
nventor, Ju
les Ilagarde
,
f
used together
, t o f
orm a tube
. T he h
as found tha
t h eat
ing a b at
tery to
p
rocess is continuous from the t
ime n
ear
ly t he bo
iling p o
int greatly in
-
43
c
reases t he c urrent a nd l essens t he t
han a c
oun
ter i
n a
n e
lectrica
l supply
p
olar ization. Weak a c
id, caus tic soda, s
tore
, wh
ich mos
t American elec
trica
l
a
nd b i-chroma te s olutions a re a l
l a f
-
f
ected a l
ike.
One f orm t ha t the c ell may t ake i s
s
hown i n the f i
gure. T he j ar is of
p
orce lain t o s t
and t he h eat, a nd t he
s
olu tion may b e a ny o f those m en-
t
ioned . I n the s o
lution a re p laced t wo
c
arbon p lates, a nd a c yl
inder w ith a
f
unne l shaped t op
. T he b ot
tom o f th
is
c
ylinder i s closed b y some f o
rm o f
g
ra ting t hat i s n ot a ttacked b y t he
s
olu tion; a nd t he cylinder i st hen fil
led
w
i th g ranu lated z inc
, w h
ich f eeds
d
own i nto t he s o
lu t
ion a s i t is con-
r
anges r
e
semb
le more t
han a
nyth
ing
e
lse
.
ENGLISH —AS SHE I

S W RITTEN
.
B
y T
erre
ll L
ove Ho
lliday
.
A f
armer b oy w ho had a c ough
Made u p his mind h is job w as tough,
So h
ied h im t o aw el
l-stocked s lough
Where h e c ould f i
sh t he who le d ay
t
hrough ,
M
.E. And li
sten t o the soft wind s ough
And sigh a nd kiss each lea
f a nd b ough
.
"My work 's n ot d one," h e said, "al
-
t
hough
Ith
ink t hat Ih ave d one e nough .
I
f dad s hou ld ki ck and cu t up r ough
,
Some o ther w ay t han at the plough
s
umed. An a r
rangement may al
so be I
'
ll fi
nd t o earn my d ai
ly d ough."
a
ppl
ied t
hat removes the s
pent solu
-
t
i
on and r
eplaces i
twith fr
esh li
quid
.
TAKING CHANCES
.
ELECTROYL HOUSEHOLD
An aviator d escended i n af i
e
ld, a nd
RANGE
. s
aid to ar ather w e
ll-dressed individ-
Th is i
sn ot ag as range
, a lthough i t u
al: "Here , mind my mach ine a m in-
l
ooks l i
ke one. I t i
sa n electric range u
te, wi
ll y ou?"
made b y P urcel
l and Nobbs , L ondon. "Wha t?" t he w e
ll-dressed indiv
idua l
I
t d oesn't possess any p articular a d
- s
narled. "Me m ind y our mach ine?
v
an tages over those of Amer ican man - Why , Fm a Un ited States S ena
tor !"
u
fac ture
, b ut is got
ten u p i n af o
rm -Well
, w hat of it?" said the av
ia tor
.
which sugges ts a c
ooking r ange rather "
I'
ll tr
ust y ou
." —Argonau t
.
2
44 MO DER N EL EC T RI CS
Wh
ile t
he p
resen
t b
i
ll mu
st o
f c
our
se f
i
rst
MODERN p
ass C
t
h
ong
ere i
re
s e
ve
s
s, a
nd b
ry r
ea
e s
i
gned b
son t
o b
e
l
y t
he P
ieve t
h
re
a
s
iden
t n
e
i
t,
ther
E
LECTR
ICS C
ong
p
re
ss, n
assage o
or t
f t
h
he P
e b
i
l
re
l a
s
iden
s i
ts
t
t
, w
and
i
ll p
s t
o
reven
-day
.
t t
he
I
n a
l
l
A Magaz
ine devo ted e
nt
ire
ly t
o t
he p
robab
ili
ty, S
. 6
412 w
i
ll b
e p
l
aced u
pon t
he
E
lec
trical A
rts
. S
tatu
te b
ooks b
efo
re a
nother y
ear h
as p
assed
.
L
et u
s n
ow l
o
ok a
t t
he b
i
ll
, a
nd s
ee h
ow i
t
H
. GERNSBACK
, E
ditor
w
i
ll a
fec
t p
r
iva
te s
t
ations
, t
hat i
s
, t
he e
xpe
ri-
m
enter
, a
nd t
he a
mateur a
t l
a
rge
.
0
. J
. R
IDENOUR
, B
usiness Manager
We a
re s
t
ruck
, f
i
rst
, b
y t
he s
eem
ing
ly
S
ubscrip
tion P
rice: For U
. S
. a
nd Mex ico h
umorou
s p
art
, t
ha
t "
noth
ing i
n t
h
is a
t s
hal
l
$1
.50 per y
ear, p
ayable i
n a
dvance
. b
e c
ons
trued t
o a
pply t
o t
he t
r
ansm
iss
ion a
nd
N
ew York City a
nd Canada, $
1.85
. e
xchange o
f r
adiogra m
s o
r s
i
gna
ls b
e
tween
Foreign Coun
tries
, $2
.00 in Go
ld. p
oin
ts s
i
tua
ted i
n t
he s
au
te S
tate; p
rov
ided
,
C
hecks on o
ut of t
own Banks c
annot be a
c
- t
h
at t
he e
fec
t t
h
ereof s
hal
l n
ot e
xtend b
eyond
c
epted unless the u
sual exchange iq t
h
e j
uri
sdic
tion o
f t
he s
a
id S
tate o
r i
n
terf
ere
a
dded.
w
ith t
he r
ecep
tion o
f r
adiograms o
r s
i
gna
ls
S
INGLE COPY
, 1
5 CENTS f
rom b
eyond s
a
id j
ur
isd
ict
ion
."
T
ran
sla
ted i
n
to p
l
ain E
ngl
ish
, t
h
is w
ould
Forms c lose t he 2 0
th o f t he month p re-
r
ead s
omewha
t a
long t
hese l
i
nes
:
c
eding d ate o f p ublicat
ion . Adver tis
ing
r
ates on a pp l
ica tion. I
f y
ou l
i
ve, l
e
t u
s s
ay
, i
n t
he s
t
ate o
f I
l
i-
The E ditor w ill b e p leased t o r eceive
n
ois
, a
nd o
wn a w
ire
less o
utf
i
t, y
ou n
eed n
ot
o
rigina
l c ontr ibu tions o f t ime
ly i nterest
p
ertain
ing t o t he e l
ectrical a nd the a f
iliated t
ake o
ut al
i
cen
se i
fyou d
o n
ot w
ish t
o d
o s
o
.
a
rts
. Ar
tic les w ith g ood d rawings a nd
c
lear p hotographs e specia lly d esired. I
f p
rov
ided t
ha
t y
our t
r
ansm
itt
ing a
ppara
tus i
s
a
ccepted, s uch a rt
icles w ill b e paid f or o n n
ot p
owerfu
l e
nough t
o s
end y
our m
essages
p
ublicat
ion, a t r egular r a
tes .
a
cro
ss t
he s
t
ate b
order l
i
ne i
n
to a
ny o
f t
he
No manuscr ipts w ill be returned u n
less r e
turn p ostage i s e nclosed. a
djo
ining s
t
ate
s: Wi
scon
sin
, I
owa
, M
issour
i,
A
ddress a
l
l c
ommun
ica
tions t
o
: K
entucky
, I
ndiana o
r M
ich
igan
. T
herefore i
f
M O DE R N PUBLIS HI N G CO
. y
ou l
i
ve i
n t
he c
entra
l p
art o
f I
l
ino
is, y
ou c
an
2
31 F
ulton S
treet
, New York
, N
. Y
. u
se a f
a
irly p
ower
ful s
end
ing o
utf
i
t, w
hile
, i
f
y
ou l
i
ve c
l
ose t
o t
he s
t
ate b
order l
i
ne, y
ou
Chicago O
ffice: IlOn Trude B
ldg.
Par
is O
ffice: i2 Bou
levard Arago mus
t e
i
ther u
se a w
eak t
r
ansm
itter
, o
r t
ake
B
russels O
ffice: 2
3 Rue H enr
i Maus
o
ut al
i
cense
.
C
opy
righ
t, 1
9
12, b
y MODERN PUBL
ISHING Y
ou m
ay, h
owever
, e
rec
t, a
nd o
pera
te, a
ny-
COMPANY
. w
here i
nth
e Un
ited S
tate
s, ar
ece
iving s
t
ation
,
w
ithou
t t
ak
ing o
ut al
i
cense
, a
s l
ong a
s y
ou
THE MODERN PUBL
ISH
ING CO
. d
on'
t c
a
tch m
essage
s c
oming f
rom a
nother
I
T.GERN ,I
BACK - - P
res
ident and S
ecretary s
t
ate
.
0
. J.RI
DENOUR - - v
i
ce P
resident a
nd T
reasurer
However
, l
e
t u
s s
t
ate r
i
ght h
ere
, t
hat i
tis
Entered a
s second c
lass mat
ter March 3
1, 1
908
, a
t
t
he New York P os
t Of f
ice
, under t
he Ac
t of Con
- o
ur o
wn f
i
rm c
onv
ict
ion t
ha
t e
very a
mateur
g
ress of March 3, 1
879
.
w
i
ll o
nly b
e t
oo a
nxious t
o t
ake o
ut al
i
cense
a
s s
oon a
s t
he w
ire
les
s b
i
ll b
ecome
s l
aw. F
or.
VOL V
. J
UNE N
o. 3
w
i
ll h
i
s s
t
ation n
ot h
ave t
he e
ndor
semen
t
o
f Unc
le S
am? O
f c
our
se i
twi
ll. T
he a
ma-
A Sp
d
red
ic
er (
ted i
and B
n o
ur l
a
s
ourne) b
i
l
t i
s
sue t
l p
he A
assed t
h
lexan
e S
-
ena
te.
t
e
ur w
t
ho
ime s
, i
n f
ormer y
omebody s
a
ear
id "
s. t
Gove
r
emb
led
rnmen
t," w
i
ll h
ere
-
e
very
T
he n
ew b
i
ll (
S
. 6
412) p
assed t
he S
en- a
f
ter p
ush o
ut h
i
s c
hes
t a
nd p
roud
ly p
roc
laim:
a
t
e o
n May 7
th
, a
nd i
snow f
a
irly w
ell u
nder "
I w
il
l h
ave y
ou u
nder
stand
, S
ir
, t
ha
t Ia
m
w
ay t
o b
ecom
ing l
aw. l
i
censed b
y t
he Un
ited S
tate
s G
overnmen
t, a
nd
45
t
hat my s
t
ation i
sreg
istered i
n Wash
ing
ton!" h
e w
i
ll b
e r
ecogn
ized b
y t
he G
overnmen
t. H
e
T
hat s
ure
ly c
ommands r
e
spec
t, a
nd t
he ama
- w
i
ll h
ave a s
t
and
ing w
hich w
as d
enied h
im
t
eur
'sm
il
lenn
ium s
eems c
l
ose a
thand
. F
urther
- h
ere
tofore
. He w
i
ll n
o l
o
nger b
e l
ooked u
pon
more
, e
very c
i
t
izen o
f t
he Un
ited S
tates h
as a
s apub
lic nu
isance
, b
ut qu
ite the con
trary,
t
he r
i
ght t
o b
e l
i
censed
, a
nd t
here w
i
ll n
ot b
e h
e w
i
ll b
e tr
eated wi
th t
he r
espec
t th
at isd ue
a
ny l
i
cense f
ee; a
l
l t
ha
t i
s n
ecessary w
il
l b
e
, h
im. F
or d
oes h
e n
ot p
ursue t
he s
t
udy o
f t
he
t
o m
ake a
ppl
ica
tion t
o t
he S
ecre
tary o
f C
om- mos
t w
onder
ful a
nd e
l
eva
ting a
r
t e
ver k
nown
m
erce a
nd L
abor
, a
nd, i
f y
our s
t
ation c
on- t
o m
an? A
nd, w
i
ll n
ot t
he s
c
ience a
dvance
,
f
orms t
o t
he r
equ
iremen
ts o
f P
aragraph No
. d
ue t
o h
i
s e
for
ts?
1
5 o
f t
he a
c
t, y
ou w
i
ll r
ece
ive y
our l
i
cense i
n V
eri
ly, "W
ire
les
s," m
ean
ing n
ot a
lone Wire
-
s
hor
t o
rder
. l
e
ss T
elegraphy o
r T
elephony
, b
ut a
l
so t
r
ans
-
T
urn
ing t
o P
aragraph No
. 1
5—the o
ne o
f m
iss
ion o
f e
nergy t
hrough s
pace
, —dur
ing t
he
i
mpor
tance t
o t
he a
mateur
, —we f
i
nd t
ha
t h
e n
ext f
ew y
ear
s, w
i
ll s
ee t
r
emendous p
rog
ress
.
mus
t n
ot u
se a g
rea
ter w
ave l
e
ngth t
han 2
00 I
nven
tions w
il
l b
e m
ade
, s
o s
t
agger
ing
, t
o
m
eters
, n
or u
se ag
rea
ter p
ower t
han a 1K
.W.
, o
ur p
resen
t i
mag
ina
tion
, t
ha
t w
e c
anno
t e
ven
i
npu
t i
n e
i
ther h
i
s t
r
ansformer o
r s
park c
o
il,— c
once
ive t
hem
. I
mmen
se, n
ew, i
ndus
trie
s w
il
l
n
or more t
han Y2 K
.W. i
f h
e i
s w
ith
in f
i
ve s
pr
ing u
p
, a
l
l s
uppo
rted b
y t
he m
agic "W
ire
-
n
aut
ica
l m
iles o
f ag
overnmen
t s
t
ation
. l
e
ss," a
nd t
he y
oung m
an w
ho g
ets i
n "
on t
he
I
f
, h
owever
, h
e w
ishes t
o u
se ag
rea
ter w
ave g
round f
l
oor
" t
o
-day
, w
il
l s
ure
ly h
ave a g
rea
t
l
e
ngth
, o
r ag
rea
ter p
ower
, u
pon p
roper a
p- a
nd b
r
ill
ian
t f
u
ture
.
p
l
ica
tion
, p
erm
iss
ion t
o d
o s
o w
i
ll b
e g
ran
ted T
his i
sno
t t
he s
i
l
ly o
pt
imism o
f ar
oman
tic
b
y t
he S
ecre
tary o
f C
ommerce a
nd L
abor
, p
ro- b
ra
in, i
tist
he e
xpre
ssion o
f c
o
ld f
ac
ts, w
hich
v
i
ded
, t
he a
ppl
ican
t s
hows c
ause w
hy h
e mus
t b
e a
pparen
t t
o a
nyone w
ho h
as w
atched
,
s
hou
ld r
equ
ire a
ddi
tiona
l w
ave l
e
ngth a
nd a
d- a
nd s
t
udied
, t
he p
henomena
l p
rogres
s m
ade
d
i
tiona
l p
ower
. d
uring t
he l
a
st f
i
fteen y
ear
s, i
n t
he n
ewe
st
S
umm
ing u
p
, t
he a
mateur i
sto b
e c
ongra
tu- a
ddi
tion t
o e
l
ectr
ica
l s
c
ience
, f
or l
e
t u
s n
ot
l
a
ted
, a
s h
e h
as r
ece
ived a
l
l t
he c
ons
idera
tion f
orge
t t
hat
: "
There a
re more t
h
ing
s i
n
h
e c
ould p
oss
ibly h
ave a
sked
, —and more
. H
e h
eaven a
nd e
arth
, t
han a
re d
ream
t o
f i
n y
our
h
as a
l
l t
he l
i
ber
ty h
e w
ants
, a
nd, o
n t
op o
f i
t
, p
h
ilo
sophy
."
t
r
lrf
ig t
r
agi
gla
tion
SI
II
II
SENATE B
ILL S
-6412
.
On May 7
, 1
912
. t
he w
ire
less b
i
ll k
nown A
t th
e e
nd of t
he fi
rt p
s aragraph of Reg
-
a
s S
-64
12 p
assed t
he Un
ited S
tates S
ena
te, u
lat
ions a
dd t
he words "Every c oas
tal s
ta
-
a
nd o
n May 8
th
, was s
ent t
o t
he House o
f t
i
on o
pen t
o g
enera
l p
ubl
ic s
erv
ice s
hal
l
R
epresenta
tives a
nd r
e
ferred t
o t
he C
om- a
t a
l
l t
imes b
e r
eady t
o r
ece
ive messages
m
ittee o
n t
he Merchan
t Mar
ine a
nd F
ish- o
f s
uch wave l
eng
ths a
s a
re r
equ
ired b
y
e
r
ies
. t
he B
erl
in C
onven
tion
."
Under S
ecrecy o
f Messages
, s
ubs
titu
te
Th
is b
i
ll i
s t
he s
ame a
s t
he amended
f
o
r t
he w
ord "
cance
lled" i
n t
he l
a
st l
i
ne o
f
A
lexander Wire
less B
i
ll, wh
ich w
e p
r
inted
t
h
is p
arag
raph "
revoked b
y t
he S
ecre
tary
i
n o
ur May i
s
sue w
ith t
he f
o
llow
ing e
xcep
-
o
f C
ommerce a
nd L
abor
."
t
i
ons
:
Under P
ena
lties om
it "
as p
rov
ided i
n
A
fter t
he word "
Sta
te," i
n t
he n
inth l
i
ne S
ec. 1
,
" i
n t
he l
as
t l
i
ne o
f t
he f
i
rst p
ara
-
o
f S
ec. 2 a
dd t
he words "
of t
he Un
ited
g
raph
, a
nd "
as p
rov
ided i
n S
ec. 3
" i
n t
he
S
tates
." l
a
st l
i
ne o
f t
he s
econd p
aragraph
.
B
etween t
he words "
sa
id" a
nd "
s
tat
ions" S
ec. 1
0 h
as b
een c
hanged t
o r
ead "
Tha
t
i
n t
he s
ix
th l
i
ne o
f S
ec. 4a
dd words "
pri
- t
h
is a
ct s
hal
l t
ake e
fect a
nd b
e i
n f
orce o
n
v
ate a
nd c
ommerc
ial
." a
nd a
f
ter n
ine
ty d
ays f
rom i
t
s p
assage
."
2
D
'Ar
sonva
l C
urren
ts
B
y J
ames H
. Do
ran
.
The h is tory o f high f requency C ur - b

y d 'Arsonva l t hey a r e g enera lly k nown
r
en ts e xtends b ack t o 1 842 , when t he a
s d 'Arsonva l c ur rent s
. When t he v ol-
e
xper imen ts o f t he Amer ican s cien tis t, t
age g oes a bove a bou t 5 0,000 t hey a re
Pro fessor Henry , showed t ha t t h e d i s- g
enerally t e
rmed T esla H igh F requen cy
c
harge o f aL eyden j a r i s o scilla tory Currents o r s imp ly h igh f requency c ur-
i
n n ature . I
n 1 859 h is e xper imen ts r
ents, al
though n o f i
xed v oltage h as been
were c onf irmed b y D r. F eddersen b y s
et f or t hese t e
rm s. T he a mperage i s
t
he u se o f ar ap idly r evo lving m irror . r
e
la t
ively much h igher i nt he d 'Ar sonva l
The ma thema tica l c alcu la tions o f S ir t
han t he o ther h igh f requency c urren ts.
Wi lliam Thompson , a fterwards L ord T
he i nstrumen ts u sed f or t he p roduc -
K elvin , a nd t hose o f Maxwe l l a lso t
ion of t his f orm o f e lectricity i si den-
t
ended t o s how t hat u nder c erta in c on - t
i
cal w ith t hose u sed i n t he s park
d
itions c urren ts o f v ery h igh f r
equency method o f w irele ss teleg raphy . T he o ut-
a
nd a lso e l
ec tr ic w aves c ou ld e xis t. f
i
ts p u
t o n t he m arke t b y e lectro-med ical
T hese c onc lus ions w ere p roven i n 1 888 h
ou ses v ary i n p ower , u sua l
ly f rom 3 4
by P ro fessor He inrich H ertz i n as e r- t
o 1K . W . a nd t ran sformer s a re b e
ing
i
es o f b rillian t e xper imen ts a t Kar ls - u
sed m ore a nd m ore t o r eplace t he i n
-
r
uhe a nd l ater i n h is n ew l abora tory a t duct
ion c oi
l.
B onn . Abou t t wo y ear s l a
tter t he a ir- The follow ing e xper imen ts g ive b est
c
ore t rans former o r T es la c oil a s i ti s r
esults w hen p er formed b y / 14 to 3K .
now c alled , w as d eve loped i ndepend - W. i n
strumen ts a nd t h e e xperimen ts
e
nt ly b y P ro f
. E l
ihu T homson a nd where t h e c urren t i s t aken d irectly
Niko la T esla . T he p rac tica l u ses o f
SPARK OAP
t
he h igh f r
equency c urren ts a nd e lec -
t
ric w aves h as r apid ly d eve loped d ue
t
o t he e for ts o f s uch men a s Marcon i,
D eFores t, F essenden a nd many o ther s
and i ti s o n t hese p rinc iples t ha t w e
l
ieU X
have w ire less t eleg raphy , t e
lephony M L (
C
i
aoLt
A
R
S Z.L
)
F
IG. I
a
nd r ecen tly t he d evelopmen ts o f mu lti-
p
l ex t elephony . I t i sa lso o n t his l ine t
hrough t he b ody s hould b e p erformed
t
ha t t he w ireless t ransm iss ion o f p ow - o
nly b y p erson s w ho t horough ly u nder-
e
r i s e xpec ted . To D r. T esla more s
tand t he u se o f t heir i nstrumen ts a nd
t
han a ny O ther man w e o we t he e x- c
are s hou ld b e t aken t o p a
s s o nly t he
perimen ta l d eve lopmen t o f h igh v olt - h
igh f requency c urren t th rough t he body
age h igh f requency c ur ren ts a nd h e h as a
nd n ever t he s econdary c urren t o f the
e
xper imen ted e xtens ive ly w ith c ur ren ts t
ran sformer i t
se lf w hich w ith l arge
o
f e xtreme v oltage a nd f requency . t
ran sformer s w ould b e v ery p a
in ful a nd
The f a ct t ha t e l
ectr ic ity o f h igh f re- p
robab ly f atal. F ig
. 1s hows t he c on-
q
uency i sn ot f atal o r d ang erou s i n i t
s n
ec tion s f o
r t he i n
strumen ts. T he c on-
r
e sults w a s n oticed b y m any e xper i- n
ec t
ion s, H . H , m ay b e m ade b y o rdi-
men ter se arly i ni ts d eve lopmen t a nd c ur - n
ary h el
ix c l
ips a nd m ay b e v aried t o
r
en ts o f v ery h igh a mperage h ave b een o
b tain t he b est r esults; b ut a re the o nly
t
a ken t hrough t he b ody o f m any w ho o
ne s t hat s hou ld b e u sed . T he t uning
h
ave w orked i n t his l ine. S ince t h e e x- may b e a ccomp li shed t he s ame a s isd one
p
er imen ts o f P ro f
. d 'Ar sonva l o f P ar is when t h
e i nstrumen ts ar e u sed f o
r w ire-
t
h ese c ur ren t s h ave b een u sed e xten - l
ess. T he h e
lix u sed m ay b e m ade o f
s
ive ly b y d octor s a l o ver t he w orld f or b
ra ss, c opper o r a lum inum r ibbon o r N o
.
t
rea tmen t s a nd a t th e p re sen t t ime t he 4o r 6B & S g auge w ire. T en o r t welve
a
pp lica tion o f t his f o rm o f e lectr icity i n t
u rn s m ay b e u sed a nd t he h el
ix s hould
m edic ine marks a w e
l l d efined b ranch o f b
e r ather s mal
l, s ix t o t welve i n
che s i n
e
lec tro -therapeu tic s
. T he v oltage mo s
t d
i ame ter , s o a s t o o btain a h igh f re
-
g
enera lly u sed f or t h ese p urpo se s v arie s q
uency .
f
r om 5 ,000 t o a bou t 5 0
,000 a nd t he f r e
- T une t he a ppara tus t o g ive t he b es
t
quency o ne m illion o r a bove . F rom r
e sults a nd a f
ter s hutting o f th e current
t
h eir a pp lica tion t o e lec tro -therapeu tics g
ra sp t he t erm ina ls i n t h e h and, y tin
.
47
a
lum inum r od s af oo t l o ng a re e xce llen t i fi ron w ire i su sed c an o ften b e m elted .
f
or t hi s
, a nd h ave t he c ur ren t a gain Crump le t wo o r three s hee ts o f t info il
t
urned o n
, w hich c an h ard ly b e f e
lt i f i n t h e h and a nd p lace i n t h e c en ter o f
t
he s park g ap i n t he p rimary c i
rcu i t i s the h e
lix a nd t u rn o n t he c urren t f or a
n
ot o pened o ut t oo f ar. I t i s ag ood m inu te o r t wo. T he b all i s made h ot b y
p
lan t o c lamp o ne o f t he c l
ip s t o t h e t
he e ddy c urren t s i nduced i n t he r um -
b
ot tom t urn o f t he h elix a nd f i
rst t a k- p led s hee ts o f t info i
l.
i
ng t h e c urren t f r om o n
ly o ne t urn , Bend a h eavy c oil o f w ire i nto a n i n-
g
radua lly i n
crea se t he n umber a nd i n v erted U s hape a nd s hor t c ir cuit i ts e nd s
t
his w ay a n i dea c an b e g ained a s t o t h e b y t he l amp u sed i n o ne o f t he e xper i-
r
e
la tive a moun t o f c urren t t aken . men ts a bove . On m aking c onnec tion s
Wh ile t he c urren t i sp assing t h rough w
ith t h e h elix a nd a dju sting t h e n umber
t
he b ody b ring t h e e nd s o f t h e h and le s o f t urns , t he l amp c an b e b rough t t o i n-
h
eld i n t he h and s, t oge ther . An i n- c ande scence a lthough t he r esistance o f
t
ense ly h ot a nd n oisy s park p a s
se s b e- t
he w ire i sl e
s s t han o ne t housand th o f
t
ween t he e nds o f t he r od s a nd i ft h ey a
n o hm .
t
ouch e ach o ther w ill b e l igh tly w elded Form a c oil o f f i
ve o r more t u rn s o f
t
o gether . T h
is i sa n e xper imen t w h
ich h
eavy , w ell i nsu lated , w ire a nd a bou t
i
sa lway s p uzzling t o t h e e lectr ician w ho t
hree o r f our f eet i n d iame ter a nd c on-:
h
a s n ever w orked w ith h igh f requency n ec t t he e nds w ith t he c lip s, T , T . u sing
c
urren ts a s a n o rdinary c urren t o f t ha t t
he c oil o f w ire i n p lace o f t he h elix .
v
ol tage w ou ld r ather p ass t hrough t he Arrange t hree p eople i n t h e c en ter o f
b
ody t h an j ump e ven a m inu te s park t
his i n th e f o rm o f at r
iang le a nd h ave
g
ap . sma l
l G e
i ssler t ube s h eld b e tween t hem .
Turn o f t h e c urren t a nd s hor t c ircu it T he i nduced c ur ren t s et u p i n t he c lo sed
t
h e h and le s w ith a h eavy p iece o f f u se c ircu it f ormed b y t heir b od ies i s s uf i-
wire 2 o r 3i nche s l ong ( a 1K . W . o ut- c ien t t o l igh t u p t he t ubes.
f
i
t w ill e asi
ly b low a 1 5 a mpere o r e ven The e xper imen ts i n i mpedance , i nduc -
heav ier) . When t he c urren t i s t urned t
ion a nd e lec tro - static a ction p erformed
on t he f use w i
ll b low o ut i ns tan t
ly w i th by t he se o scilla tory c ur ren ts a re i nnum -
a
lmo st e xplo s
ive v iolence . T his e xper i - e
rab le. T he h igher t he f requency t h e
m en t i s a n e xce llen t o ne t o p erform b e tter a nd mo re n umerou s t he e xper i -
when av isitor h av ing as l
igh t k now ledge m ents, a nd i ti s ag ood p l an t o a lway s
of e le c
tr icity a sks w ha t a mperage w a s use a f requency o f o ver 5 00 ,000 a s t h en
taken t hrough t he e xper imen ter 's b ody . •t h e d ang er o f ap a
infu l s hock i s much
Ho ld a p iece o f m agne sium w ire i n a l ess a nd c urren ts w hich w ould o rd inar ily
pair o f p l
ier s, a nd, g ra sp ing t h e h and le b e f atal c an b e t aken w i th l i
ttle d is -
o
f o ne t erm ina l i n t h e f ree h and , g rad - comfo r t a nd o nly a s l
igh t w arm th a nd
ually b ring t he w ire t o t h e o ther t e r- ti
ng ling o f t h e w r
ists.
m
ina l. A fter a f ew s econd s t he w ire
w
il l c atch f i
re a nd may b e t aken a way
f
r om t h e term ina l a nd i tw ill c ontinue t o SUGGESTS TI ME S CHEDULE
burn w i th a d azz ling w hite l i
ght. T he FOR ALL WIRELESS
s
park u sed t o l igh t t he w ire s hou ld n ot STATIONS .
b
e o ver a n i nch l ong . The Pa ci f
ic S
tates Wi r ele ss A s soc ia -
Connec t a3 2 c .p . 20 v olt c arbon f ila- t i
on h as s en t t o i t
s r epre senta tive s i n
m ent l amp i n s e r
ie s w ith t he b ody a nd Cong re ss ar eso lution p ro te sting a gains t
f
i
r st u sing o ne o r t wo t urn s g radua lly t he l icen sing p rivate w ire le ss s tation s
i
n crea se t he n umber u ntil t h e l amp l i
gh ts u nder t he A lexander b ill a nd s ugg esting
up t o f ull c and le p ower . I f al i
ttle more i nstead a n a rrangemen t w hereby g ov -
c
urren t i su sed t h e l amp i se asily b urned e rnmen t, c omme rcial a nd p riva te s ta-
out, a nd i f gi ven d uring a n e nter ta in - t ion s b e a lowed 4 0 m inu te s e ach i ne ach
men t lway s b r
ing s a pp lause . a lthough i t two h our s,— tha t i s
, t he g overnmen t
i
sr ather e xpen sive f or o rd inary a mu se - s tation s w ill t ake t he f i
r st 4 0 m inu te s,
m ent. t
he c ommer cia l s tation s t he s econd 4 0
Take a f oo t o r s o o f a bou t N o. 2 4 m inu te s a nd t h e t h
ird p eriod o f 4 0 m in -
c
opp er w ire a nd w ind i nto a s mall c oil u
tes t o b e r eserved f or a l
l p riva te s ta-
by w rapp ing a round a p enc il. C onnec t t
ion s. They r ecommend t hat w ire le ss
t
o t he t erm ina ls o f t he h elix a nd w hen c lub s t hroughou t t h e c oun try f ormu la te
t
h e " juice" i st urned o n f or af ew s ec- a
nd s e nd s im ilar r esolu tion s t ot heir o wn
onds t he w ire c an b e m ade r ed h ot a nd r
epre sen ta tive s
.
2
48 MO DERN EL E C T RI CS
L
oud Acous
tica
l Reproduc
tion
of Wi
reless S
igna
ls
By S
tan
ley E
. Hyde
.
The te
ndency o f wireless e xper
i- a
bove a ppara tus t o s ee h ow t he e x-
men
ters
, a t the p
resent time, i n re
- p
eriment wou ld w ork. A s t he vibra -
g
ard to r
eceiv
ing apparatus, has been t
ions o f the t elephone d i
aphragm a re
v
ery w eak, as ens
itive c ontac t mus t
b
e u sed i n c on junction w ith i t
. On ,
a
nd i n the m idd le of the diaphragm i s
s
oldered a s mall brass c on tainer, i n
which i s as mall quan t
ity o f mercury .
This forms o ne o f t
he e l
emen ts of t he
m
icrophone . The o ther elemen t con -
s
ists of a c arbon r od ( C) wh ich i s
moun ted s o t hat it c an b e l owe red
u
n t
il itj ust t ouches t he p ool of m er-
c
ury. T his f orms a s e
lf-restoring m i-
c
rophone wh ich w as u sed s ome t ime
a
go a s ad etec tor.
O
rdinarily t he movement o f the te
le -
p
hone d i
aphragm i ss t
il
l a nd t he c ur-
r
ent t hrough t he r eproduc ing t ele-
F
IG. I ME
.
t
o perfect a n a pp
liance whereby t he
a
udibi
lity o f t he i ncom ing s ignals
c
ould be c onsiderably increased. T he
o
utcome o f these e xperimen ts is the
p
roduction o f at e
lephone r e
lay cal
led
t
he a mpliphone.
The mos t essentia
l p arts of t
his in-
s
trumen t are shown i n F ig
. 1, where
H
, F
IG. 3
p
hone i s c onstan t a nd i t
s d iaphragm
HORN d
oes n ot d isturb t he a ir w ith s ound
SUPPORT"- waves; b ut a s s oon a s wireless s ig-
n
als p ulsa te t hrough t he receiver ( R)
i
t
s d i aphragm v ibrates a ccord ing t o
t
he f requency o f the r ece
ived o sc
illa -
t
ions a nd l e
ts t he curren t flow t hrough
t
he m icrophon ic c on tac t accord ingly .
5 0 0 OH M The b attery u sed c ons ists of three d ry
- RECE IVER c
ells.
This e xperimen t w orked t o ac ertain
e
xten t b ut the a d
jus tmen t of t he c ar-
b
on r od i s av ery d el
icate o peration
TO RECE IV ING a
nd j arring a ny o f the a ppara tus threw
I
NSTRUMENTS M
.E . t
he c on tac ts o ut of a d
jus tmen t i mme -
F
IG. 2
d
ia te
l y.
Af
ter w orking i n v ain f or g ood r e
-
(R) is an o rd
inary w ireless receiver, s
ults t he w r
iter t r
ied t he fol
low ing e x-
(M) a microphon ic contact a nd ( T
) a per imen t wh ich made i t possible t o
l
oud speak ing te
lephone. s
tand t welve f eet from t h
e r eproducer
As da
ta o n t
elephone r e
lays i sv ery a
nd p lain ly h ear s igna ls from a 2 k i
lo -
s
carce
, t he w riter c onstructed t he wa t
t s ta t
ion 3 50 m iles d istan t
.
49
The a ppara tus i s ad epar ture f r om one o cca sion ( October 2 4

, 1 :30 a . m .
,
t
he t elephone r elay p r
incip le a nd i s Pacific C oa st t ime ) w as i n c ommun ica -
s
hown i n F ig. 2a nd c ons ists o f the t
ion w ith t he N ava l S ta tion a t Wa sh ing -
f
ollowing , at elephone r ece iver, p hon- t
on, D . C ., ( NAL) . T he se s tation s e x
-
ographic r eproducer a nd a h orn. The c
hang ed w ea ther r epor t s, a nd w orked , a l
-
horn a nd r eproducer w ere t aken f rom t
oge ther , o ver a n h our .
a
n E d
ison p honograph . T he n eedle or On s evera l o ther o cca s
ion s t h e 'F risco
s
tylus ( S) i s moun ted w ith t he h orn
s
tation h as c leared s h
ip s o ver 4 ,000 m iles
s
O t ha
t i tp resses g en t
ly o n t he center
o
u t a t s ea.
o
f the r eceiver ( R), and t he mo tion of
Ama teur s a long t he c oa st a re m ak ing
t
he r eceiver d iaphragm i s t ransm itted
t
o the s ound ing d isk of the r eproducer , wonderfu l r ecords t his w in ter , b o
th i n
a
nd t hence f r
om t he h orn o ut into the s
end ing a nd r eceiving . One o r t wo L os
s
urround ing a ir
. The t one o f the i n
- Ange le s a ma teur s a re w ork ing r egular ly
c
om ing s ignals c an b e v ar ied b y a d
- a
s f ar n orth a s C ape B lanco , O r egon
j
usting t he p ressure o f the n eedle o n (NPF ), w hile a r egu lar s erv ice b etween
t
he t e
lephone d iaphragm; t he h ighest amateur s i sm ain tained b etween S ea ttle.
p
itches b eing o btained when t he pres- Wash ., P or tland , O regon; Wa lla Wa lla,
s
ure o f t he stylus i sv ery l i
gh t
. Wa shing ton , a nd S an F ranc isco , C alif .
The a verage a ma teur o f t his c oa stw ith
af air s i
zed a er ial d oes n ot c on sider p ick -
i
ng u p K ahuka H ead , Hawa iian I s
land s
( HU) a s e xtraord inary , a nd a tl eas
t o ne
a mateur i n S an F ranc isco h as c opied a
5k .w s hip s tation 3 ,000 m ile s o ut. An -
other l ead ing S an F ranc is co a ma teur o c-
casiona lly p icks u p K ey We st, F lor ida ,
(NAR) , b ut o f c our se , t his i s p os sib le
only w ith a v ery l arg e a eria l .
T
he Navy , h owever , i sd oing w ire le ss
w ork o n t hi s c oa st w hich i se ven f a r i n
advance o f t hat a lready m en t
ioned .
T
he n ew 3 00 f oot t ower s a nd t he l at-
e
st d e s
ign o f T elefunken 5 00 c yc le t ran s-
T o obtain the b es t resul ts a p yron mitting s et a re b r
ing ing m arve lou s r e-
o
r i r
on p yr
ites detec tor s hou ld b e used s
ul ts a t Mar e I s
land Navy Y ard . R eg -
a
s t h
is f orm o f de
tec tor g ives a c l
ear u
l ar w ork i s c arried o n b y t hi s s tation
p
itch a nd g ives as olid tone t o t he sig
- with S itka , A la ska; K ey We st, F lor ida ;
n
als . and C olon , P anama . S eve ra l s t at
ion s o n
The a rrangement i s shown i n the t
h e A tlan tic c oa st h ave c opied Mare I sl-
pho tograph . The rece iver i s a5 00 ohm and, a mong w hich a r e Wa sh ing ton , D .
w
ire less r ece
iver w ith t h e u sua l con- C
., a nd Norfo lk , V a.
n
ec ting c ord a nd tips. The T elefunken s ystem i sa lso u sed a t
Such a d evice cou ld b e u sed i n any
Puge t S ound N avy Y ard , B remer ton ,
w
ire less s t
ation to g rea t a dvan tage a s
Wa sh .; T ab le B luf f, C alif. , a nd P oin t
t
he u se o f head t elephones i s elimi-
Loma , C alif. T he l atter h a s j us t b een
n
a ted a nd t he horn c an b e t urned s o
i
nstalled a nd g rea t r esu lts a re e xpec ted
t
ha t the signals are d irected t o t he op-
e
ra tor's ear
. f
r om i t
.
Dur ing t h e r ecen t v is it o f t h e P acifi c
PACIFIC COAST WIRELESS Coa st D ivi sion o f t h e F lee t t o Hono lu lu ,
NOTES . t
he t wo c ruiser s " Sou th D ako ta" ( NSX)
Atmo spheric condit
ion s for wireless on a
nd " Ca liforn ia" ( NCZ) w ere i n c om -
t
his coast seem t o have b een e xcept
ion - mun ica tion e ach n igh t w ith Mare I s
land .
a
ly good t hrough t h
e w hole w in
te r
, lead- Both o f t h ese s hip s h ave o nly 3 k .w .
i
ng to several wonder fu
l a nd, heretofore, o
u tf
its, a nd s uch r egu lar a nd e ficien t
i
mpo s
sible r e
cord s
. work w ith t hem i sc on side red a n otab le
The Un i
ted Wire le ss station a t S an f
ea t
.
F
rancisco ( power 1 0 k.w.) used ar o
tary Contr ibu ted b y
s
park g ap f or several mon ths, a nd o n G
. S . CORPE .
2
5
(1 MO DER N EL E C T R I
CS
_
S
imp
le E
xpe
rimen
t n C
s i hem
ist
ry.—A
ir
B
y P
hil
ip E
delman
.
Air i s am ix ture o f g ases . I

t h as t
o t he a ir. I t s oon a bsorbs t he w ater
w e
igh t, o ne c ub ic f oo t w eigh ing 1 .28 v
apor a nd d e
l iquesces .
oz
. Wi thou t c alcu la tion i t w ill b e The a ir r eceives c arbon d iox ide f rom
r
e adily s e en t ha t t he t otal w eigh t o f t
he r esp ira tion o f a nima ls, f rom t he
t
he a tmosphere r uns i nto t he b illions c
ombus tion o f c oa l, w ood a nd s im i
lar
o
f t ons . A s ar esult o f t his i mmense mater ia ls, a nd f rom t he d ecay o f p lan ts
weigh t, e very s quare i nch o f' t
he e ar th a
nd s im ilar ma t ter . The p ropor tion
i
ss ub jec ted t o ap ressure o f a bou t 1 5 o
f t his g as i n t he a ir may v ary f rom
pounds . The p ressure o f 1 5 p ounds t o 4t o 3 0 p art s i n 1 0,000 , a c cord ing t o
as quare i nch i s taken a s as t andard c
ond i tions . I ts p re sence i s p roved e x
-
unit c al
led a n " atmosphere ." Th is p
erimen tally b y e xpos ing a s olu tion o f
w e
igh t o f t he a ir i s t he f o rce wh ich l
ime w a ter t o t he a ir. T he g as u n
ites
c
auses w ater t o b e l i
fted i n p umps a nd w
i th t he l ime i n t he s olu tion a nd f orms
t
h rough s iphons . c
alcium c arbona te wh ich i s i nso lub le.
The c hie f i ng red ien ts o f t he a ir a re A c rus t o f t he c arbona te f o rms u pon
n
itrogen a nd o xygen , a nd f or o rdinary s
tand ing . I f the a ir i sf orced t h rough
purposes , i t may b e s aid t o c on ta in 7 8 t
he s o
lu tion t h e l ime w ater mere ly
p
ar ts o f n itrogen t o 2 1 p ar ts o f o xy - t
urns m ilky . T his i s ad e
lica te t est
g
en . O ther g ase s p resen t a re, c arbon f
or c arbon d iox ide .
d
iox ide , a rgon , h e
l ium , a nd w ater L
ime w a ter i sp repared b y s laking a
v
apor . Hydrogen , h ydrogen -perox ide , l
i
ttle l ime a nd d isso lving i ti n w ater.
ammon ia a nd n i
trogen c ompounds , The s olu tion s hou ld b e f il
tered b efore
dust, a nd g erms , a re a l so l ike ly t o b e u
sing a nd t he s olu t
ion wh ich i sn o t to
p
resen t
. The e xact c ompos it ion o f t he b
e u sed i mmed ia te ly s hou ld b e k ep t in
a
ir v ar ies s l
igh tly w i th t he l ocali ty. at igh tly s topp ered b ot t
le.
Thus a ir in C hicago n atura l ly c on ta ins A
ir c an b e b e l iquef ied b y s ub jec ting
more d us t
, ammon ia, s ulphur c om - i
tt o e xtreme c o
ld a nd p ressure , a s c an
pounds , a nd a cids t han t he a ir i n t he mos t o f i ts c omponen ts. T he g rea t
c
oun try , wh ile t he a ir o ver t he o c ean p
rac tica l u ses w hich w ere p rom ised
c
on ta ins a n a pprec iab le q uan tity o f when l iqu id a i
r w as f irst o b tained d o
s
alt. not a ppear t o h ave ma teria l
ized a nd i t
The c hem ica l a ctiv ity o f t he a t- i
sl i
ttle more t han al abora tory a nd l ec-
mosphere i s ' emp loyed i n c oun t
less t
ure c urios ity a s y et.
manners , n ot t he l eas t o f wh ich a re Perhaps t he mos t i mpor tan t c om -
t
he s uppor t o f l i
fe, c omb ina tion w ith p
onen t o f t he a ir i sn itrogen . I t con -
c
oa l a nd o ther ma ter ials i n c ombus - s
t
itu tes a bou t f our -fifths o f the a ir
. I t
t
ion, p urification , e tc. The o xygen i
s ac olor less g as a nd i s an i ner t e le-
w h
ich i t c on tains i s t he a c tive a gen t men t. I
t i s l igh ter t han a ir, h as
a
nd t he n itrogen mere ly s erves t o d i- n
either t aste n or o dor , i sp rac tica lly i n
-
l
ute t he o xygen . I n t his manner t he s
olub le i n w ater, a nd w ill n o t s usta in
a
c t
iv ity o f t he o xygen i ss ubdued a nd l
i
fe o r s uppor t c ombus tion . N i trogen
made u sefu l. i
s av ery n ecessary c ons t
ituent o f p lan t
The a tmosphere a lways c on ta ins a
nd a n
ima l ma tter . I t i so ne c ompon -
s
ome w ater v apor o n a ccoun t o f t he e
nt o f ammon ia a nd n itric a cid a nd
c
on tinua l e vapora tion o f wa ter f rom t
heir r ela ted c ompounds .
t
he l a kes, r iver s, a nd o ther b odies . Human b eings a nd o th er a nima ls o b-
Warm a ir c on tains more w ater v apor t
ain t he r equ ired n itrogen f rom m ea t
.
t
han c old a ir a nd t he v ariat ions i n t he f
i
sh , whea t
, a nd s im ilar f oods . Human
q
uan tity , f rom d ay t o d ay , p lay a n i m- b
eing s d o n ot a ssim ila te t he n i
trogen
p
or tan t p art i n t he c omfor t o f h uman i
n t he a ir w hich t hey b rea the ' but o n ly
b
eing s. S tuf fy a ir, i n p oor ly v en ti- c
omb ined n itrogen s uch a s i s p resen t
l
ated r ooms , i sc aused b y t he p resence i
n f ood ma t ter.
o
f t oo much w ater v apor . T o p rove P
lan ts r ece ive t heir n itrogen f rom
t
ha t w ater i sp resen t i n t he a i
r e xper i- t
h e s oil. T hey r ece ive t he c omb ined
men tal ly i ti so nly n ecessary t o e xpose n
itrogen o n ly , u sua lly i n t he f o rm o f
as ma ll q uant ity o f C alcium C h
lor ide n
itra tes.* S ince n itrogen i n t he c or n
-
MO DER N EL E C T RI CS 2
51
b
ined s tate i s c on tinua lly t aken f rom p
ractical o ver l arge areas , itw ould b e
t
he s oil s ome m eans mus t b e a dop ted worth trying a s an e xperimen t
.
f
or r eplen ish ing t he s upp ly
. o r i tw i ll The m atter o f nitrogen a nd the s o
il
s
oon b ecome e xhaus ted . T he u se o f h
as b een e mphas ized i n t h
is h urried
f
ertilizers , wh ich a re n oth ing more n or a
ccoun t because i ti s of g reat i mpor -
l
ess t han m ix tures c on ta ining n itrogen t
ance. T he r eaders w ould d oubtless
c
ompounds , i so ften r e sor ted t o. C er - f
i
nd i tinstruc tive a nd p rofitable to t ry
t
ain n itrogenous ma tter i s o ften a l- s
imilar exp erimen ts o n as ma
ll s cale.
l
owed t o d ecay u pon t he s oil t o a c - Ama teurs w ho o perate p ower ful
c
omp lish t he d esired r esu lt
. w
ireless t ransm ission s ets h ave p rob -
The p rob lem o f s upp lying t he s oil a
bly n o
ticed t he collection o f a whitish
w
i th n itrogen i sb ecom ing o ne o f g rea t materia
l o n t he s park g aps o f t heir
i
mpor tance a nd i td eserves p ar ticu lar
men tion b ecause e lec tric ity i sc oun ted
o
n t o d o t he w ork i n t he f u ture , when
o
ther m eans a re e xhaus ted . S uccess -
f
ul e xper imen ts h ave a lready b een c ar -
r
ied o n a nd t he r esu lts s e
em t o i ndi -
c
ate t ha t t he me thods p roposed a re e n -
t
i
re ly f easib le.
I
t h as b een k nown f or s ome t ime
t
ha t e lectr ic s parks w i ll b r
ing a bou t
t
he c omb ina tion o f n itrogen w ith o xy -
g
en a nd h ydrogen t o f orm n itric a cid
a
nd ammon ia . R ain wh ich f alls d uring
a
n e lec trica l s torm h as b een f ound t o
c
on ta in c ompounds o f t hese s ub -
s
tances . G rea t p rocesses f or mak ing
a
rtificia l n itrogen f ertilizer ,- a re a l-
r
e ady i n c ommerc ia l u se i n Norway
where e lec trica l p ower i 6c heap . C ur -
r
en ts o f a ir a re p assed t hrough g rea t PLANTS ME
.
a
r cs a nd t he d esired c hange i s t hus F
IG. I
b
rough t a bou t. S ince t he o nly p ar t o f
s
e
ts. The material may e ven shor
t
t
he p rocess wh ich a ctua lly c os ts a ny -
c
i
rcuit the gap. Th
is merely ilus
-
t
hing i st he e lec trica l e nergy , t he p ro -
t
r
ates t
he manner inw h
ich a
n el
ectr
ica
l
c
ess mus t c er tain ly b e p rofitab le . T he
d
i
scharge may f o
rm n i
trogen com-
a
r cs a re many f eet i n l eng th a nd a re
p
ounds.
ma inta ined b y s t
rong a ir c urren ts.
Copyr
ight 1
912 b
y Ph
ilip Ede
l man
.
By o ther me thods t he e lec trica l e n-
e
rgy i s a pp lied d irec tly t o t he p lan ts
W ATERBURY WIRELESS ASSO -
a
t t he s po t. A s ys tem o f w ires i s
C
IATION .
brough t o ver t he p l an ts a nd a h igh
v
oltage d ischarge o f l ow o r h igh f re- The Wa terbury Wire less A ssocia-
quency i sp assed f rom i tt o t he p l an ts. t
i
on w as o
rgan ized March 1 8, 19
12 . Our
There a re many v aria tions o f t he s ys - a
im i s t o help ama teurs i n this v i
-
t
em j us t o utlined . T he l a
tter me thod c
i
nity t o bui
ld u p the
ir sets and t o b
e-
iss aid t o i n crease t he g row th f r om 5 0 c
ome b e
tter opera tors
. We w ould l i
ke
to 1 00 p er c en t. A M inneso ta man t
o h ear f r
om o ther w ireless associa-
tr
ied t he me thod s hown i n F ig . 1r e- t
i
ons. Address a l
l commun icat
ions t o
c
en tly. T he g arden t reated w as v ery I
. N I. R ogers, Jr., 26 Linden S treet
,
s mall b ut h e c laims t ha t t he t rea ted Waterbury , C onn.
area s howed a g rea ter o utpu t t han t he
non -
trea ted p art. A s i sr eadily s e en t he GREATER BOSTON WIRELESS
e
nergy i n t his c ase w as o btained f r om ASSOCIATION .
t
h e atmo sphere a nd i sv ery c heap . Wh ile A
ll ama teurs wishing to jo
in t his
iti sd oub t ful i ft he me thod wou ld b e a
ssoc
ia t
ion a re r
equested to wri
te t o
C
. R. E ldredge , 4
1 L awrence Street,
Wakefield. Mass. We w ant t
o make
•
Cer
tain c
l
i mb
ing p
laids r
ece
ive n
i
trogen d
irec
tly
f
rom t
he a
ir.
t
he association a s
uccess
. He lp us.
2
T
he U
nde
rwr
iters Rule
s fo
r W
ire
les
s
In
sta
lla
tions
Now t hat t he c ountry i s p retty w el
l n
ection s hal
l n ot b e s mal ler t han a s t
andard
covered b y w irele ss s t
ation s
, e i
ther g ov- 1
00 a mpere k nife s witch.
e
rnmen t
, c ommerc ial or p riva te, i ti sw el
l e
. Where s upp ly i s o btained d irec
t f rom
t
he s treet service t he c ircu it mu st be ins
talled
t
oc all a ttention a tt h
e p re sent t ime t ot h
e i
n a pproved m etal c ondu i ts o r a rmored c a-
r
equ iremen ts o f t he N ationa l B oard o f b
le
. I n o rder t o p rotect t he s upply system
F
ire Underwr iters f or t he i nstalla t
ion o f f
rom h igh p o
ten t
ial s urge s, t here mu st b e
wirele ss e quipmen t, i n
clud ing a erial a nd i
nserted i n circuit e i
ther a t ransformer h av-
i
ng a r atio w hich w il
l h ave a p oten
tial o n
g
round c onnec t
ion s. t
he s econdary l eads n ot t o e xceed 50 v olts
,
We r epr in t b elow t he s ec
t ion s f rom o
r t wo c onden ser s i n s eries a cross the l i
ne,
t
h e Na t
iona l E lec tric C ode wh ich c over t
he c onnec t
ion b etween s a
id c ondensers t o be
p
ermanen tly a nd e fectua lly g rounded . T hese
w
ire le ss i ns
ta llations , a nd c all o ur r ead-
c
ondense rs s hould h ave c apacity of n ot l e
ss
e
rs' a tten tion t o t he f act t ha t t h e
se r e
- t
han o ne-half m .f.
quiremen t s s hou ld b e c omp lied w ith i n
e
very i nstance i no rder t oa void d ificulty
w
i th t heir i nsurance c ompan ie s
. I
n a ddit
ion t o th
e se r
ules of the Na -
I
t i sw e
ll t o bear i n m ind t hat s hou ld t
i
onal B oard, in agood many c i
ties th ere
af i
reo ccur i n ab ui
ld ing i nw hich aw ire- i
s alocal department o f t
he c
ity g overn -
l
ess s t at
ion h ad b een i nstalled , a nd t he m
en t
,w hose approva l i
tisal
so n ecessary
i
nstalla tion h ad n ot b een a pproved b y t
osecure. I ti sadvi
sable tolook u p their
t
he u nderwr i ters, t here w ould a lmo st r
u
les a lsp a nd if they difer f r
om t he
c
erta inly b e d ificulty i n a dju sting t he Na
tional B oard requirements t
hey s hou ld
l
osse s, i fi ndeed t he i nsurance c ompany a
l
so be c omplied with.
d
id n ot r efu se t o make a ny p aymen t
whatever . NE W ELECTRICAL FACTS
ABOUT TUNGSTEN AND
8
6
. WIRELESS TELEGRAPH APPA
- MOLYBDENU M .
RATUS
. By D r. L eonard K eene H irshberg , A .
I
n s etting u p Wire less T elegraph a ppa - B
., M . D . ( Johns Hopk ins) .
r
atus ( so -cal led) a l
l w iring w i
th in t he b u
ild - I
t s eems b ut y esterday t ha t many
i
ng mus t c onform t o the R u
les a nd R equ ire -
men ts o f t he Na t
iona l E lec trica l C ode f or m etallic e lemen ts w ere c onsidered b rit-
the c l
ass o f w ork i ns
talled a nd t he f ollow ing t
le. On ly a y ear o r t wo a go
, t he
add itiona l s pec ifica t
ions : — phys ica l-chem ists who wou ld h ave
a
. A eria l c onduc tors t o b e p ermanen t
ly dared t o s ay t hat t ung s ten a nd mo lyb -
and e fec t
ive ly g rounded a t a l
l t imes w hen denum c ou ld b e o btained i n d uctile o r
station i s n o t i n o peration b y a c onduc tor
i
n an on -br i
t t
le c ond ition , wou ld h ave
not s maller t han No . 4 B . & S . g age c op -
per w ire , r un i n ad irect l i
ne a s p oss ib le t o b
een r iddled w ith c on temp t. Tung -
w ater p i pe a t ap oint o n t he s t
ree t s ide o f s
ten , a s t he f i
lamen t
, a nd mo lybdenum
al
l c onnec tions t o s a
id w ater p ipe w i thin t he a
s t he s uppor t
, i n t he i ncandescen t
p
rem ises, o r t o s ome o ther e qua l
ly s atisfac - l
amp , w ere k nown t o e very n ewsboy .
t
o ry e ar th c onnec t
ion .
b
. A eria l c onduc tors w hen g rounded a s Scarce ly more t han a y ear a go,
above s pec if
ied mus t b e e fectua lly c ut o f c
hem is ts b egan t o ,s eriously p redic t
f
r om a l
l a ppara tus w ithin t he b uilding . t
ha t ma lleab le a nd d uc t
ile t ung sten
c. O r t he a er ial t o b e p ermanen tly c on - wou ld s oon b e i n g enera l u se. Th is
n
ec ted a t a l
l t ime s t o e arth i n t he m anner p
rophecy i s now f u
lfilled o n al arge
s
p ecified a bove , t hrough a s hor t-gap l igh tning
a
r res ter; s a
id a rre ster t o h ave a g ap o f n ot s
cale , f or i n E ngland a nd t he Un ited
o
ver . 0
15 i nch b e tween b rass o r c opper p lates S
tates , f i
ne ly d rawn t ung sten w ire, i s
not l e
ss t han 2% i nches i n l eng th p ara llel t o n
ow b eing manufac tured i n c ommer -
t
h e g ap a nd 11 / i
2 nches t he o ther w ay w ith c
ial q uan ti t
ies.
at h
ickness o f n ot l e
ss t han o ne-eigh th i nch
moun ted u pon n on-combus tib le, n on -ab sorp - D
iamond w ire a per tures i n v ery
t
i
ve , i nsu lating ma terial o f s uch d imens ions small d ies, p erm it t he mak ing o f d uc -
a
s t o g ive amp le s t
reng th. O ther a pproved t
i
le t ung sten , f i
ne e nough f or t he
a
rre ster s o f e qua lly l ow r esistance a nd e qua l- h
ighes t c and lepower l amps .
l
y s ub stan tia l c onstruc t
ion may b e u sed .
d
. I n c ases w here t he a erial i s g rounded A t ungs ten o r mo lybdenum e lectric
a
s s pecified i n p aragraph 1 , t he s wi tch e m- f
urnace , i s n ow h aving e xtens ive u se .
p
loyed t o j oin t he a erial to t he g round c on - f
t i so f c our se cheaper , a nd much s u -
53
p
er ior t o t he p la tinum -wound e l ec tric S
ince t he X -rays p ic ture i s as had -
f
urnace . Diamonds may b e made i n owg raph , a nd s ince t he R oen tgen o r
t
he t ung sten e lec tr ic f u rnace , a nd, X-r a ys ar
i se a
t t
he t
arg et of p
l ati n um ,
h
igher t empera tures may b e o bta ined , t
he l ess t he f ocus a nd t he w ider t he
t
han a re o bta inab le i n t he p latinum r
ays , t he more i l-def ined w ill t he r e-
f
u rnace . s
ul ti ng p
ict ur e be
. He n ce our Ro e nt-
Tungs ten a nd mo lybdenum a re j us t g
en r ays h ave b een l im ited i n s cope
b
eg inn ing t o p lay i mpor tan t r oles i n a
nd d evelopmen t b ecause o f t he p lati-
t
he manu fac ture o f c on tac t-mak ing i n- n
um . E ven c ooling d evice s a nd p l at
i-
s
trumen ts. Hav ing a h igh me l ting num a lloys h ave f ailed t o s olve t he
p
oin t, wh ich p reven ts t hem f us ing t o- p
rob lem o f g ood d efinition f or X -ray
g
e ther , a nd a h ea t c onduc tiv ity t w ice p
i ct ures.
t
ha t o f p la tinum , t hey a re r ap idly r e- Platinum me lts a t 1755 d eg rees , b ut
p
l acing t he l a
t ter , wh ich i sa p t t o b e- t
ung s
ten d oes n ot me lt u ntil 3 000 d e-
c
ome o verhea ted . g
rees a re r eached . C onsequen tly t he
Tung sten i s n ow r ep
lac ing s i
lver i n Roen tgen r ays o f t he f uture w ill b e
t
he r e
lay c on tac ts o f v oltage r egu la - s
en t o u t f rom t ung sten d isks p laced
t
ors , r ep lac ing i r
id ium i n s imilar c on - e
xac tly a tt he f ocus o f t he b ombard ing
t
a ct r egu la tors , a nd g overnors . I t i s e
lec trons . More e nergy w ill b e a va il-
r
educ inc, t he u se o f e xpens ive p la ti- a
ble , more h ea t w ill f low r apid ly f rom
num i n r ailroad s i gna l r elays , t ele - t
he f ocus p oint o f i ndes truc tible t ung -
phone j a
cks , i n a utomob ile e ng ines , s
ten t o t he s urround ing me tal, a nd t he
s
ta tionary i gn ition work , s pare c oil mo s t wonder fully d efined X -rays p ho-
c
on tac ts, magne to -circu it b
reakers , t
og raphs w ill s oon b e made i n e very
e
tc. doc tor's of ice.
The t roub lesome o bstac le o f o b ta in - When a ll i s s aid a nd d one , i t w i
ll
i
ng g ood h ea t c onduc t
ing c on tac t b e- s
oon b e e v
iden t t ha t t he t ungs ten a ge
tween t ung s ten a nd mo lybdenum o n i
s a bou t t o d awn u pon u s.
one s i de a nd i ron o r b rass o n the o ther ,
h
as b een o ver come . THE NAVY DEPART MENT 'S
Until r ecen tly, C rooke 's t ubes , a nd
WIRELESS PLANS .
t
he o ther X -ray p arapherna lia u sed
by s c
ien tific a nd p rac t
ica l p hys ic ians , The B ureau o f S team E ngineer s o f
were made w i th p la tinum c onnec tions . t
h e Navy D epar tmen t
, o f w h
ich R ear
The t a rge t o r a nti- ca thode u pon wh ich A dm iral Hu tch I . C one i s c hief, a nd
t
he r ays a re b ombarded , w ill h ence - w hich h a s c harge o f a l w ire less e n-
f
o rth b e made o f t ung sten o r mo lyb - g
i neer ing, c on struc tion , ma intenance a nd
d
enum . r
epa ir f or t he Navy , p lan s t o e r
e ct, a s
E
lec trons , t hose e lectr ica lly c harged s
oon a s f unds p erm it, s ix n ew h igh -
part icles t ha t s hoo t w ith h igh v eloc ity power w irele ss s tation s
, a nd a m ed ium -
para llel t o t he v acuum t ube's s ur face , power s tation o n t he I s
land o f P orto
l
e ave t he c oncave c athode a nd c on - Rico .
verge u pon a p la tinum d isk a t t he f o- I
t i s p robab le t hat t hese h igh -power
c
us ing p oint o f t he e l
ec trons . When s
t ation s w il
l b e placed :1— In t he C anal
t
hey m ee t t his o bs truc t
ion , t heir v el- Zone ; 2— In C aliforn ia ; 3—A t t he P earl
o
c ity i s l owered , a nd t he d enser t he Harbor N ava l S ta tion ; 4—A t T u tu i
la,
t
a rge t. t he g rea ter i s t his s low ing . Samoa; 5—A t G uam; 6— In t h e I sland
A nd t he mo re r ap id i st his l ower ing o f
o
f L uzon , P hi
lipp ine s.
veloc ity , t he more p ene tra ting a re t he I
t i s p lanned t hat a l t h ese s tation s
X-rays s en t o ut. s
ha ll b e w i
th in d efen ses , i n view o f t h
e
I
n mos t X -rays work , a s h igh a s s ix
f
act t ha t t heir i mpor tance t o n aval o p
-
k
ilowa tts a re u sed t o e xc ite t he
Crooke 's t ube . A t t he p oin t where t he e
r ation s w ould i nvite a ttack: a nd i t is
propo sed t hat t hey s hall b e o f t he t ype
e
l ec trons b utt t he t arge t, t he g rea ter
of t he high -power s t a
tion n ow b ui
ld ing
quan tity o f e lec tro -energy i s c hanged
out side o f Wa sh ing ton , k nown a s t h
e
i
n to h eat. Th is a t t he f ocus , i s g rea t
enough t o m elt t he p latinum d isks , s o Ar
li n gton s
tatio n.
t
ha t t he l atter h as a lways b een p laced The Wa sh ington c orre sponden t o f t he
s
afe ly b eyond t he f ocus . This a lso E
le ctrical R
e view a
n d We s
t er n E
l ec tri-
spreads t he e lec trons o ver al arger s ur- cian h as o btained f r om t he B ureau o f
face . S
team E ng ineer ing t h ese a nd o ther d e-
2
t
ai
ls o f t he Navy 's p l an s i nw irele s s ma t- Al i
gh t aerop lan e set.
t
ers. I ti ss tated a tt he b ureau t ha t d uring A 5 00-cyc le h and -g enera tor s et.
t
he c om ing s u m mer a n ew m ed ium - A s mall
, i nexpen sive s et
, p ower s up -
p
ower s tation , t or w hich f und s a re a vail- p
lied b y o i
l o r g a soline e ngine , t o gi ve
a
ble, i st o b e e stab li shed o n U nalga I s- out ac ertain s igna l o n ac er
ta in p itch
l
and, n ear U na la ska , a nd n ear t he e n- a
t d efinite i nterva ls, s ay, o nce a m inu te,
t
ran ce t o B ering S ea , t o c onnec t a ll during f og.
A
la skan s tation s t o r d ay w ork, a nd f or D
istan t-con tro l, q u
ick -star t
ing a rrange -
t
he b enef it o f a l
l v e ssels c ro ssing t he men t f or k ero sene a nd g asoline e ngine s.
North P ac ific o r e nter ing t h e B ering S ea. Wirele ss d irec tion f i
nder m ade i n t he
This s tation w ill b e e xpe cted t o c om - U ni
ted S tates.
mun ica te w ith s tation s i n t h e S ta te o f Tran sm itter w hich w i
ll s end i n o ne
Wa sh ing ton b y d ay i n f avorab le c ir- d
irec t
ion o nly.
cum stance s, r egu lar ly a t n igh t, a nd t o Receiver w hich w ill r eceive f rom o ne
ta
lk w ith Hono lu lu a nd J apane se s tat
ion s d
irec t
ion o nly .
occa siona l
ly a tn igh t. Sensitive d e tec tor w h
ich w il
l r etain
T he D epar tmen t's w ir ele ss s t af i sc on - i
t
s s ensitivene ss i ndefinitely a nd w hich
s
t antly e xper imen ting a nd i mprov ing a t c
an n ot b e k no cked o ut o f a djustmen t
the f orty -tour n ava l s tation s n ow i n o p- b
y g un f i
re a nd c an s tand n earby h eavy
e
ra tion . s
e nding a nd s tatic.
T he f o
llow ing i s as chedu le o f i m- Wirele ss s e
t w hich c an b e m ade t o
provemen t s n ow b eing m ade a t t he s ta- s
end e ither o ne o f an umber o f p ure
t
ion s: mu s
ica l n ote s a t w ill
, w ith a q uick
Sub stitu ting 5 00 -cyc le f o r 6 0-cyc le c
hang e f ea
ture , f o r e xper imen t i n t he
t
r ansm itter s
. s
ear ch f or s tandard c al
ling t une s
.
Increa sing h eigh ts o f ma sts a nd t ow-
Wirele ss t e
lephone g ood f or 1 2 m ile s
e
r s s uppor ting a eria ls. o
ver s ea b etween modern b attle ship s
.
Sub stitu ting s teel t ower s f or w ooden
Secret sending d ev ice; i.e .
, one w ho se
m asts i nt he t r opic s.
s
ignals can b e picked u p o nly b y as pe-
Sub stituting f iat-top a eria ls f or um -
c
ia
l t ype o f rece iver o r a re i n
tell
ig ible
b
re l
la s
.
Dup l
ica ting p ower u nits t oa void p rob - o
nly t o the ini
tia ted.
abi
lity o f ac omp lete b reakdown o f a ny Mean s o f radia t
ing e nergy f or l ong-
s
tation . r
ange w irele
s s c ommun ication w ithou t
P
lac ing o i
l e ngine s i n f i
reproo f b uild- t
he n ece
s s
ity f or h igh t ower s
.
i
n gs
. The N avy D epar tmen t i s al
so t r
ying
E xten sion o f t he t ime s igna l s erv ice t
o f i
nd a n Amer ican m anufac turer o r
and e xten sion o f a ll a vailab le l and l ines c
ompany w ho c an d eliver e f
ic
ien t mod -
t
oe ach s tation . e
rn w ireless s ets, 5 00
-cyc le, q uenched
Furn ish ing t wo o r t hree r eceive rs t o g
ap, sizes 1,2 , 5a nd 1 0 k i
lowa tts, wi th-
b
e u sed i n c onnec tion w ith " l
is ten ing - i
n six mon ths, a nd o ne w ho c an f urnish
i
n " d ev ice s. 5
0 a nd 1 00
-kilowa tt s e
ts w i
th in s ix
The D epar tmen t
' s w ire le ss s taf f i s months.
e
ngaged u pon n umerous u n solved w ire -
l
ess p rob lem s, b e
liev ing a s i td o es t hat
e
xper imen ter s a re s till o n t he t hresh - THE ELECTRIC ST
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ld o f d iscovery . I
n o rder t o s how LESS CLUB.
t
he t rend o f t hough t i n t he D epar tmen t
, This c lub w as r ecen
tly o rganized
t
he f o
llow ing l i
st o f N avy w irele ss n eed s w
ith a bou t e leven m embers; a nd t he
i
ss et d own . f
o
llow ing of icers were elected: H enry
An a mplifone , p referab ly o ne w hich i s Dahm , P residen t
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s
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self . P
residen t; R obert Stevens, T reasurer ;
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gh t, p ortab le w ire les s s et, o f a bou t A
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5
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e r ibbon wi
ll
r
ead
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s place after o nce pu
t-
AN I
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ng i tin p os
ition. A t
tention mus t be
TRANSFOR MER
. p
aid to s
ee that the ribbon i sf o
rmed in
atrue ci
rcle between t he a rms, tha
t is
,
An o scillation t r
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h
ave ea
ch c onvolution w el
l r ounding b
e-
p
er s ketch c er tainly h as a dvan tag es o ver
t
ween the arm s
.
t
he " squirre l c age" t ype . I n mos t c ase s
t
he mu tua l i nduc tance o f t hat t ype i s
r
arely a djus tab le. No t o n
ly t hat, b ut i t
i
sr athe r d ificu lt t o r e ach e very p o
in t o n
3
t
he w ind ing w ithou t c onsiderab le " fu ss- 6
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ng." I n t he f l
at t ype o f h el
ix , e very
i
nch o f b oth w ind ing s i s e asily a cce ss-
i
b
le a nd t he mu tua l i nduc tance i sv ari-
a
ble w ith in t he w ide st l imit s
. A a nd A N
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a
re 4 p ieces o f h ardwood Ax Ax 1 8 A
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nches , f i
nished , s and -pap er ed a nd h eav -
i
l
y v arn ished , l apped t og ether a tt he c en- 1
7riC
t
er s o as t o b e f l
u sh. A Ai nch h ole i s
b
ored t h rough e a ch c ross t hu s f o rmed
d
irectly i n th e c enter . T he s l
ots f o r t he
r
ibbon m ay b e e i
ther c u
t b y af i
ne b and
s
aw b efore t he c ro sse s a re a ssemb led o r
may b e c ut a fterwards b y m ean s o f a
small h ack s aw . E ach s lot i s 1-16 b y
/8 inch d eep . T he s lots a r e s paced j i
i
nch a pa rt
. On s tarting t o l ay o f t he
s
lots f rom t h e c en tre l ay o f e ach o ne,
a
round t he c ro ss i
nch f a r
ther o ut
f
rom t h e c en tre t han t he p reced ing s lot
,
i
nt h
is w ay t h e 72 i nch p itch w ill b e o b-
t
ained u pon c omp let ing t h e c i
rcle. I ti s
h
ard ly p rac tica l t o s tart t he s lots a ny
n
earer t he c en tre o f t he c i
rcle t han
a
bou t t hree i nches , t h at i s, h ave t he i n
- M
.E.
s
ide d iame ter o f t h e w ind ing a pprox i- T
he b ase i
s simply a piece of hard-
mately t hree i nche s, a nd t he o u
t s
ide a p- w
ood t u
rned to apleas
ing s hape
, with a
p
rox ima tely 1 7 i nche s. A fter t he s lots d
i
ame ter of a
bou t 7inche. A A i
s nch
a
r e cut t ot he r equ ired d ep th t h e r ibbon h
o
le i sbored t
hrough the center o
f base
may b e p ut i np os ition a nd d r
iven d own a
nd counter bored on the bottom for a
w
i th aw ooden ma llet. I f t he s lots h ave 9
4i nch n u
t. T he 94i nch brass r
od is
2
i
nserted i n
to t he ba se and t he lower , or The seam , if i
t is made of p aper or
p
rimary w inding o f the h el
ix p laced i n m
ica, i
sn ot over t
he meta
l pla
te.
p
o s
ition a nd the n ut tightened u p. T he Over t his c yl
inder i s made t o
s
econdary w inding m ay t hen b e s l
ipped b
ear a nother s emi-cy
lindr
ical a lumi-
i
nto place o n the r od above .
n
um p la
te, D. Th is has f
our ears (two
T
he w oodwork m ay be f i
nished i na ny a
t the t op a nd t wo a
t the b ottom),
c
olor b u
t t he w ri
ter w ould s ugge st that
a
l
l p arts b e fi
nished i n b lack s hellac in
im
itation o f hard r ubber. B y shellack-
i
ng a l
l o ver a nd r ubbing o ut w ith f i
ne
s
and p aper, a nd t hen a gain s hel
lack ing,
avery f i
ne i m
itation o f hard r ubber may
b
e o btained. I
f made a ccording t o
s
ketch a nd fin
ished i n black, itc ertainly
make s apiece o f apparatu s of wh ich y ou
may b e proud.
C
ontributed b y
MOORE STUART .
SECOND PRIZE ONE DOLLAR

.
A NE W TYPE OF VARIABLE
CONDENSER
. F
IG.2 CROSS S
ECT
ION
Here i
san e
as
ily made v
ariab
le c
on- projec t
ing , a nd b en t o ver f our c orre-
d
enser. spond ing p i
eces o f s pring -brass w ire.
I
t c
on si
sts of ac yl
inder, A , fixed on These w ires a re i nser ted i n holes made
ashaf
t, B, and a rranged s o tha t i tc
an i
n t he b ase , E , a nd t he c ap, F , a nd a re
b
e made t o r
otate. A s emi-cy l
indr ica
l s
o b ent t hat t he p late , D , i s made t o
p
iece o
f s hee
t alum inum , C, iss c rewed bear u pon t he c yl
inder , A , w ith a l ight
t
o the cylinder, A, i n ad epress ion in p
ressure .
t
he latter s o tha t b o
th s urfaces l i
e The b ase, E , a nd c ap , F , a re t urned
f
l
ush. Th is i
sc learly shown i n F ig
. 2. out o f h ardwood , t o t he s hape s hown ,
Over t
he cy
linder
, A
, isglued a t
h
in with g rooves t o a dm it t he c overing
s
heet of in
sulating mater
ial
, G. In c
y linder , H . Th is i s made o f a lum i-
num , b ut i tm igh t a s w e
l l b e made o f
as heet o f black f i
bre , t he s eam b eing
al ap j oin t
. The r eason a me tal case
was c hosen w as b ecause i t i s more
durab le t han f i
bre. I t s hould h ave a
t
igh t f i
t i n t he g rooves , a s i t is t he
o
n ly t hing h old ing t he b ase a nd c ap
t
oge ther .
A l a
rge k nob , I , i s s crewed o n t he
s
haf t, B , a nd, b enea th i t, a n a lum inum
i
ndex , J , i s c lamped w ith a h exagon
nut.
The c onnec t
ions t o t he b inding -
p
os ts a re made a s f ollows :
A w ire, K , i s c augh t u nder o ne o f
t
he s crews h olding t he p late, C , t o
t
he c yl
inder , A . Th is w ire i s p assed
t
h rough a g roove i n t he c yl
inder , a s
s
hown , t o aw asher , L , t o wh ich i ti s
s
oldered . Th is w asher makes c ontac t
F
IG
.I. SECT
w
i th a nother w asher , M , t o wh ich a
ION AL ELEVAT
ION
w
ire i s s o
ldered . Th is w ire i sp assed
t
h
is in
stance it was paraff
ined paper
, t
hrough a g roove u ndernea th t he base
b
ut ac oating of s
hel
lac, a spha
ltum, t
o o ne o f t he b inding p ost s
. T he other
m
ica
, e t
c., would be j us
t a s g ood
. b
ind ing p ost i s c onnec ted t o o ne o f
MO DERN EL E C T RI CS 2
57
t
he e ar s of t he s tationary p l ate, D , b y a
luminum c annot be e tched e as
ily, a s
a w ire , r unn ing t hrough a nother n
itr
ic a cid h as n o efect u pon it
.
g
roove u ndernea th t he b ase. Two p ins, 0 a nd P , are i n
serted i n
Men tion w as made a bove o f t he c yl- t
he cap, F , at the po
in t
s s hown , to pre-
i
nder , H , b eing o f m e tal
. T he r eader v
ent the k nob f r
om b eing t urned more
may h ave , a t f i
rst t hough t, b elieved t
han 1 80 d eg rees
.
t
ha t t his w as n ot g ood , i n asmuch a s As t he c ondenser may b e o perated
a s hor t-circu i t c ould a cc iden ta lly b e a
t any a ngle, as mall s pring , Q, w as
made . I f t he d raw ing s a re c are ful ly i
nserted b etween t wo w ashers a t t he
o
bserved , h owever , i tw ill b e s een t hat
c
ontac t m igh t b e m ade b etween i ta nd
t
he p la te
, D , b ut ac on tac t w ith t he
p
l a
te , C , i s a bsolu te ly i mposs ib le .
A s cale, H , f or t he i ndex , J ,t o i ndi-
c
ate t he c ompara tive c apac ity i s made
f
rom a s hee t o f G erman s i
lver a nd
s
crewed t o t he c ap , F . I n my c ase t he
number s a nd l ines w ere e tched u pon i t
a
s f ollows :
I
t w as c overed w i th a t hin c oa ting
o
f p araf fin w ax, a nd t he c harac ter s
s
cra tched o n i t
, s o a s t o l eave t he s ur-
f
ace o f the G erman s ilver b are a t t hose
po
in ts. T hen i tw as d ipped i n ab a th p
lace s hown , t o k eep t he w ashers , L
o
f d ilu te n itric a cid a nd l e
ft t here f or a
nd M , i n con tac t.
a wh ile. When t aken o u t i t w as From t he d escr ip tion a bove , i tw ou ld
washed i n w a ter a nd t hen d ipped i n n
o t s eem t hat ac ondenser o f t his t ype
b
oiling w ater t o m elt o f t he w ax. c
ou ld h ave a h igh c apac ity i n as mall
The e ng raved s urface w as t hen p aint - s
pace , as t here a re o n
ly a bou t t wen ty -
e
d o
ver w
i th a
spha l
tum v
arn ish , f
our s quare i nches o f a ctive s ur face
a
nd when t he l atter h ad d ried , i tw as w
i th a c y
linder t hree a nd o ne -qua rter
washed o f w ith a r ag w et w ith g aso - i
nches i n diame ter a nd f our a nd t hree -
l
ine. T he v arn ish i n t he g rooves made q
uar ters i nches l ong , the s ize wh ich I
b
y t he e ng rav ing r ema ined , s o t ha t a a
dop ted.
n
ea t a nd a ttrac tive , a s w ell a s d urab le, However , it mus t b e b orne i n m ind
t
ha t t he t wo p lates , Ca nd D , may b e
v
ery c lose t o e ach o ther
, b y m ak ing G
v
ery t h
in. I n my c ase i tiso nly 0 .001 i n
.
t
hick , r esulting i n ac apac ity o f a bou t
0
.02 m fd.! The t otal s pace o ccup ied
b
y t he c ondenser i s s even a nd o ne-
q
uar ter i n
ches b y s ix i nches b y s ix
i
nches .
The r esults w ere s o g ra tify ing t hat
as ma l
ler o ne w as made , h av ing a c a-
p
acity o f 0 .005 m fd., a nd o ccupy ing a
s
pace o f l e
ss t han t hree a nd t hree -
quar ter i nches b y t hree i nches b y
t
hree i nches ( Fig . 4 )! T his a lso
s
hows a d iferen t f orm o f c ase .
A
l though n ot a bsolute ly n eces sary ,
If ound i tt o g rea t
ly i ncrease t he e fi
-
c
iency o f the c ondenser i fa ll t he s harp
e
dges o f the p la tes , etc.
, w ere r ounded
M
.!. w
i th a f i
le
.
F
IG. 3
Con tribu ted b y
P
. MERTZ .
s
cale was t
he re
sult
. I t wi
ll be no- No te. —The c ase s hou ld n ot b e
t
i
ced that G
erman si
lver was u
sed, in
- made o f me tal f or t he r eason t ha t i fa
s
tead of a
luminum. Th is is b
ecause s
hor t c i
rcu it o ccur s b etween t he c ase
2
n
ot only bat
teries
, bu
t al
so magne
tos, while a t r est
. ( No te t ha t b oth Z inc
s
mal
l d ynamos, and t
he l
ike
. a
nd C arbon s wing c lear o f t he s o
lu -
C
ontribu
ted b y t
ion) . I t is o bv ious t ha t a ny d egree
P
. MERTZ . o
f c urren t may b e h ad b y simp ly t i
lt -
i
ng t he b attery , t hereby i mmers ing t he
who le o r a ny p ar t o f t he p lates . I n
A NE W BICHRO MATE BAT -
t
his w ay l amps may b e d immed , s peed
TERY . o
f a mo tor r egu la ted a nd o ther u nique
T he f o
llow ing d iag rams i lustra te a r esu lts a ccomp lished w ithou t t he u se
v
ery e f
i cien t a s w ell a s e conom ica l o
f ar heos tat.
b
attery f or o pera ting i nduc tion c oils , Con tribu ted b y
m
in iature l amps , l ocomo tives , mo tors S
. K . C.
a
nd o ther d ev ices r equ iring a n e ner -
g
etic c ur ren t. AN AUTO MATIC T I ME SWITCH .
Refer ring t o F ig . 1 ,w e n ote d imen - Here i s as cheme w hich I h ave u sed
s
ions t here g iven . The b ox s haped s ucces sfully i nt urn ing o fl i
gh ts a tn igh t,
afair i s made e nt ire ly o f wood , t hor - automa tically, a t a ny d e sired t ime . T he
o
ugh ly s oaked i n p araf f
ine , a nd i sh eld m ate rials n ece ssary a re: a larm c lock , a
t
i
gh tly t og e ther w i th b ra ss s crews . T he single t hrow k nife s witch , at hrow r at
e
lemen ts o r pla tes ( carbon a nd z i nc)
a
re s paced a bou t 3 /4-inch a par t
, a nd
may b e t wo ama lgama ted s t
icks o f
z
inc, w i th r ubber r ings a s s epara tors
a
t t he l ower e nd o f e ach , and t he c ar-
bons t aken f r om o ld d ry b atter ies .
These a re a ssemb led , s ealed i n, a nd
c
onnec ted a s s hown i n d iag ram , w i th
b
ind ing p osts , N a nd P . The b a t
tery
i
s n ow moun ted u pon t wo s uppor ts
and h eld f i
rm ly i np lace b y t wo s crew s, FIG. i
b
ind ing t he s uppor ts a gains t t he s ides t r
ap, ap iece o f j ack c ha in s ix o r s even
o
f t he b a ttery , i n o rder t hat i t may b e in
che s l ong , a nd a b ox, ( I f ound o ne
1
4 i nches l ong, 1 0 i nche s h igh, a nd 5
i
nche s d eep t ob e av ery g ood s i
ze) . T he
d
iag ram , ( Fig. 1 ), s how s t he p rincp le
u
pon w hich i tw ork s
, a nd i f carefu lly
c
ons truc ted, w ill g ive g ood r esults . Pla ce
t
he b ox o n its s i
de , f acing y our se lf, a nd ,
o
n t h e u pper l eft h and c orner , n ear t h e
e
dge o f t he t op s crew t he s wi tch o n
t
he b ox, w ith t he h and le o f s ame
f
acing t o t he r igh t
. N ext p l ace t he
t
rap i n p osition s o t hat w hen t he
F
IG.I
l
ever o f t he t rap f l
ies u p i t w ill
held a t a ny d es ired a ng le. A o ne -ha lf open t he s witch, a s i n F ig. 2 . When
i
nch h ole i sb ored a t K , i nto wh ich a t he r igh t position i sf ound s crew t he trap
t
igh t f i
tting c ork i si nser ted a f
ter b at-
r
t
ery i sc harged . F or c harg ing p our i n 1
4.
t
hree o unces o f B ichroma te o f P o tas -
s
ium , s ix o unces o f S al-Ammon iac ,
t
hen f i
l
l u p w ith w ater a nd a llow t o
d
isso lve . I f aw eak s olution o f S ul- F
IG.
p
hur ic A cid b e u sed i n p lace o f t he FIG
.2
Sa
l-Ammon iac , w e g et a more e ner -
g
etic c urren t
, b u t t he l i
fe o f b oth t he down f i
rm ly. B ore a h ole, a bou t o ne-
z
inc a nd t he s o
lu tion w il
l b e g rea tly h alf i nch i n d i
ame ter , d irec t
ly u nder t he
s
hor tened . t
r
igger o f the t rap , F ig . 2 . T he b e
l l i s
F
ig . 1 , s hows t he l eve l o f t he s olu - nex t t aken o f t he c lo ck a nd t h e c lock
t
ion, A -B , a nd t he r ela t
ive p osition o f is p l aced i n th e c en ter o f t he b ox b e-
t
he Z inc a nd C arbon wh ile i n u se. I n low t he s w
itch a nd t rap . Two b lock s
F
ig . 2 , t heir p osi tion i s a lso s hown a
r e s awed , as i n F ig . 1 ,a nd a re p laced
63 !
61
a
s i n Fig. 1s o t ha t the c l
ock w ill be t
he gap can b e r
egulated b y i
nserting
h
eld f i
rmly i n p os i
tion , by the leg s of apiece of p
aper a nd clos
ing the e lec-
s
ame s l
iding i n
to t he s l
ot. T he j ack t
rodes ti
ll they are separated b y t he
c
hain i sn ex t fastened t o the tr
igger o f t
hickness o
f the paper.
t
he rat trap a nd d rawn t hrough t he hole I
f the l
eads fr
om t he g ap
, A, to t he
b
ored i n t r
ap a nd b ox and w hen t he r
eceiv
ing instrumen ts are very long a
r
ight length i s found , open o ne of t he B
.P.
l
i
nks o f t h e chain a nd p lace ita round
t
he tapper. I t w ou ld b e w e
ll t
o s older
t
h
is n ear t he top o f t he ta
pper as s hown
i
n Fig. 3. T he s witch i sn ow ready f or
u
se. I t s hould b e s crewed t o t
h e w a
lls
t
o give b est r e
sul ts.
Contribu ted b y
CLIFFORD W . VICK . W OOD BASE
F
IG.3 M.E
.
BREAK -IN SYSTE M WITHOUT
s
econd g ap s hou ld b e p u t across t he
KEY ATTACH MENTS . l
eads a s s hown a t B, F ig. 3,s o t
ha t the
I
n mos t o f the so
-called "break-in a
ccumu la ted e nergy t ha t istaken f rom
s
ystems" t hat are in u
se at t
he present t
he a erial l e
ads w ill s park a cross t he
t
ime a n e xtra attachmen t i
s fixed to a
uxil
iary g ap
. Th is o ne can b e much
t
he sending k ey t o short c
ircuit the smal
ler t han t he f i
rs t one a s the c ur-
d
etector so t ha
t i twi
ll n o
t be thrown r
ent t ha t w il
l f l
ow t hrough i tw i
ll b e
o
ut of a d
jus tmen t. v
ery s ma l
l. I tc an b e made b y screw -
i
ng t wo b ind ing p osts i n
to a p iece o f
wood a nd u sing t he h eads o f s mall
n
ails f or t he g ap.
When t he g aps a re a d
jus ted all you
h
ave t o do i ss end a nd receive w ithou t
s
topping t o t hrow a n aerial s w
itch.
This s erves t o p rotect t he s t
ation
f
rom l ightn ing d uring s torms.
G
F
IG
.I
Con tribu ted b y
STANLEY E . HYDE .
The c onnec tions s hown b elow a re
p
rovided t o o vercome t he n ecess ity of
AN ELECTRIC SOLDERING I RON
h
aving t h
is k ey c ontact and t hey work
v
ery s atisfactor ily on ah alf k i
lowa tt I
f t he d i rec tions g iven b elow a re
o
utfi
t a nd w ill probab ly work t he same c
arried o ut p roper ly y ou w i
ll f i
nd t his
w
ith l arger o utfits
. I n the d iagram , t
oo l t o b e t he mos t u seful i n y our
a
t A, i s i nserted a k ni
fe e dge s park s
hop . F ile o ne e nd o f a - i
nch r ound
g
ap wh ich c an b e made o f s hee t cop- c
opper r od 32 i nches l ong t o ap oint
p
er a s s hown i n Fig. 2. T his g ap i s l
ike t hat o f a n o rdinary s oldering i ron
merely a n anchor g ap i
nserted b etween b
ack t o o
f a n i nch. N ex t fi
le, o r
t
he h e
lix a nd t he ground a nd i ti sset t
urn o ut i n al athe, t o ad epth o f 3 -16
v
ery c l ose s o t ha
t t he c urren t w i
ll o
f a n i nch, ag roove , D , for t he h ea t
-
p
ass i n
to t he g round d irect
. The i n- i
ng e lemen t
. T ap e ach e nd f or an 8 -32
s
crew a t A a nd B , t he o ne a t B t o a
K
NIFE E
DGE d
ep th o f 9 -
16 o f an i nch. D rill ah ole
GAP
C
HECK Y8xY8 a t E f or t he h and le. Now o b-
AdNuT5
t
ain ab rass t ube 3 '-inch o utside d iam -
B
RASS e
ter, a nd 4 i n ches l ong . Th is i sh eld,
i
n t he h ole, E , b y t he s crew, B . G e
t
F
IBRE BASE ah ard wood h andle a nd d r
ill a Y8- i
nch
F
IG.2 M
.E. h
o le f rom e nd t o e nd f i
t
ting t h
is o n
d
uctance f rom the tuner wil
l make t
he t ube a nd f astening i tw ith a n 8 -32
e
nough r es
istance so that p
ract
ica
lly mach ine s crew a t G . Now g et s ome
n
o e nergy w i
ll f
low through the re
- f
l
a t h eating w ire a nd w ind i n t he
c
e
iving i n
strumen ts and des
troy the g
roove , D , f i
rst i nsulating t he c opper
d
etec
tor a djustment
. The leng
th of w
i th m ica , a nd u sing m ica b e
tween t he
2
l
ayers o f wire. E nough w ire s hould up o f t wo p iece s o f t wo b y f our , o ne,
b
e wound o n s o t hat when t he current s
ixteen f ee t l ong a nd t he o ther f ourteen
i
s t urned o n t he w ire g e ts a c herry f
eet, e ight i n
che s l ong. These p iece s
r
ed. The r ight amoun t o f wire c an a
r e n a
iled t og ether w ith t he b o
t tom e nd s
e
asily b e found b y t est
ing . G rooves e
ven , t hus f orm ing a f our b y f our t im-
s
hou ld b e f i
led, a t H H , f o r t
he t er
- b
er. I n t he e nd o verlapp ing , a r e th en
minals, a nd h o
les b ored i n the t ube b
ored t wo h oles, o ne h a
lf i nch d iame ter
d
irectly u nder t he g rooves , at F F ; i
n t he p lace s s hown i n F ig . 2 . A f
ter
t
hen t he term ina ls c an b e b rough t t
his h as b een d one, t he g uy w ire s, w hich
t
hrough t he g rooves a nd t ubes i n a
re l ong e nough t o r e
ach t o t h e p ost s
,
b
eads . A fter t he w ire i s wound o n
, a
re p ut o n a s i n F ig. 1 , a nd 2 . T his
f
i
t ab rass t ube /8 o f an i nch i n
side w
ire i s No . 1 2 o r 1 4 g alvan ized i ron
d
iame ter and 24 i nches l ong o ver the w
ire .
c
opper , d r
illing h o
les f or t he screws, Then b eginn ing s ix f eet f rom t he b ot-
A and B . C are mus t be t aken n ot to t
om n ai
l o n s tep s e very t wen ty i n
che s
.
g
et t he w ire t oo h ot
, o therw ise i t The se s t
eps a re t wo a nd o ne h alf i nche s
would b urn o ut e asily. The i ron i s w
ide a nd s ixteen i nche s l ong .
r
eady t o use i n 2 0 or 3 0 seconds a f
ter This s ect ion i s t hen s e
t i n t he c on -
t
he c urrent i st urned o n. c
rete a nd t h e g uy w ire s tigh tened . T his
Con tributed b y makes t his s ection r eady t o b e c limbed
G
. A . H IGBEE . u
p t o p ut o n t h e n ex t s ection , a s s oon
a
s t he c oncre te h as h ardened .
AN I
NEXPENSIVE MAST
. A
ll t he r e
st o f t h e section s a re l ike
T
he construction of th
is pole isvery F
ig. 2 . T his i s t he w ay i t i s m ade:
s
imp
le and t h
e e xpense is smal
l. Take t wo , t wo b y f ours, t en f eet l ong
T
he hole
s f or the f
oundation and the a
nd n ail t h em t ogether w ith t heir e nd s
g
uy po
sts a re one foo
t in diameter and s
l
ipped p ast e ach o ther s ixteen i nche s.
F
ig. 2s how s t his i n d e
ta i
l. T he h ole s
f
or t he b olts a re b ored a s i n t he o ther
s
ection, c are b eing t aken t o h ave t hem
a
ccura tely p laced , o r t he h ole s w on 't
match. T hen f ix t he g uy w ire s a s i n
F
ig. 2a nd o n t h e o ther s e ction . A fter
t
h
is i sd one t he s t
ep s are p ut o n. T he
s
ection i sc arried u p a nd b o
l ted o n
, t hen
g
uyed , a nd i ti sr eady f or t h e n ex t se c-
t
i
on. I n t his w ay t h e pole m ay b e b uilt
a
s h igh a s d esir ed.
Contribu ted b y
W ALKER M . J AGOE .
CAT W HISKER DETECTOR .

Ienclose d iag
ram o f aw ire
less d e-
t
ector wh ich I w ish t o en ter in your
p
rize c ontest. I t is easi
ly made a nd
w
ill g ive g ood s ervice
. A lmos t a ny
M
.E
.
k
ind o f mineral may b e u
sed . F o
llow -
F
IG I F
IG
.2
i
ng are d imens ions a nd directions f or
f
our fe
et deep. T he guy po
sts ar
e four making :
i
nches s
quare and e
ight f
eet l
ong
. T hey, Base iso f hard wood , three and o ne-
a
nd the m as
t a re s
et in c
oncre
te as in h
alf inches b y two a nd one -ha
lf inches
F
ig. 1. b
y three-eighths inch.
The f
i
rst se
ction o
f the t
ower ismade F
irst p rocure t hree l arge b inding
63
p
osts. I n o ne o f these t ap a h ole for o
ne s i
de o f each, o ne
-quar ter i n
ch
t
he sc
rew , G . w
ide and one-e
igh th i
nch d eep.
I
n ap i ece of b rass
, t h
ree -eighths i nch Th
is groove w as so placed that, in
w
ide a nd a bou t t wo i n
ches l ong, d ri
ll a
ssembling the g
ap , t
he i nner edge of
ah o
le i n c enter f or fas
ten ing t o base,
b
end t o s hape s hown , a nd f i
le t he • A
e
dges l i
ke as aw , to hold c rystal. F ast- TRAN5F ME
\AMO K
:TER
e
n binding p osts a nd brass c lip in posi-
t
ions as s hown . GA
.P5
Thread a b rass r od a bout o ne in ch

l
ong, so a s t o fi
t t he h ole p revious ly
t
apped. To o ne e nd o f t his, f a
sten
G
as mall r ubber k nob . S crew t he r od
i
nto the b inding p ost. T o t he other
e
nd o f the r od s o
lder a f i
ne s ilver
, o r t
he m ica r ing c oinc ided w ith t he m id-
s
i
lver-pla ted, w ire, s o as t o be i n line d
le of t he g roove , t hus p ro tec t
ing t he
w
ith c en ter o f c rystal h older Con- e
dge o f t he m ica f rom b eing b urned
n
ect one p ost to t he cl
ip a nd t he other by the s park .
t
o the w ire h older. As Ih ad n o l athe, w ith wh ich t o
g
roove t he p l a
tes , Ig ave e ach p late a
•
t
hin l ayer o f p araf f
ine o n t he s ide t o
b
e g rooved . Then w ith a p air o f d i
-
v
iders I marked t he " ring" where t he
g
roove w as t o b e
, a nd r emoved t he
p
araf f
ine f rom t his r ing. It hen p ut
C
•2 s
trong n itric a c
id o n t h
is b are r ing,-
a
nd i n as hor t t ime e ach p la te w as
g
rooved a s n eatly a s c ould b e d esired .
The p araf fine , wh ich w as p ut o n t he
p
late t o c onf ine t he a ction o f t he a cid
• t
o the r ing , o r s pace t o b e g rooved ,
s
hould b e t horough ly r emoved .
31 Iused m ica r i
ng s 0 .
135 i nch i n t h
ick -
n
ess. A lso r etained a ll p rinc ipa l d i
-
mensions o f t he g ap d escribed i n t he
F
ebruary i ssue o f Modern E lc ctric s
.
When c are fu l
ly a d
jus ted, t his g ap
g
ives t wen ty p er c ent. h igher r ad ia-
t
ion than when t he o rdinary s park g ap
i
s used .
Iu se a s ma ll v ariable s ending c on-
A, is the s i
lver wire; B, B', B" are d
enser a nd a v ariome ter i n c onne ction
b
inding p o
s ts; C, iscrystal ho
lder; F, w
ith t his g ap , a s shown i n the h ook -up
i
s crystal; E , is al o
ck s c
rew o n wire h
erew i th.
ho
lder; D , i srubber k nob; and G, the Con tribu ted b y
t
hreaded r od. G
. S . CORPE .
Pressure o f contact is ad
justed b y
means o f rubber k nob and screw. Note. — When u sing g rooved f l
at
Contributed b y p
l a
tes i nstead o f the b uilt-up p la
tes,
EARL ZANDER . s
pec if
ied i n t he a rt
icle men tioned,
mica r ings 0 .
01 i n
ch t hick s hould b e
M E T H O D OF G R O O VI N G u
sed . I
t is i mportant t hat t he d i
s-
PLATES FOR QUENCHED t
ance t he s park h as to j ump i n each
SPARK GAPS . g
ap d oes n ot exceed 0.01 i nch
.
C. A. L., Jr.
Ihave r ead w ith interest your ar-
t
i
cle o
n t he "Quenched S park System,"
b
y C. A
. L e Quesne, Jr
. A HO ME - MADE , MOTOR -DRIV -
I
n constructing this gap, Iu sed ci
r- EN LATHE .
c
ular p
lates of copper, three-s
ixteenths Ihave r
ecen
tly made a v
ery in
ex -
i
nch in t h
ickness, w ith a g roove o n p
ens
ive and serv
iceab
le l
a
the, d
etails
2
o
f w hich a
re s
hown o
n t
he e
nclosed l
oad and v oltage. I f t he load i s sud-
s
ketches. d
enly thrown o f, th
e mo tor w i
ll speed
u
p. My i nduc t
ion mo tor runs a t 1,750
3S
PEED PULLEY RP M.
I
n F ig. 2 i s shown t he p o
lishing
C
HUCK h
ead, moun ted o n ap iece o f board, t o
-
g
ether w ith t he mo tor, a nd a f oo t
-
o
perated b elt tightener , or i d
ler. I
t
w
ill be n oted t ha
t when t he t r
ead le
P
IECE OF i
s fu
lly d epressed, t he b elt i s slack-
8R4
.
.3
.5 TU NG POL
ISHING
HEAD
e
ned a nd t he end o f t he lever c omes
u
p a gainst t he la
rges t p ulley, a c
ting
a
s ab rake. B y r
eleas ing t he tread le
,
t
he g um b and p u
lls t he i d
ler p ulley
F
IG. I M
.E. REVOLUT
ION COUNTER
A p ol
ishing head, such a s used b y
j
ewelers, may b e obtained for a bout
$
1
.50 , having on o ne end of the shaft
achuck . I f i
td oes no
t h ave a chuck,
adril
l c huck should be fi
tted.
On the other end o
f the shaft
, moun t
athree-speed pul
ley —the l a
rgest being
F
IG. 3 ME
a
ga inst t he b elt
, t ightening i t
, a nd
s
tarting t he lathe. T his arrangemen t
w
ill b e f ound e special
ly v a
luab le f or
c
oil w inding. The l a
the c an b e s t
op-
p
ed i nstantly, and started w ithou t any
j
erk.
F
ig. 3s hows a v ery u seful k ink I
h
ave u sed i n w inding t ransformer
F
IG 2 c
oils. C ounting t he turns i s imposs i
-
b
le, w ith a mo tor-driven l a
the —a t
9i n
che s
, t he i n
termed ia
te o ne 7 inches l
east, i t is exceedingly d if
icult, a nd
and the s malles t 5i nches in diame ter
. t
he l i
kelihood of error isgrea t
. Ih ave
These p ul leys may b e easi
ly made b y u
sed o ne o f t he r egular " Starret"
s
aw ing o ut o f pine, r oughly t o
s
hape, a nd t hen t r u
ing u p b y
b
eing h eld a gains t ar apidly re-
vo
lving e mery whee l. The
s
harp e dge o f t he e mery whee l
w
ill s oon c ut a " V" g roove
a
round t he p eriphery f or t he
b
elt. D e ta i
ls a re shown i n Fig.
1
.
WOR K BENCH
For driv ing t he lathe, Ih ave
u
sed a o ne -e igh th I .P. induc - TO TRE A DL E
t
ion mo tor . A side f rom i t
s in-
h
erent s imp licity , the induction F
IG 5 ME
motor r uns a t p ractically con -

s
tant speed , whe ther l oaded o r
n
ot. I f o ver loaded , i t simply
1
.
10 •
s
tops. Wi th as eries wound mo tor
, the s
peed o
r revo
lut
ion c
oun
ters
, moun
ted
s
peed i s e ntire ly d ependen t upon t he a
s shown
.
65
I
n F ig. 1i tw i
ll b e n oted t hat t here b
e put into a can and m elted a nd ap-
i
s as mall b rass f errule, o r p iece o f p
l
ied with a b rush.
t
ubing o n t he e nd o f t he s haft, i n
to Now t ake t he lead a nd c ut it as
which t he s o ft r ubber t ip of the s peed s
hown i n Fig. 1. Make t hree pi
eces.
i
ndica tor i s p l aced. O f c ourse, i fthe When t hese h ave b een made , get a
e
nd o f t he s ha ft h as a c up c enter , the p
iece o
f s o
ft wood a l i
tt
le l arger than
f
errule i s u nnecessary . The n umber o
ne pla
te. L ay a pla te o n this wood,
o
f r evo lu tions may b e r ead a t a ny t
hen, with a n ai
l set a nd a h ammer ,
t
ime , d irec t f rom t he d ial
. Ih ave p
unch itf ull o
f h o
les a s s hown ( F
ig.
f
ound t his a g rea t help. 1
).
I
ns tead o f mak ing a l athe b ed, I When a ll of the p lates h ave b een
moun ted t he p o
lish ing h ead, r evolu - p
unched, t ake a n o ld c rockery c up,
t
ion c oun ter, a nd l athe c enter o n s mal
l
p
ieces o f b oard , wh ich w ere t hen +.1
c
lamped i n p osition a long t he e dge o f
my w ork b ench , a s s hown . These
c
ast i ron c lamps may b e purchased f or
f
ive c en ts a piece , a nd w ill b e f ound
v
ery c onven ien t for o ther p urposes a s
wel
l.
For a b elt I u sed a p iece o f v ery
h
eavy c ord , wh ich r eceives a d ress ing
o
f b eeswax , o ccasiona l
ly.
C
on tribu ted b y F
IG. I F
IG. 2
W ESLEY G . PAULSON .
p
u t ins ome r ed l ead, a nd m ix w ith i ta
twen ty p er c ent, s olu tion o f s ulphur ic
MINERAL HOLDER . a
cid. M ix w ell w ith ag l ass r od, b eing
Enclo sed p lea se find s k
etch o f am in - carefu l n o t t o g et i tt oo t hin. When i t
e
ral h older f or ap erikon d etector. A l- isa bou t t he c ons istency o f sticky mud ,
t
hough t he s pace f or t he m ineral s eems p laster o ne o f t he p l ates w ith i t. B e
sma
ll, i ti se nlarg ed b y the spread ing o f li
bera l, b ut d o n ot p ut i to n t oo t h
ick .
Do t he s ame w ith t he y ellow l e ad a nd
CUP I /
47 D
I IA . THUMB S CRE W t
he o ther t wo p lates . B efore t he p lates
I
/4" DEEP . a
re p ut i nto t he b ox , t wo p ieces o f
wood s hou ld b e p u t i n t he b ottom t o
S
LOT i
leRAnius k
eep t he p l ates f r
om b eing s hor t c ir-
3/8 "TUBE c
uited b y p ieces o f f i
l
ling d ropp ing o f
SOLDERED M
INERAL t
he p l a
tes .
TO CUP
The p lates a re s epara ted b y p ieces
o
f wood t aken f rom a n o ld p each b as-
M
.E. k
e t
. The p lates a re n ow r eady t o b e
p
u t t oge ther . L ay a s epara tor o n t he
t
he c urved b ras s pieces, a nd, as a ma t- table, t hen l ay a n ega t
ive o r y ellow
t
er of f a c
t, t he " Zin c
ite" u sually c ome s plate, t hen a s epara tor, t hen t he r ed o r
i
n s mall p iece s. p
ositive p late w ith i t
s l ug a t t he o p-
Con tribu ted b y p
osite s i de, t hen a s epara tor , a nd l a
s t a
H
. W. THOMPSON . y
ellow p late a nd a s epara tor . Bind
a
l
l t oge ther b y h eavy r ubber b ands .
Put p lates i n b ox , a nd j us t c over w ith
HO W TO MAKE AN 8A . H . STOR -
2
0 p er c en t
, s olu tion o f s ulphur ic a cid.
AGE CELL . Make a c over o f c ardboard o r t h
in
The ma teria ls r equired a re: 1 s q. wood w ith h oles i n t he t op f or l ug s
a
nd a v ent t o c ome t hrough . S older
f
oot o f 1 /16 -inch s hee t lead; s omei n
c
h
w
o
d;
w
o
d
;s
o
m
e
r
e
dl
e
a
d
;
s
o
m
ey
e
l
-
t
he t wo n ega tive l ug s t oge ther . D rill
l
ow l ead o r l i
tharge ( both p rocurab le a h ole i n e ach l ug f or ab ind ing p os t
.
a
t ap ain t s tore ) ;s ome c hem ica lly pure Th is c ell g ives t wo v olts a nd o ne am -
s
ulphur ic a cid; a nd s ome t ar. p
ere f or a bou t e igh t h ours . F in ished
From t he wood make a b ox 1 x6x6 c ell l ooks l ike ( Fig. 2 )
.
i
nches , c oat t he i n
side a nd o u
tside C
on tribu ted b y
t
horough ly w ith t he t ar
, wh ich s hould E
. H . BRADLEY .
2
A WIRELESS OUTFIT FOR A The No . 2 4 b are c opper w ire i sw ound

DOLLAR
. o
n w ith a t hread b etween t h e t urns. T he
R
ecen tly I f i
nished c on struc ing a d
t esign f o r t h e d etec tor i sshown i n F ig-
w
ire le ss o u tf
it, w ith w hich , w hile i tc ost ure 3 .T he c on tac t o n t h e si
licon i sm ade
me o nly o ne d ollar t o m ake, Ia m a ble by af ine s i
lver , g o
ld o r c opper w ire, b ut
t
os e nd a nd r eceive t o t he e xten t of o ver If i
nd s i
lver i st he b e st.
aq uar ter o f am i
le. My i dea i n build - The s et i sw ired u p o n ab aseboard a s
i
n g i tw as t o s ee ju st h ow c heaply a n s
hown i n F igure 4 .
o
u tfi
t c ou ld b e b ui
lt. The a lum inum w ire w as u sed i nm ak-
T
he ma ter ia ls Ib ough t a re a s follow s, i
n g t he a eria l.
t
o gether w ith t h e p r
ice s: Con tribu ted b y
1P hone $
0.35 LANCE BOYD .
1B uzzer 0.
35
Lb. No . 2 4 b are c opper w ire 0.
10 A SE MIVARIABLE CONDENSER .
1
/3 L b. No . 1 4 b are a lum inum w ire 0 .
20
The f ollow ing d escr ibed v ariab le
c
ondenser , wh ich i s b uilt i n s ections ,
Tota l $
1.00
i
sv ery u se fu l w hen o ne o f t he r otary ,
The r est o f t he m ater ia l If ound l y-
or p late t ype , c anno t b e o b tained; o r
i
n g a round t he h ou se a nd w a s m ere ly
s
crap . i
t ma y be u
s e d a
s a
n a
u xili ar y
. Thc
c
ondenser i s o f p araf fined p aper a nd
The s end ing b a
ttery c on sis ts o f ( 12)
t
in f o
il, b uilt i n s ec tions o f wha tever
c
apac ity i sd esired , a nd t he m ethod o f
c
ons truc t
ion i s s hown i n s ketch .
F
IG . I Procure a p iece o f o ne-quar ter i n ch
r
od , s even i nches l ong . A lso a p iece
F
IG. 2 o
f f i
ve -six teen ths i nch ( outside) t ubing ,
t
hree i nches l ong , t o f i
t t he r od. T ap
C X 1M
t
he r od a t b oth e nds f or a n e igh t-th ir-
FIG. 3
t
y-two s
crew . A
lso p
rocure two
b
rass p illars , o ne -ha lf i nch h igh , f ive-
e
igh ths i n ch t h
ick , w ith h oles f o r a n
e
igh t-thir ty -two s
crew , an e lectro se
k
nob , a nd s ome t hin s hee t bra ss
.
K
Cu t u p t he s hee t b rass i nto p ieces
G. a
nd b ore h oles i n t h em , a s s hown i n
M
.C
F
IG . 4 F
ig . 2 . C u t a s m any a s th ere a re s ec-
t
ions o f t he c onden ser . T hen , a ssem -
t
we lve d ry c e
lls c onne cted i n mu lt
ip le - b
l e o n t he c ondenser c ase , o r r eceiv ing
s
erie s ( two r ow s o f s i x c e
lls i n ser
ie s) .
c
ab ine t, a s s hown i n F ig . 1 . B end t he
The se b a tter ies Ig ot f o r n oth ing a t d if-
b
rass c on tac ts i nto t he s hape s hown
f
eren t g arag es i n the c ity , b eing c on sid -
e
red n o l o nge r f i
t for u se ; b ut If ound
Ic ou ld g e t q uite a r espe ctab le c urren t
f
rom t hem w hen a l arge n umber w as
u
sed .
The k ey i sm ade o f s trip s o fb rass, ( or
o
ther m eta ls m ay b e u sed) 1 -32 i nch b y
3
/
2 i nch . F igure 1 s how s t he k ey. T he
c
onden ser i sm ade o f a4 x 5 i nch p ho -
t
og raph p la te w i th a s hee t o f t in f oi
l 3
x4i nche s o n e a
ch s ide a nd h aving a FIG.I
l
ug 3 /
2 i nch w ide e xtend ing o u t f rom t h e ) CONTACT SPR ING
DEFORE !SENDING
g
lass. Wrap t h e c onden ser w ith s ome
-
F
IG. 2 m
.E
t
h
ick b rown p aper a nd g lue o r b ind i t
.
The l ug s s hou ld b e w rapped a round t wo and f a sten t o t he wood w i th s mall
(
2) p i ece s o f c opper w ire a bou t six ( 6) s
c rews , c onnec ting a s ec tion o f t he
i
nches l ong , a nd s oldered o r b ound t igh t- c
ondenser t o e ach o ne . B end t hem u p
l
y w ith t h read . until e ach o ne n ear ly t ouches t he o ne-
For t h e r eceiving s et y ou w i ll need a q uar ter i nch r od . Now , when t he f ive-
s
ma ll t uner made a s s hown i n F igure 2 . s
ixteen ths i nch t ube s lide s over t he r od it
M O DER N EL EC T RI CS 2
67
s
hou ld t ouch a ll c on tac ts
. B y p ush- t
i
cker t ha
t i sjust as good a
s t
he o ne
i
ng b ack a nd f or
th t he n umber o f s e
c- c
onstructed from t he r
e
lay, a
nd i
tcosts
t
ion s
, a nd h ence t he c apac ity , m ay b e v
ery much l e
ss.
v
ar ied . T he o ne -quar ter i nch r od i s C
on tr
ibu ted b y
f
as tened t o t he b oard b y e ight -thirty-
J
AS. LEROY HODGES .
two s c rews f ;om b elow , t hrough t he
p
i
l lar, o r by w ood s c
rews p a ssing d own
f
rom t he top. Af lat-headed e i ght -thirty- BALANCED DETECTOR STAND
.
t
wo s crew i s s o
lde red t o t h e t ube a nd
t
he e l
ec trose k nob p laced o n i t
. Aist he b
ase 5x2 in
ches; B i s adou-
I
f o ne s i de o f e ach s ection b e o ne b
le binding post
, w i
th t op set s c
rew
s
hee t o f t info i
l, h av ing t en s qua re r
emoved; C i s h o
le where l ead w ire
i
nches o f s ur face, a nd u sing p araf f
ined g
oes i n
; D ish o
le in binding post for
l
inen p aper, t he c apac ity o f e ach w i
ll t
he balance r
od, and the rod should fi
t
b
e a pprox ima tely . 0001 m fd. I
f d e- e
asi
ly i n t
he ho
le, or the hole may b e
s
ired a p o
in ter o r h and f r om a c lock d
ri
lled t o f
i
t one-eighth i n
ch r od; E
may b e f as tened u nder t he e lectrose
knob , a nd a s cale made , s how ing t he
c
apac ity i n c ircuit.
This c ondenser may b e u sed wher -
e
ver a v ariab le c ondenser , o r af ixed
c
ondenser o f s evera l c apac ities , i s
n
eeded . I t may b e s hun ted a cross o ne
o
f t he r otary o r s l
ide p l ate t ype.
Rough a djus tmen t f or c apac ity i s
made o n t his wh ile f i
ner a djus tmen t
i
so bta ined b y the p late t ype c onden - F
IG. I
s
er. S harp t uning i s t hus made p os-
s
ible.
Con tribu ted b y
HENRY L . DAH M .
B
-
I
S
I MPLE POULSEN T ICKER . G 40
T he p resent is a d iagram o f a F
IG
. 2 M
.E
Poulsen T icker, which, I t hink, w il
l
b
e o f interest to some ama teurs. I t
i
s n ot n ecessary to h ave a t e
legraph i
s balance r od ( one -eigh th i nch c op -
r
elay, as s hown i n th
e F ebruary i s
sue, p
er). T he p ar t
, N , i n F ig. 2s hou ld
i
n t he Experimental D epar tmen t
. b
e m ade f i
rst a nd p ut t h
rough t he h ole
The f a
ct t ha
t a r e
lay w as r equired i
n Ba nd t hen b ent a s shown . Fi sa
c
ounter w eight a nd s hou ld b e o ne -
h
alf inch i n d iame ter a nd o ne-quar ter
i
nch t h
ick w ith o ne-eigh th i nch h ole
i
n center t o s lip o ver b alance r od E ,
a
nd s hould h ave a s mall set s c
rew , M .
A small h ole s hou ld b e d r
illed i n r od,
E
, at N , t o r eceive t he No . 3 0 stee l
o
r p ho sphor b ronze w ire, G , w hich
L
AMP s
hould b e b ent a s s hown i n Fig. 1 ,a nd
M
.E. b
e three-quar ter s i nch f rom t he end o f
b
alance r od t o t he p oin t where i t
would p revent some f rom a ttemp ting b
ends d own t o t he m inera l. C up, H ,
t
o construc t t
he ticker
. s
hould b e n ot l ess t han o ne-half i nch
I
nstead o f ar e
lay I u sed a b uzzer
. i
n di
ame ter, a nd s hou ld b e soldered t o
D
isconnec t t
he magne ts from t he con- p
late
, I , a nd d rilled t o r eceive s ma ll
t
ac
t p o
in t
s a nd c onnect t hem a s i n s
crew, J , a nd b ind ing p ost, K , a s i n
t
he relay. Now c onnec
t t o the c on
- F
ig. 1.
t
act points just as you wou ld c onnect C
ontr
ibu
ted by
t
he relay c ontac
ts. You n ow h ave a M
. E . ARMSTRONG
.
M O DER N EL E C T RI CS
S
imp
le E
xpe
rimen
ts i
nAl
terna
ting C
urren
ts
(
Con
tinued
.)
B
y P
. Mer
tz.
9
. Wh i
le the i
nduction motor as ex- c
r eep ing f i
eld mo tor . T his mo tor c an -
p
lained i
n§ 8* i
svery simp
le a nd t
here- not, l ike t he p reced ing o nes, b e made
f
ore adap ted to many u ses
, i t can- by u sing t he r otary c onver ter ( §1)t ,
n
ot s t
art w el
l u nder load. I
f t he but mus t b e s pec ially c ons truc ted . I t
i
s s hown i n F ig . 1 7.
I
t c ons ists o f a c ircu lar c ore , A ,
wh ich c an b e made o f an umber o f t hin
s
hee t i r
on l am ina tions o f t he r equ ired
s
ize . I t c an a lso b e made b y w ind ing
ar i
bbon o f t hin, s oft i ron o r al eng th
of s o ft i r
on w ire a round a w ooden
mandre l. The f ield w ind ing c ons is ts
o
f t wo l ayer s o f No . 2 4 S .C.C . w ire
I
n& £
3 F
IG m ll g
riVe
ti g
") w ound a s s hown i n F ig. 1 8
. The f i
r s
t
l
ayer i s r epresen ted b y t he i nner c ir
-
amoun t o f c urrent f low ing i n t he f ield c
le, a nd t he w ind ing s hou ld b e r ever sed
wind ing b e l owered f o r s tar t
ing , t he a
t e very 9 0 d eg rees . T he s econd l ayer
t
o rque ( tw is ting p ower ) i sg rea t
ly r e
- i
s wound i n the s ame w ay a s t he f i
rs t
,
d
uced . On a ccoun t o f t h
is, t h e w ound but t he st arting p oint s hou ld b e 4 5 d e-
i
nduc tion mo tor i s o ften u sed . g
rees a way f r om t ha t o f t he l a
t ter.
To e xper imen t w ith t his y ou w ill The a rma ture s imp ly c onsists o f a
n
eed t he use o f as tar ter. T his i sn oth - w ooden c ylinder o ver wh ich a re wound
i
ng more n or l ess t han a n o rdinary af ew l ayers o f t h
in , s oft i ron r i
bbon o r
r
heos tat ; i n F ig . 1 5 i s s hown a t ype s
o ft i ron w ire. A t in b ox may b e
t
ha t c an b e b ought more c heap ly t han u
sed i ns
tead , i f i t i s of t he s ame d i
-
cou ld b e conven ien tly made , a nd i sp er- mens ions . Ap i ece o fs teel w ire p asses
fectly a dap ted f or t his e xper imen t
. You t
hrough i t
, s erv ing a s s haft. The
shou ld c onnec t i tw i th t he r otary c on - s
tandards , b ase, a n
..
! o ther m inor
ver ter ( §
1)t a nd mechan ica l c onver ter t
hing s s hou ld b e c ons truc ted a nd t he
as s hown i n F ig . 1 6. You w ill n otice c
onnec tions made t o the b ind ing -pos ts.
t
ha t when t he mo tor i s w ired i n t h is For r unn ing t his mo tor y ou w ill a lso
w ay t he r esis tance o f t he s tarter c on - n
eed a c hoke -co il
. T his i s s imilar t o
t
r ols t he amoun t o f c urren t f low ing t
he f i
eld o f t he mo tor, e xcep t tha t o nly
t
hrough t he a rma ture c oils, a nd t here - o
ne l ayer o f w ire i s wound a nd i t i s
f
o re t he s peed o f t he mo tor . n
o t r eversed a t e very 9 0 d egrees . You
However , i t d oes n ot d ecrease t he
t
o rque . F rom t h
is y ou w ill s ee t ha t
s
imp ly b y t urn ing t he s tarter l ever t he
s
peed c an b e a djus ted , t he t orque r e-
ma ining c ons tan t, s o t ha t t he mo tor
c
an b e s tar ted u nder l oad. S ome mo -
t
or d esigners g o e ven f a
r ther t han t his ,
by p lac ing t he who le s t
ar ting a r range -
ment o n t he s ha ft, n ext t o t he a rma -
t
ure , a nd c on trolled b y c en trifuga l
f
orce , s o t ha t t he mo tor w il
l b e s elf - F
IG £
7
s
tar ting . Th is f eature , h owever , c om -
p
l
ica tes t he c ons truc t
ion v ery much , s
hould t hen connec t a
ll t
he apparatus
s
o t ha t i t i s u sed o nly o n l arge mo - t
ogether as in Fig. 18.
t
ors. To u nders
tand t he working o f th
is
1
0. Ano ther t ype o f induc tion mo tor motor w e wil
l h ave to f
ir
st study the
u
sed t o s ome e xtent i s k nown a s t he o
perat
ion o f the f i
e
ld. You w i
ll no
tice
•S
ee p
. 1
56 May I
ssue. t
hat the choke -coil isconnected in s
e-
S
ee p
. 153 May I
ssue. r
ies with the i nner winding. The r e-
M ODERN EL E C T RI CS 2
69
s
ui t i s that a t e very a lterna tion t he p
oles . The f i
eld c oils s hou ld t hen b e
o
u ter w ind ing w i
ll b e f i
r st e nergized , c
onnec ted t o t he mechan ica l c onver ter.
t
he c hoke c oil h o
ld ing b ack t he mag - The p r
inc iple o f o pera tion o f t his
n
e t
iza tion o f t he i nner w ind ing t i
ll t
ype o f mo tor i sq uite s imp le. I nstead
a
bou t t he m idd le o f t he a lterna t
ion . o
f t he c urren t h aving t o f l
ow t hrough
Let u s n ow s tudy t he a spec t o f t he a
l
l t he c o
ils a s i n the o rd inary i nduc -
f
i
eld when t he o uter w ind ing i s being t
ion mo tor ( §8), itf lows o nly t hrough
e
nerg ized . I t w i
ll b e s ome thing l ike t
hose s o situa ted a s to h ave t he max i-
t
ha t s hown i n Fig. 1 9; when l ike p o
les mum n umber o f magne t
ic l ines of f orce
a
re a rranged t oge ther t hey a re k nown p
ass ing t hrough t hem , t oge ther w ith
a
s c onsequen t p oles. Now a t t he n ext t
he h ighes t p ull
ing p ower . Tha t i s
,
i
ns tan t t he who le f ie
ld w ill move 4 5 t
he c o
ils whose a xes a re p arallel to t he
d
eg rees , as s hown i n F ig . 2 0. A t t he l
ines o f f orce c an c u t al arge n umber
n
ex t a l
terna t
ion o f c urren t i t w il' o
f l ines o f f orce, b ut t hey h ave l i
t t
le
move a nother 4 5 d eg rees , a nd w ill p
u l
ling p ower , being o n t he d ead c en-
again b e l i
ke F ig. 1 9, e xcep t t hat t he
poles w ill be o f o pposite p olarity. I n
t
his manner t he who le f ie
ld w ill keep
c
reep ing s t
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,
i
tw ill resist t o some e xten t a ny c hange CEN7 HERE
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f magne tic p olar ity, s o t ha t t he arm -
a
ture , a lways b eing a ttrac ted t o t he
s
ame p o
le, w ill keep f ollow ing t he fi
eld.
This mo tor r uns much more s moo th- F
IG 2
1
l
y t han t he o rdinary i nduc t
ion mo tor,
and w ill be s poken o fa ga in u nder t wo- t
er
. On t he o ther h and, t hose whose
phase c urren ts. a
xes a re p erpend icular t o t he l i
nes o f
f
orce, h ave t he max imum p u
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F
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w
i th t he l ines o f force s hou ld b e in-
F
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7
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rma ture c anno t b e used w i th t his mo -
APPEARANCE OF FIELD
t
or b ecause i t w i
ll b e s een t hat t he
(
COVSEC
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T
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CONVERTER
c
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F
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8
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i l
l a nother t ype o f i nduc tion o
therw ise b e w asted inp ass ing t hrough
motor i n u se a t the p resent t ime i s c
oils i nuseless a nd ineff
icien t p ositions.
k
nown a s th e r epu lsion mo tor. T o e x- The r esult o f this i s tha t the ef ic
i-
p
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s
tore the t hree -po le arma ture t ot he t oy h
igh , a l
though i t
s c ons truc tion i s
motor f rom wh ich t he r otary c onver - s
omewha t more c omp l
ica ted t han t hat
t
er ( §
1) w as made . The b rushes o
f t he o rdinary i nduc t
ion mo tor.
s
hou ld b e r emoved , a nd i n the ir p lace,
(To b e continued .)
ap iece o f b rass r ibbon c ut a s a t A ,
F
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to a s em i-circle,
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truc
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xcept the two loose close coup-
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tretched a r egular 5-wire a erial r ange?
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f o
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t
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ro m s
ending out o ver 2
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t
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ll b
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ters l
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t
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pread ing t he w ire less d isease i n 11.55 P . M . a s trange l ot o f u a w
n- ireless amateur l ives t here
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t
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eadab le s igna ls i n a s trange We g
, ive a n illustration o f such
The i llustr i ns d irectors who n ever -heard -of p
itch , and you a s hing le o r s ign . We m ight
o
rgan ized t he n ew a ssoc iation w i ll r ead n ext morn ing a t b reak- e ven c all it a w ire less c rest
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have o bserved w ith t he g reatest f ast i n t he "Bungs Ma Harrah" c ourse t he owner may make i t
r
egret t hat t he w ire less amateurs s o meth ing l ike t his: t
o s uit h i mse lf
, b ut t he c rest
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f Amer ica d o n ot s creech l oud s
hown c overs t he s ubject f a
irly
e
nough —they d o n ot make e n- GETS MESSAGES FRO M MA RS .
ough p ropaganda —they d o n ot AMATEU R HAS CAUG HT
a
dvert ise t hemse lves s ufic ient ly. THE M .
But ting i n i n other p eop le's mes -
s
ages o r " ja m m ing" t he e ther i s "Down a t 6 9 C linton s treet ,
not t he b est way t o a dvert ise "Ted T
inkerso me , t
he young
Wire less i n Amer ica . There a re "Ed ison o f o ur c i ty a nd w ire less
o
ther methods o f i nfor m ing t he "a mateur , when v isited l ast n ight
pub lic a t l arge t hat t here i s a " in a nswer t o a n u rgent c all,
g
reat f
ederat ion of Wire less " gave a n u ncanny d emonstrat ion .
S
creechers o n t his c ont inent , a nd "The y oung ' ethera linger ' c lap-
i
t i s ma inly f or t his r eason t hat "ped a p air o f o dd-look ing r e-
t
he g reat a ssoc iat ion h as b een "ce ivers o n t he r eporter 's e ars
f
ounded . "
and a fter man ipu lating a f ew
One method o fe xcit ing i nterest , "s trange l
evers , switches and
i
s, o f c ourse , t hrough t he d aily "knobs , t he most e xtraord inary
press . Wh ile q uite a f ew w ire- "signa ls were h eard , e xtending
l
ess s creechers h ave h ad t heir "over a p eriod o f 1 2% m inutes .
p
ictures a nd t heir s tat ions i n t he " Af ter a f ew m inutes o ur r epor -
l
oca l p apers , t here i s n o r eason " ter b eca me s o u nnerved l isten-
i
n t
he wor ld why e very a- "Mg t
p o t he u ncanny message ,
per f ro m Port land . Me .
, t o Port - "that h e s ank d own o n h is k nees we ll. The b lank f ie
ld r epresents
l
and , Ore ., s hou ld n ot h ave s o me "overawed; h e b eca me s o b efud- t he e ther . I
f c urious p eople a sk
news o f a n amateur s tation e ach "t
i led i n h is b rain t hat h e s tar ted why i t is b lank , t ell t he m e ther
and e very d ay . The amateurs " to p ray: '
Now I l ay me d own i s i nvisib le
, t hat's why t he f ie
ld
shou ld c ultivate t he f riendsh ip o f "
to s leep — '" . '
,
re m i
t o nly b lank . J ust t he sa me
t
he r eporters . These p oor f e
l- And s o o n for c olu mns a nd c ol- i
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he b est i deas f or a dvert ising
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t
h ing e ager ly a nd t he l ess t hey Another g ood method o f d ra w - gestions s hou ld b e s ent t o t he
understand a bout w ire less t he ing t he p ublic's a ttent ion i s t o Editor o f t he " Screech ."
2
f
h
is M
onth
's S
upp
lemen
t
This mon th w e presen t a s as upp le- p
robab ly p ass t he House o f R epre-
men t
, i nstead o f a p hotog ravure , a sen tatives b efore t he c lose o f t he p res-
work ing d raw ing f or a n o sc i
llation ent s e ssion , l imits t he w ave l eng th o f
t
rans former o f t he flat s piral t ype . I t p
riva te s tat
ions t o 2 00 me ters; a nd a s
i
sc apab le of h and l
ing a ny t ransm itting this o scilla t
ion t rans former i si ntended
s
et u p t o 1kw . t
o b e u sed ma in ly b y ama teurs a nd e x-
A wo rd c oncern ing i nduc tances o f p
erimen ters , i t h as b een d esigned t o
t
he f la
t s p
iral t ype. Th is t ype o f send - c
on form t o this wave l eng th a nd h as
i
ng i nduc tance h as n ot f ound f avor been p urpose ly made s mall o n tha t ac-
g
enera l
ly w ith ama teurs i n t he p ast, c
oun t
, t hough l onger w ave l eng ths
p
rinc ipally, b ecause t hey d id n ot real- t
han t h
is may b e o bta ined u nder c er-
i
ze i t
s a dvan tages o ver t he c umber - t
a
in c ond itions .
s
ome h el
ix. I t i sof t he t ype u sed t o- Ei
ther c oi
l c on tains s uff
icien t i n
-
d
ay b y t he T elefunken C ompany i n d
uc tance t o p erm it t he u se o f either a
c
onnec tion w ith t heir s inging s park rotary o r aq uenched s park g ap a nd
s
ets, t he c arrying p ower o f wh ich i s o
b tain a p leasing mus ica l t one t o t he
well k nown , a nd i tw ill b e used , more s park . T he l imits f or t he s park f r
e-
and more , as peop le c ome t o realize i s q
t uenc ies when u sing a r otary o r a
advan tages o ver i nduc tances o f other q uenched s pa rk g ap u sing a l
l o f o ne
t
ypes . c
oil i n t he c ondenser c i
rcu it are a s fo
l-
This o scillation t rans former h as l
ows : 1 2 k
/ w, 6 50 s parks p er s econd;
b
een d esigned f oru se o n aw ave l eng th 2 k
/
1 w, 1 290 s parks p er s econd; 1 kw ,
o
f 2 00 me ters o r less. A s men tioned 2670 s parks p er second .
e
lsewhere i n t his i ssue, a b i
ll h as The n ew w ireless r egu la tions s pecify
passed t he Un ited S ta tes S ena te , which the u se o f ap ure w ave , a lso t ha t itb e
i
s p ractically t he s ame a s t he A lexan - s
harp ly t uned . Th is i s t he a ppara tus
d
er B ill
, wh ich w e p r
in ted i n f ull in t
ha t w il
l g ive i t t o y ou, s o g et b usy
our l ast i s
sue . Th is b il
l, wh ich w i
ll boys, a nd b u
ild o ne.
A NE W POULSEN WIRELESS This c ompany a lready h as twelve s t

a-
STATION . t
ions i n f u
ll o peration, some o f w h
ich
Much a c t
ive w ork i sb e
ing d one b y th e a
re l o
ca ted o n t he P acif
ic C oast
, w hile
F
edera l T eleg raph C ompany , w ho o per - o
thers a r e situa ted east o f t he R ocky
a
te t he P oul sen S ys tem o f Wire le ss Moun tain s
. T hey a re hand l
ing r egu lar
Te
leg raphy . T hey a re mak ing n otable messages, d ay a nd n ight
, c harging t he
p
rog res s i n t h e b u
ild ing o f many n ew s
ame r ate f or f i
fteen w ords t ha t t he
s
tation s i n v ar iou s p arts o f t he Un ited o
ther c ompan ies c harge f or ten w ord s
.
S
ta tes, i n a ccordance w ith t heir p lan o f A
ll these s ta
tion s have ap ower r ating o f
e
stab l
ish ing w ireles s t e
leg raph ic c om - 1
2 K . W . each; t heir equipmen t h as a l
l
mun ication o n ac ommerc ial b asis f rom b
een m anufac tured a t t he c ompany 's
o
ne e nd o f t he c ontinen t t o the o the r. own p l
an t at P alo Alto, California
.
They h ave j ust p ur chased a n e l
even - T
he s ucces sfu l accomp l
ishmen t by t he
a
cre t ract o f l a nd i n O regon . I ti ss i
t- Federal T e
leg raph C ompany o f the t ask
u
a ted i n J ackson C oun ty, i n th e s outh - which th ey h ave u nde r
taken w ill unque s-
we s
tern p art o f t he Sta te, a bou t one -ha lf t
ionably b e ag reat achievemen t in w ire-
mile ca st o f t he t own o f C en tralpo int, o n l
ess w ork .
t
h e S ou thern P acific R ai
lroad .
I
t is t h e
ir i ntention t o e rect al arge TURBO -GENERATORS FOR LO -
w
ire less t eleg raph s tat ion o n t his p rop - CO MOTIVE HEADLIGHTS .
e
rty , and e qu ip i tw i
th a ppara tu s o f such The Wes tinghouse Mach ine C om -
an ature a s t o make t hi s one o f t he mo st p
any, o f Pittsburg, has developed a
power ful a nd c omp le te s tation s o n t he n
ew t ype of turbine and g
enera tor for
Pacific C oa st. T o s uppor t t he a erial s
upplying t he p ower for the e l
ectric
w
ire s
, t wo l ofty t ower s w i
ll b e c onstruc t- h
eadlight of as t
eam l o
como tive. The
e
d, e ach 3 00 f e et in h eigh t
. T he se w ill g
enera t
ing u n
it is v
ery compac t
, a nd
b
e 1 00 f eet h igher t han t he s tandard a
s ito perates o n e
xhaust steam f rom
wireless t ower s o f t he Navy S hore S ta- t
he locomo t
ive , i
tcos
ts almost n oth
ing
t
ion s, wh ich a re 2 00 f eet high . t
o run i t
.
73
T
he D
orne
r M
onop
lane
One o f the few r eally o r
iginal a nd t
he operator t o start hi s mo tor when
d
istinc tive t ypes of s uccess ful mono - o
n the g round w ithou t t he p rope l
ler
p
lanes i sthe Dorner mach ine, ap rod- t
urn
ing a nd al
so p erm its him t o a ccom -
u
ct o f H . Dorner, o f B er
lin, o ne of p
l
ish g l
ides w i
th h is mo tor r unn ing
Germany 's mos t consisten t aeronau t
i- a
nd the propeller s t
ationary .
c
al d esigners a nd pilots
. A lthough t he T
he p r
incipal d imens ions o f t he ma -
Dorner c
hine a re
i
n 0 1 0 - as foi-
p
l ane d i
f- 10 NV s :
f
ers r adi- Span , 3
1
c
ally f rom fe e t ;
mos t a
c- l
eng th , 3 7
c
ep ted d e- fe e t ;
s
i gns , it c
hord o
nev erthe - wing, 9
l
ess has feet 8
p
roved i t
- inches;
s
elf ac ap - e
ng ine , 3 6
a
ble f l
ier H. P ., 4 -
and r ec- cylinder
o
rd b reak - K o rt ing,
e
r. w hi c h
I
t i s o f d
rives a
the l ow la r g e
c
en tre of " Eta" p ro-
gravity p
eller a
t
under- reduced
slun g sp e e d
t
ype , h av- through
i
ng the sp ro cke t
weigh t o f a
nd c ha in
b
o th t he t
ransm is -
en gi ne s
ion .
a
nd t he The
p
ilo t s i
t- Fuselage .
u
a ted b e- The f us-
l
ow t he el a ge,
m ai n which i
s
p
lane . The built o f
motor, wood a nd
which is s
tee l t ub -
s
i
tua ted i n i
ng , i s o f
f
ron t
, i s hand cranked a nd d rives the t
he open tr
iangu lar t ype t apering f ron t
l
arge t wo-bladed p rope l
ler t hrough a a
nd rear with the single ma in s par r un -
c
lu tch , s haft and chain transm ission as n
ing along the b ottom a nd a cting a s a
s
hown i n Fig. 1. Th is system o f tr
ans- s
kid
. The t wo u pper s pars a re s pread
m
iss ion h as the advan tage o f al
low ing o
ut in the vic
in ity of t he p rope ller t o
2
a
l
low p l en ty o f c learance , b u t t aper t o a
re he
ld S unday af
ternoons at Ham
ilton
ap o
in t b oth f ront a nd r ear. The f use- F
ish P ark
, N ew Y ork
.
l
age u prigh ts a re p ut i n s lan ting Anyone i n
tere
sted should c ommuni-
f
ash ion, t hereby a c ting a s c ross b races c
ate with Mr . Samuel \ Ve
in, 51 E a
st
a
nd e lim ina ting t he n ecess ity o f w ire 9
8th st
reet
, N ew Y ork C
ity.
b
rac ing . Ow ing t o t he d ep th o f t he
f
u selage i n f ront t he p i
lo t i sp rov ided WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY FRO M
w
i th r oomy s ea ting a ccommoda tion AN AEROPLANE .
a
nd a lso h as a n u nobs truc ted v iew i n The a
ccompany ing p
ho tographs
a
l
l d irec tions . were taken r e
cen tly, at Hendon , E ng-
The Ma in P lane . l
and, in connec t
ion w ith some s uccess-
The c ons truc tion a nd w arp ing a r- f
u
l e xperimen ts i n transmitting a nd
r
angemen t o f t he ma in p lane i s t he r
eceiv
ing messages f rom a n aeroplane
c
hie f p ecu liar ity o f t he Dorner ma - i
n fl
ight. T he f i
rst p
icture shows Mr .
c
hine . I t i sb uilt u p, c on trary t o g en -
e
ral p rac tise, w ith t h
ree m ain s par s
, o ne
i
n t he c en tre a nd t he o ther t wo n ear
t
he e dges o f t he p lanes . The c entre
ma in s par i s r igid a nd h as t hree v er-
t
ical p osts moun ted o n i t
, o ne i n t he
c
en tre a nd o ne n ear e ach e nd o f t he
w
ing . A s ys tem o f w iring r uns
t
hrough p ulleys moun ted o n t hese
p
os ts a nd i s s o c onnec ted t o t he t wo
o
u ter ma in s pars o f t he w ings t hat
t
he se can b e moved e qually, o ne u p, t he
o
ther d own i n s uch a manner a s t o
warp : the p lane t he s ame amoun t a t
. l
'hotn 1.1
1
11TWOo
ll & l
'
IlderWOOd
e
ach e nd, t hereby o vercom ing t he u s-
F
i
tting u
p t
he A
erop
lane
.
u
a l d rag o n t he l ow s ide. A c are ful
Valentine's B r
istol monop lane b eing
s
t udy o f t he a ccompany ing d raw ing
f
i
tted w ith the n ecessary aerial and a p
-
w
i ll :s how c lear ly h ow t he Dorner
p
ara tus
, wh ich r equired b u
t eigh t m in
-
warp ing s ystem works .
u
tes t ime a nd b ut for
ty f eet of w ire
.
The T ail.
The s econd s hows Mr . Va len t
ine o p
-
The t ail o f t he mach ine i s o f t he
e
rating t he tr
ansm itter
. I ti ssaid t ha
t
f
l
a t n on -lifting t ype a nd i sl onger t han
t
he e xperimen ts w ere e n
tirely s uccess
-
i
ti s wide a nd i s i ntended t o a ct a s a
s
tab il
izer . Two e leva tor f l
aps a ttach
t
o i ts r ear wh i le t he r udder i s placed
d
irec tly b etween t hem .
The C hass is.
The l and ing c hass is i so f t he s ing le
s
kid a nd t wo whee l v ariety a nd i np r
in -
c
iple i s somewha t s im i
lar t o t he N ieu -
port, although i ts c ons truc t
ion i ss ome -
wha t d iferen t
. The t wo whee ls a re
moun ted o n as pringy a rched w ooden
a
x le wh ich i s s treng thened w ithou t
l
osing i ts f l
ex ib ility , b y as ys tem o f
s
pr ing s s tre tched a cross b etween t he
whee l c en tres u nder t he a rch o f t he Pho
to Underwood & Underwoo 1
.
wooden a xle.
O
pera
ting t
he T
ransm
itter
.
f
u
l , up t
o d
istances o
f fi
ve m i
les; and
J
E WISH BOYS ' MODEL AERO t
hat t he greater the a l
titude, the
CLUB . c
learer t
he messages were received
.
Th
is club h as recently been organized
f
or the p urpose o f f urn
ishing i ns
truc- CALIFORNIA WIRELESS CLUB .
t
i
on i n t
he art of a viat
ion a nd th
e s t
im- The amateur Wire less Telegraphy
u
la
tion of t h
e interes t o
f it
s m ember s i
n C
lub of C a
liforn
ia. Evan S. Marlin
,
t
he construction a nd f l
y
ing o f mode l I
rv
ing S awyer, Manag ers; Evan Mar-
a
eroplanes b y m ean s of contes
ts w hich l
i
n, Secre
tary. B ox 5, Capi
tola
, C al
.
I
CA M
75
"One o
n t
he E
di
tor"
Editor Modern E le ctri es. i
ng
, w ith a mo torcyc le c oi
l o n 10 w ith
Dear S i r
: l
amp i n s eries a nd C aldwe ll i n
terrup ter .
I
n g lanc ing o ver t he a ds. ( wh ich 1a l
- E
. W ., o f S an J ose, h as s igned e v
idence
way s d o), In oticed i n y our l a
s t. p age f
rom T atoosh I s
land o f h av ing h eard h is
S
2S . an o
t ice t o R udo lph H arris t o se nd o
ne-inch " Nat
iona l" u p t h ere . T ha t's
i
n h is c orre c t a ddre ss. Ha! h a! E xcu se o
nly a bou t at housand m ile s
, b ut w ha t
my h i
lar ity , b ut Ia m w riting t o t e
ll d
o y ou e xpect o n : 3
0 w atts? F reak ish .
you Ip erpe tra ted t hat l i
t
tle j oke m yself. n
o ( l
oub t, b ut E . \ V. w orked r egular ly
Sh-h! D on 't t ell a nyone . B ut h one st
, 1
50 a nd 2 00 o verland d ay a nd n igh t ).
now, Iw as w ay u p t here i n Y uba C ity .
1so i nr egard t or eceiv ing , Ih ave cop ied
l
ast S ummer , a nd n oth ing t o d o, s o 1 (
verif
i ed) NAR a t K ey \ Ve st h ere my -
c
leared o f p ar t o f my d esk , w en t o utside s
e
lf a nd h ave o nly 1 (2 f oot p ole, 20 f oo t
a
nd t ook t he s et o f f our c oils o f t h e a uto s
preader s
, 1w ire s, 2 50 f eet l ong, other
(
lash ( see ' em o n t h e t able? ), s t uck t he e
nd w ith in 1 5 feet o f t h e ground . Ic an
t
e
lephone a nd a n M .E . i ne vidence , t ook c
opy S itka . A la ska , a ny t ime ( nigh t) ,
as how c ard , p inned i ti n ac ylinder a nd a
nd h ave h eard 2 K . W . b oats o ut 1700 .
wrapped s ome 1 2 R . C . C . o n i t( he l
ix ? )
, T
here's a moun tain r ange b etween m e
a
nd h ad my f riend s i
t f o r t he p icture . a
nd t h e c oast t oo. A
i r
. L otz, o f S an
Now , y ou w ill a dm it i tw as a g ood o ne! J
ose, c a
l l AZ , h as al e
t ter (1h ave r ead
Ha ! h a! I tw on f i
rst p r
ize a nyway! 0 , i
t
), f rom C o
lon , P anama . s aying t hey
f
orgo t o ne — see t h e l i
ttle p ortab le b ox h
eard h im d own t h ere. O h, p ret
ty f air,
i
n f ron t? T ha t
's my l i
ttle p ortab le I
c
arry i n my g rip w herever I g o. I
t
h
elped s ome .
On t he l eve l, y ou 're n o t p eeved , a re
you? I 'm n ot l ooking f or t he p r
ize , b ut
,
s
ay, i fy ou c an s ee w here i ts y our t r
ea t
,
why I '
ll b e g l ad t o h ave y ou s end m e a
y
ear 's s ub scr ip tion t o M . E . Il ow a bou t
i
t
, o ld s cou t? S ure t he t rea t
' s o n y ou,
h
i! h i! How d id y ou l i
ke t hat a rticle
(descrip t
ion) ? T ha t t ook i mag ina t
ion ,
o
l d m an . Wha t, t o b uild a t r ans former
T
he P
hoto T
hat F
ooled t
he E
ditor
.
w
ith g alvan ized i r
on c ore, 3 7 t urns p ri-
m ary, 4 0,
1100 s econdary ( igure v
f oltage ), a
bou t 4 ,000 m i
le s w ith a 5 K . W . a ma -
a
nd h earing t ha t a wfu l d istance , 1 25 t
eur j oint! Ia m d oub tless t he fi
rst o ne
m
ile s w ith 2 00 a erial? He , h e! a nd h o
, o
f t h e a mateur s o n t his c oas t to w r
i te
ho! T he r est i sj uicy , t oo. y
ou p eople, as w e keep t he d ope t o o ur-
To c hange . S ay , I 've b een a n a ma teur s
e
lve s, but, some o f t ho se r ecords (? !)
on t he c oa st h ere f or s ome y ear s
. I f g
rate o n my n erve s. Wel
l, t his
t
here' s a nyone w ho d on' t k now W . 0 . I i
s d rawing o u t a l e
tter p ret
ty l o ng,
h
aven '
t h eard h im y et. I 've r ead M . E . b
ut m ight a s w ell d o a g ood j ob.
s
ince t he f i
rs t l i
ttle r ed o ne ( go t ' em Why d o w e h ear a bou t Marcon i d oing
s
tacked u p n ear t h e a rc) , e very i s
sue , a nd 4
,000 m iles ac oup le o f t ime s w i
th 5 00
Il i
ke i t
. O f c our se , Id on ' t l ike e very - K
. \ V
.. w hen NPH a t Mare I sland
.
thing, b ut y ou c an't p lea se e verybody . h
and le s m essage s e very n i gh t with K ey
However , Ie nc lo se a f i
lled -ou t v oting Wes t o n 2K . I V
.? Ih ave h eard t he N
b
lank , w h ich i s t he a verage o p
in ion SX w ork NPH i n Hono lu lu h arbor
among t he f ellows i n my r adius ( 1200 a
t d ay l
igh t in t he morn ing w i
th t ho se
m
i.) . Te
lefunken s e
t s
. Enough o f that. I
The a ma teur s i n y our m agaz ine , a nd would l ike very much t o se e more t ech -
t
heir s tations , a re a s our ce o f e ndle ss n
ical a rtic
les i n M . E . a nd k eep u p t he
e
njoymen t t o u s f ellows o u t h ere , a nd g
ood w ork o n t he P aris L etter a nd l ike
we'd ju st a s s oon s e e ' em c on tinue a s n ot
. a
rt
ic les. I
'm e specially i n
terested i n
We e njoy t ho se w onder fu l r ecords o f w
irele ss t e
lephony ( have w orked s park
2
5 t o 3 0 m i. o n ao ne-inch . P retty f air, s
ystem f our mile s), a nd w ou ld apprec ia te
b
u t o n t h
is c oa st, n ix! ( I h ave d one 1 25 af ew n ew p o
in ts v ery much . We h ave
o
verland i nt he d aytime , a ma teur r eceiv - an umber o f c ompan ie s w i th t e
lephones
2
o
nt hecoas th e
re a nd getthem great. Our s
tead ily g row ing i n membersh ip. P ro-
d
ifi
culty is
,w ec annotg et D. C
. grams o f v a
lue a re b e
ing p rov ided, a nd
Wel
l, don' t forget the subscr
ip t
ion if measures h ave b een a dop ted t oward
y
ou se
et hej oke ther i
ghtw ay. Ia sk your t
he w el fare a nd a dvancemen to f the i n
-
p
ardon for a ny o fense, bu
t Ia s
sure y ou t
eres ts o f b o th t he e xperimen ter a nd
n
one w a
s i n
tended . T hank you for your t
he c ommerc ial o pera tor. The a ssoci-
t
ime i
nr eading t h
i s
. a
tion c on temp la tes t he i nsta llation o f
Yours v ery si
ncere
ly, ac omprehens ive l ibrary o f w orks u pon
WM . R. ORGAN . t
he s ub jec t
, wh ich s hall b e o pen a t a l
l
P
alo Alto,C alif
. t
imes t o i t
s members .
The d iscuss ion o f va r
ious t opics a p-
p
erta in ing t o t he a r
t i st o b e taken u p
PACIFIC STATES WIRELESS b
y members b est i nformed u pon e ach
ASSOCIATION . s
ubjec t, a nd many p oints o f v alue
There h as r ecen t
ly been o rgan ized s
hou ld b e brough t f orth. A l
l who a rc
i
n L os Ange les a n ew w ireless a ssoci- i
nteres ted i n t he a r
t o f w ire less c om -
a
tion, wh ich , through t he p rog ressive mun ica tion , a nd r eside i n S ou thern
s
pirit wh ich h as b een e xhibited i n i t
s Cal
i forn ia, a re u rged t o lend t heir s up-
f
ounda tion a nd membersh ip , g ives p
ort t o t he r apid d eve lopment o f a n
p
rom ise o f b ecom ing a n institution o f o
rgan iza tion wh ich i sd es t
ined t op rove
t
he grea test inf
luence a nd v alue among o
f t he g reates t v alue t o e very w ireless
t
he w ireless o perators o f S outhern e
nthus ias t u pon t he c oas t. The o rgan -
C
alifornia. Th is a ssoc
iation h as, since i
zat
ion h as i t
s h eadqua r
ters a nd m eet-
i
t
s i n
cep tion a f ew mon ths a go, ma in- i
ng p lace a t 4 00 G erma in B u
ilding ,
t
a
ined a h eavy a ttendance, a nd u nlike a
nd a pp lica tions f o r membersh ip s hould
s
imilar o rganiza t
ions o f t he p ast
, i s b
e f orwarded t o t h is a ddress .
L
I MITED W AVE LENGTHS . A In the s econd l ine a bove f ormu la (1)
CORRECTION . t
he q uan ti
ty 0 .0000000000000278 s hould
A serious e rror h as been b rough t to b
e 0 .00000000000001125 . F ormu la ( 1)
our a tten t
ion i n c onnec tion w ith t he s
hou ld r ead :
a
rticle o n Lim ited Wave L engths i n Frequency =(2T T )-1 (LC ) -".
t
he March i ssue . The e r
ror c onsists a
nd t he q uantity 2 T s hou ld r eplace
i
n t he u se of the n umera l
, 4 ,ins
tead o f t
he word , f our
, i n t he second l i
ne f ol
-
t
he q uan tity 2 TT , i n formu la ( 1) o n l
owing . F ormu la ( 3) s hould r ead :
p
age 8 71. The f ormu la, as given, shows Wave l ength =3x108. x2 ( LC )" .
t
he n atural f requency o f transmiss ion =18.85x108(LC )" .
l
ine; b ut, unfor tuna tely, doe s n
ot a pply a
nd i n t he line f o
llow ing , the q uan t
ity
t
o ac l
osed c ircu it including l umped c a- 1
,200,000 ,000 s hou ld b e r eplaced b y
p
aci ty a nd i nduc tance a s u sed i n a 1,885,000 ,000.
w
ire less t r
ansm itting s et
. I
n t he f i
rst l i
ne i n the l e
ft hand c o
l-
On a ccoun t of t h
is e rror, the fo
llow - umn o n page 8 72, t he q uantity 0 .00029
i
ng c hanges s hou ld b e made i nthe v ar
i- s
hould b e 0.00014 ; a nd i n the fith l i
ne
o
us n umer ical e xpressions t hroughou t 2
1.5 s hould b e 1 4
.
t
he a rticle, includ ing t he t ab
le, as f o
l- The t able o n page 8 73 s hould r ead as
l
ows: f
o
llows :
Condenser Inductance
, No
. o
f t
urns
.
No
.o f Capaci
ty,
P
lates
. M
iorohenrys. He
lix
. 0
. T
.
M
icrofarads
.
SPARK COILS.
3 0
.
002 5
.
62 3
. 3
.
1
" 6 0
.
004 2
.
81 2
.
1 1
.
8
2
" 1
2 0
.
008 1
.41 1
.
5 1
.
3
TRANSFOR MERS 60 CYCLES
.
I
A KW 1
6 0
.
0046 2
.45 1
.
7
y
2 KW 3
2 0
.
0092 1
.
22 1
.
2
1K W 4
0 0
.
019 0
.
59 0
.
8
TRANSFOR MERS 1
25 CYCLES.
Y4 K W 8 0
.
0022 5.
11 2
.
9 2
.
3
y2K W 1
6 0
.
0044 2
.
56 2
. 1
.
7
1K W 2
0 0
.
0091 1
.
24 1
.
4 1
.
2
M O D ER N EL E C T RI CS 2
77
Our Wire less S tation a nd o ur Labora tory C ontest will be con t

inued e very month u nti
l further notice.
The b est p hotog raph f or each c ontest i s awarded a mon thly prize o f T hree ( 3) Dol
la rs. I f you h ave a
g
ood, c l
ear p ho tog raph s end i ta t once: y ou a re d o
ing y ourse
lf a n in
jus tice i fyou don '
t. I f y ou have a
w
ireles s station o r l aboratory ( no ma tter h ow s ma
ll) have a p ho tograph t aken of i
tb y a l
l m eans. P hoto-
g
raphs n o t used w il
l b e returned i n 3 0 d ays
.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE DESCRIPTION OP THE STATION MUST NOT BE LONGER
THAN 2 50 W ORDS , AND THAT I T I S E SSENTIAL THAT ONLY ONE S IDE OP THE SHEET
I
S WRITTEN UPON . SHEET MUST BE TYPE WRITTEN OR W R ITTEN BY PEN . DO NOT
USE PENCIL . NO DESCRIPTION WILL BE ENTERED I N THE CONTEST UNLESS THESI C
RULES ARE CLOSELY ADHERED TO .
I
t i s al
so a dvisable t o send t wo p rints of t he photograph ( one t oned d ark a
nd o ne l i
ght) s o we c an
h
ave t he c hoice o f t he o ne b est suited f or reproduc t
ion.
This c ompe tition i so pen f r
eely t o al
l w ho m ay d e
sire t o compe te, w ithou t c
harge o r considerat
ion o f
a
ny k ind . P rospec t
ive c on testants n eed n ot b e subscriber s f
or ( the p ubl icat
ion) in order t o b e e
ntitled
t
o c ompe te fo r the p rizes o fered.
F
IRST PRIZE THREE DOLLARS
. o
r t he 1-inch c oil, o ne L eyden j a r c on-
d
enser , w ireless k ey w ith h eavy c on-
Herewith is ap ho
to of my wire
less t
ac ts, a
l
l opera ted b
y n
ecessary
t
e
leg raph outf
it
. switches.
The send
ing s e
t consis
ts of a1-
inch My r eceiving o utf
i t c onsis ts o f t wo
i
nduction coil run o n six dry ce
lls
, t
un ing c oils, loose c oup ler a nd d oub le
b
rass b a
ll tes
ting spark g ap a
s seen s
l
ide , opera ted b y aD . P . D . ' I
. s w
i tch,
two c ondensers , f i
xed a nd v ariab le
(
r otary t ype) , a nd a c omb ina tion , s il
i-
c
on a nd g alena, m inera l d etec tor.
My a eria l is 8 5 f ee t l ong , 6 0 f eet
h
igh a t both e nds , a nd i sc omposed o f
4c opper w ires o n 12- foo t s preaders .
With t his o utf
it Ih ave o b tained e x-
c
ellent r esults. Ic an s end i n b oth
Mor se a nd C on t
inen ta l c odes , b ut r e
-
c
eive i n t he Morse b e tter t han C on t
i-
n
en tal. Ic ommun ica te e ven ing s w ith
a
no ther ama teur who i s a bou t am ile
o
r s o a way . My c all l etter i s ( R
. S .
).
I am a n I nterna tiona l C orrespon -
d
ence S choo l s tuden t
, p repar ing t o b e-
c
ome a t elegraph e ng ineer , a nd h ave
b
een a n e xperimen ter i n w ire less f or
o
ver t wo y ears; a nd c an r e commend
Modern E lcctrics, f rom w hich I h ave
r
ece ived s o many h elp fu l h in ts, t o a ny
ama teur who i sa n e xper imen ter i n t he
w
ire less field.
K
ING J A MES BOGARDUS ,
Connec ticu t
.
HONORABLE MENTION .
B
oga
rdu
s S
t
ation
. Enclosed f i
nd a p ho
tog raph of my
w
ireless station. I made mos t a
l
l my
o
n top of hel
ix, zi
nc spark gap, which i
ns
trumen ts.
Iuse f
or transmitt
ing, ah e
lix, of l
ong The r e
ceiving ins
trumen ts are p
laced
wave l
ength, which Iconstructed t
o be (
i
n t he lef
t s i
de, and my t ransmi
tting
u
sed on either Y4 K. W. t ransformer i
ns
trumen ts are on t
he ri
gh t.
2
The r
eceiv ing instrumen ts a
re ; S
ince p
i c
ture w as taken
, the tr
ans-
Double s l
ide t uning c oil, t wo f ixed m
itting set has b een mounted i n a
c
ondenser s
, t wo v ariab le c ondenser s, c
abinet a
nd a rotary spark g
ap added.
two d etec tors ( one s i
licon a nd o ne The a
erial is 2
00 feet l
ong
, 4 5 fe
et
g
alena )
, a nd a p air of E . I .C o. 2,000 - h
igh at o
ne e nd, 50 fee
t at the o
ther
o
hm p hones; a lso a t es t b uzzer f or t he
r
eceiving s et.
The t ransm i tt
ing i nstrumen ts a re:
As ix
-inch s park c oil
, s park g ap, h elix,
a
djustab le g lass p late, s end ing c on -
d
enser, aT . P . D . T. s witch t o throw
f
rom r ece iv ing t o s end ing , o r v ice
v
ersa, an a utoma tic plunger f or 10 -V .
A
. C . wh ich I u se, a n e lec trolytic i n-
t
errupter, a nd a w ire
less k ey.
The a erial ( loop t ype ), i s 5 f eet
h
igh a t o ne e nd a nd 4 5 f ee
t a t t he
o
ther. I ti s6 0 f eet long , 1 2 w ires No .
1
2 B. &S ., a lum inum , 2 2 i nches a par t. B
i
en S
t
ation
.
Ialso have a s hor t te
leg raph a nd t e
le - a
nd c onsists o
f four No . 14 al
um inum
p
hone l ine . w
ires.
Iuse al e ad w ater p ipe f o r ag round; With t his s
et Ih ear " PD", T ampa,
a
nd h ave a l ightn ing a rres ter o n t he F
la.
, "MS W" . Wellsf
leet, Mass.
, " NY",
h
ouse.
New Y ork, "HA" , C ape Ha tteras
,
"NEP" , U. S.D ixie
, d own i n t
he Gulf
o
f Mex ico.
I would b e glad to h ear from a ny
s
tat
ion f rom 8:00 to 9:00 any night
.
Ca
ll letters "DI."
GILBERT G . B lEN , Ohio
.
HONORABLE MENTION .
E
nclosed f i
nd a f l
ashlight picture o f
my w ireless s ta
tion. My s e
t c onsists
o
f:
F
or send ing, B unne ll key, E. I .C o
.,
13
% i nch c oi
l, ac losed c ore C arpen ter
c
oi
l 1 0 b y 1 2 inches, h el
ix, plate c on-
d
enser, o f 13 glass plates S by 1 2 inch-
E
dwa
rds S
t
ation
. e
s
, E . T.C o.
's zinc spark g ap, an anchor
g
ap, a nd a D .P .D.T. s w
itch t o change
1 have o bta
ined much h elp from f
rom s end ing t o r
eceiving .
Modern E lee
tri
cs a nd be
lieve it i
s th
e F
or r eceiving, L oose c oup
ler, E . T.
b
est magaz ine for amateurs. Co
.'s T uf
ii,o- tuner, a lso o ne of t heir
This st
ation isthe re
sult of 2years
'
s
tudy a nd experimenting.
My call is P
. N. .
PAUL ED WARDS , C
olo
rado.
HONORABLE MENTION .
Here i s af l
ashlight o f my w ireless
t
e
leg raph o utf
it
.
The r eceiving set cons is
ts o f al arge
l
oose -coupler, fixed c ondenser , g a
lena
d
etec tor, B randes 2 ,000-ohm p hones
E
l
l
iot
t S
t
at
ion
.
a
nd a l
l n ecessary s witches.
S
end ing : 3
% K . W. c losed c ore e
l
ec troly
tic detector s
tands made i n
to
t
rans former , No . 6 a luminum w ire as i
licon detector
, a Mass ie cup and
h
elix; w ireless k ey w ith 3 %-
inch c on- p
oint d etec
tor, E . I. Co
.'s p o
tent
io-
t
acts; l arge zinc s park g ap; l amps i n m
e ter, 1,
000 ohm r ece
iver
, a nd Jun
ior
a
erial c i
rcuit; glass plate c ondenser . f
i
xed c ondenser.
79
I am mak
ing a c oherer to u
se with C
od, Fire I
s
land, and Portsmouth, N
.
a75
-ohm G ernsback r e
lay. H
., a
nd many other s
ta
tions.
I am a cons
tant r e
ader of Modern Ic
an send a
bout 8to 10 miles
.
E
lectrics
, a
nd think ito ne o
f the b
est
w
ire
less magazines Ie ver s
aw or r
ead.
MORTON ELLIOTT ,
A
lon
tana.
HONORABLE MENTION .
Find herew
ith a f lashlight p hoto-
g
raph o f my wireless t e
legraph s ta-
t
ion. Ih ave a
voided a l
l comp l
icity in
t
he d es
ign of these instrumen ts; r e
-
s
ult
ing in asimp
le a nd e fec
tive ins
tal-
l
a
tion. T he woodwork i sof bi
rch a nd
B
enson S
t
at
ion
.
N
1vc
a
ll i
sP. B
.
PHILIP BENSON,
New York
.
HONORABLE MENTION .
Enc
losed i
s apic
ture o
f my w ireless
s
ta
tion. My r e
ceiving s
et consists of
o
ne double s
l
ide tuning c
oi
l, prbv ided
D
enny S
t
ation
.
mahogany , and t he me tal parts a l
l f i
n-
i
shed c orrespond ing ly.
The r eceiving s e
t c ompr ises a l oose-
c
oup led t uner, c omb ination e l
ec trolytic
a
nd s i
l
icon r e
ce iving s et w ith v ariable
a
nd f i
xed c onden ser s
, r o
tary p otentio-
meter a nd 2 ,
000 -ohm , We stern E lectric
h
ead p hone s.
The t ransm it t
ing s et c onsists o f 1 y
2
K
. W. c losed c ore t r
ans former , g lass
p
late c ondenser , v ariable c hoke c oil
,
mu ff
led a ir coo led s park , (
_
r
ap a nd h e
lix.
M va erial w ires a re 7 5 -'
f
eet h igh a nd
l
iy w ave l ength a bou t 2 00 me ters .
ROBERT C . DENNY ,
M
issour i.
HONORABLE MENTION .
Ienclose a p hoto o f my w ireless sta-
t
i
on .
For s ending I u se an E. I .C o
.'s 1-
i
nch s park c oi
l, ah el
ix, an E . I .C o
.'s
z
inc s park g ap, a c ondenser , a nd a
t
rans former t o reduce t he electric light
c
ur rent.
For r eceiving 1 u se an E . I . C o.
's
l
oose c oupler. w hich g ives p erfect r e
-
s
ults, a n E . I.C o.'s detector s tand, in
which I u se p erikon , al oading c oil of
my own c onstruc tion, a nd f ive c on- R
owland '
S
tat
ion
.
d
ensers . w
ith p
ure pl
atinum s l
iding con
tac
ts,
With t his set 1h ave pi
cked u p C ape a
l
so at
rans
former tuner
, two f
i
xed c
on-
2
d
ensers a nd o ne v ariab le ( no t shown 2
0-
inch s park, wh ich i s a lmos t t he
i
n p i
c ture), s i
l
icon d etec tor a nd 2 ,000 - l
ength of t
he t r
ans former, iso b ta
ined .
ohm h ead s et. To t he ri ght ist he p ush Ia l
so have a s mall wireless s tat
ion ,
bu
t ton o pera t
ing b uzzer t est s et
. which i
scomposed o f in
strumen ts built
My send ing s et c onsists ofo ne 2 -
inch a
ccording to instruc t
ions p ubl
ished i n
s
park c oil
, k ey, s end ing c ondenser , Modern Electr
ics, a nd several of E . I.
h
elix a nd s park g ap . Co
.'s make.
My r eceiving r ange i s a bou t 8 00 HO WARD LUCAS , P ennsylvan ia.
mi
les a nd s ending a bou t 8m iles . F or
ag round I u se t he w ater p ipe . My HONORABLE MENTION .
a
erial i s 100 fee t long , 5 0 feet h igh a t Here is my w ireless s
tat
ion .
o
ne e nd a nd 3 5 fee t at the o ther , and i s My s end ing a pparatus c onsis
ts o f
c
omposed o f 6w ires , 1 8 inches a par t. t
he fo
llow ing i ns
trumen ts: 2-inch coi
l,
I am a ble to h ear a ny o f t he g rea t g
lass pl
a te c ondenser, z
inc s park gap,
l
ake s tations a nd a s far e ast a s E rie, a
nd key.
Pa
., a nd o n severa l o ccasions I h ave For r
e ceiving, Iu se a pa
ir o f 2
,000-
h
eard C leveland , Oh io.
J
. C. RO WLAND ,
Missour i.
HONORABLE MENTION .
Enclosed herew i
th pl
ease f i
nd p hoto
o
f my h igh frequency appara tus
. I t
c
onsis
ts of a1 -inch c
oi
l, e
lectrolyt
ic i n
-
t
er
rup ter, c
ondenser and T esla T rans-
P
et
it S
tat
ion
.
ohm p hones, al arge double sl
ide tun-
i
ng coil, fi
xed c ondenser, peroxide of
l
ead, and m ineral detectors, potent
io-
meter
, and a2 -point switch, f
or chang-
i
ng from one detector t
o the other
.
L. E. PETIT , I lino
is.
HONORABLE MENTION
.
P
lease fi
nd e nc
losed a f l
ashl
igh t
R
hotograph of my wire
less o
utf
it, con-
s
i
sting of
: He l
ix, two-
inch s
park c oi
l,
o
ne-quart L
eyden j
ar, tun
ing c
oil
, vari-
L
ucas H
igh F
requency App
ara
tus
.
f
ormer. I n u s
ing t he E lec
tro 1 -
inch
c
oil Io b
tain a 6-inch s park, which I I
nstone S
tat
ion
.
c
onsider remarkab
le; u s
ing E . I. Co.
's, a
ble c
ondenser, 2.000
-ohm p hones and
h
alf K. W. coil
, a1 0-
inch s park iso b- t
wo de
tectors
, s i
l
icon a nd perikon
.
t
a
ined; a nd with the E. I .C o
.'s quar- JOSEPH I NSTONE ,
t
er K. W. c losed core t r
ansformer, a N
ew York .
M O DER N ELECT RI CS
THE BUSY AMERICAN
1
(
i N E RES E RV E E
1
\1r
i-R O
NSON
4
,
_
:
y
r
—at l
e
isure
—and t
he b
usy Amer
ican
, when "T
i me i
s Money
," a
s s
een t
hrough French e
yes
. —Pe
le MP
le.
THE LATEST .
\ERONAUTICAL INVENTION
.
"What
's t
he i
dea o
f wear
ing t
hat l
ightn
ing To s
ave my s
cul
l, a
s y
ou may p
erce
ive!"
a
rres
ter?"
CHARLES C
. I
lLACKHA M , OF t
hat t h
is defec
t c ou
ld b e o
vercome a
s in
BRIDGEPORT , CON N .
, HAS BEEN o
ther r e
spec
ts, th
e inven
tion s
eems to h
ave
GRANTED PATENT NO . 1 ,
022,350 FOR A mer
it.
TELEPHONE .
The o bject o f th
is i nvention i s to prov ide PATENT NO . 1 ,024,577 , FOR A PRI -
a
n instrumen t i n which t he r eceiver and t rans- MARY BATTERY . HAS BEEN GRANTED
m
itter a re c omb ined u pon a s ingle b racket TO CHARLES E . H ITE , OF BURL ING -
a
nd p ivotally c onnec ted t o t he p ortable TON , N. J .
s
tand, so t hat w hen t he r eceiver i s in p roper The p urpose o f t his b attery i s t o m ake a
p
osit
ion a t the ear t he t ransm itter i s also in t
wo-flu
id b attery h aving d iferen t c ompar t-
p
osit
ion f or u se in f ron t o f t he mou th; t o men
ts. T he c arbon p la
tes , 1 7, w hich a ct
, a t
s
o arrange a nd c onstruc t t he p ivotal connec - t
he same t ime, a s ap orous v essel, a re s unk i n
t
i
on o f t he b racket a nd s tand , that t he e l
ec- acompound , 1 6, w hich c ompound , i n t urn, i s
t
r
ical c onnections f or r ece
iver a nd transm it- s
upported b y the w alls o f t he b ox, 1 5. The
z
inc p la
te i s s hown a t 25. S uch a b at-
t
ery i s p artitioned o f b y t he w ell, 1 8
.
which m ay b e o f g lass, h ard r ubber o r
t
he l ike
, a nd t h
is w al
l t hus f o
rms a
c
omp lete b attery b y m eans o f t he e le-
men ts, 1 7 a nd 2 5.
Our i lus tration s hows f our s uch b at-
t
er
ie s
, a ll i n o ne c ase. T he e l
emen ts
a
re c onnec ted t oge ther b y m eans o f a
n
ove l a lum inum c onnec tor, 2 0, w h
ich
r
eally p re sen ts t he o nly n ove l p o
in t
a
bou t the i nven tion .
We r eally d o n ot s ee h ow t he Un ited
S
tates P aten t of ice c ould i s
sue t he
p
aten t
, in asmuch a s i dentica lly t he s ame
i
dea h as b een d escr ibed i n the Mu irhead
b
attery u sed b y t he B rit
ish P o
st Of ice.
p&
.1
t
er w ill b e a utoma t
ica lly r egu lated w i th t he
a
d justmen t o f t he b racke t
.
A
t t he f i
rst t hough t t his i nven tion i s quite
unique a nd o ne c ou ld t hink t ha t i t wou ld
s
ure ly r ep lace t he p resen t s tyle o ftelephone
d
e sk a ppara tus. But o n l o oking o ver t he
s
pecifica tion i t b ecomes a pparen t t hat t here
i
s ag rea t d efec t i ncorpora ted i n the d evice.
i
nasmuch a s i t i s n ecessary f or t he p erson
u
sing t he t elephone a ppara tu s, t o r ese t t he
a
rm i nto a v ert ical p osition when t hrough
t
alking . I n the p resent t elephone a ppara tus
t
his o b
jec tion i so f c ourse , a lso p resen t
, b ut
N
MI
t
he mo st c onven ien t p lace t o p ut t he r eceiver,
a
fter y ou a re t hrough u sing i t
, i s o n t he
hook, a nd p lacing i t o n t he h ook d isconnec ts
t
he c ircu it. O f. course, w ith Mr . B lackham 's
i
nstrumen t, o ne c ould g e
t i nto t he h abit o f
i
lu
il
lui
l
lr
i 0
p
ush ing t he a rm b ack; b ut u nfor tuna tely, it
s
eems t o u s t hat, b eing t hat t he a rm mus t
b
e i n as tr
ictly v ertica l p o s
ition , many p eo-
p
le, although t hey w ould s hove t he arm b ack,
e
specia l
ly i f in ah urry , w ould r eally n ot dis- T
his b
at
tery
, as do aIo
thers o
f th sc
lass
,
c
.mnec t t he i n
strumen t. However , w e b el
ieve s
ufers f
rom the c
ommon defec
t t
hat i
tise x
-
MODERN EL EC T RI CS
t
remely h ard t o m ake t he cells w a
terproof
a
nd c urren t-proof. There w il
l a lso b e some
l
e
r
akage f
ent g
rom o
oes t
ne c e
l
hrough a c
l t o the other a
rack where w a
s th
ter o
e c
r a
ur
c
-
id
This Murdock
would n ot p enetrate. Such h atteries c annot
F
o
•
b
e used a t a l
l w hen t ranspor ted, as t he shak-
i
ng will surely provide t he m eans t o m ake the
c
urrent l eak wor se t han e ver.
ED W IN R . CARLSON . OF BROOK[ .' '

N
. Y .. HAS BEEN GRANTED PATEN I
NO. 1
,
027,238, FOR RECE I VER FOR
ELECTRO MAGNET IC WAVES .
The i nvention r e
lates t o a d etector s tand
a
nd p resents s ome n ovel features. T he m eans
o
f mov ing t he p in
, g , up a nd d own i s q ui
te
R
ece
iving Transfor mer
n
ove
s
c
l
rew
, a
, j
nd t
, wh
he r
ich b
egulat
ion i
ears u
s made b
pon t he s pr
y t
ing, i
h
e
. $8
.00 AN D
AT
f
i
tt
ing i n t
he i ndentation in t he p
i n
, h. When
ji
ag
s screwed d
ood r egulat
own , p
ion i
in
s h
, g
ad
, moves d
. T he s
own
ame p
, t
i
n
hus
. g .
This Murdock
when t aken o ut
, a nd t urned u pside-down . i s
Var
iab
le Condenser
AT $3
.00
make t he m os
t e f
ic
ien t se
le ct
ive t u ning c om -
b
ina t
ion e ve r of
fered a t such l ow p r
ices. I n
u
sed f or a n e lectrolytic d eteco ,r, and t he d
esign , i n m aterials, and i n wo rkman ship ,
Wo l
laston w ire
, p ,isc lamped b y the spring, 0, t
hey s ustain t he MURDOCK r eputa tion. I n
a
l
so a n ovel arrangemen t. o
pera tion , t hey w ork a s w el
l a sa ny s imilar
This i dea i s quite n ovel, as w ell as c l
ever , i
n
st rumen ts on t he m a
rke t, rega rd
le sso fp r
ice
a
nd w i
ll b e o f p articu lar i n
tere s
t t o o ur d
ife rence s
, a moun t
ing i ns ome c ase s tot r
ip le
r
eaders . t
he p rices h ere asked .
The d etector s hows a f ew o ther f eatures The R eceiving T ransforme r h a
s h ard r ub -
which h ave b een d e
scr ibed l o
ts o f t imes i n b
er c ompo s
ition t ub e
s; p rima ry , b are c opp er
Modern E
lectrics
, n ame ly, t
he s
tanch ion w
ind ing ; s econda ry, s i
lk-cov ered c oppe r;
may b e r evolved s o t hat the p o
int, g. may p
r
ima ry a nd s e
conda ry v ar
ia t
ion s witche s,
b
e u sed o n other m inera ls or s ubstances, a nd u
nique i nc onstruction, a nd s imple a nd p er-
f
e
c t i n o per a
tion. A
ltoge the r, aw e
ll-ba l-
t
he i nven tor p rovides f i
ve cups f or this p ur-
a
nced , g ood l ooking a nd e f
ic
ien ti nstrumen t
.
p
ose. A side f rom t he movemen t a nd g enera l
The V ar
iab le C ond en s
e r ha s se ven p la
te s:
e
xecu tion o f the p in
, t he p a
tent d oes n ot p re-
c
apa ci ty s uff
icient f or se
conda ry o f receiving
s
ent a nyth ing n ovel.
t
r
an sfo rme rc i
rcuit; p er
f e
c t
ly i nsu
la ted ; m in-
i
mum l o
s s by leakage ; h ard r ubb erc ompo s
i-
OTTO FR ICKE , OF NE W YORh . t
i
on t op and b o
ttom w ith s c
ale a nd p oin ter.
BEEN GRANTED PATENT NO . Noth ing c an t ouch i ti ne ficiency o f o p
e ra-
FOR A MAST FOR WIRELESS TELEG - t
i
on . I ts p opu lar
ity i s shown b y i t
s w ide
RAPHY . s
a
le , w h
ich h as c omp letely e clipsed t he
T he p resen t i nven tion r e
la tes t o a n i m- r
eco rd s o f any si m
ilar instrumen t.
p
roved mas t f or w ire less t elegraphy . Y
our s tat
ion i s t
he place to p
rove
Here is s ome thing r eal n ove l
, a lthough w e
t
he truth of o
ur argu ment. Get e
i
ther
d
o n ot know h ow g reat t he u sefu lness o f thc
d
evice w i
ll b e. F rom t he i lustra tion i t wi
ll o
r b oth o f these instru ments a nd
b
e s een tha t the p art. 1, w hich i s ar egular l
earn what t hey c an do u nder your
l
at
ticed t ower , h as a c one -shaped p art, 7 . c
onditions. Y ou
'll k
eep the m.
which e ngages w ith t he stationary m ast
, 5. by
means o f t he s uppor t, 4. A s w ill b e seen the
mas t
, 1,i sn ot s ecured , e xcep t at t he point, 7. W M. J
. M U R D OC K CO
.
a
nd i sheld i n p osit
ion b y m eans o f t he coun- 4
0 CARTER STREET
t
erwe ights, 3 . C onsequen tly t he mas t, 1, can CHELSEA
, MASS
.
sw
ing b ack a nd f orth o n t he p o
in t
, 7 . 1
62 M
I NNA ST
., SAN FRANC
ISCO
For some mys terious r eason t he i nventor
a
dvises t he u se o f a n unfreez able l i
quid, such
MO DtR N RLECTRICS
E
LECTR
ICITY
a
s g lycer ine, i n t he c ounterwe ights, S . I t
V
i
f
t
would s e
em t o us from a c asual observa tion
t
hat the w eights, 3,h ad b et
ter b e ac arload o f
C
omp
let
e i
nOn
eYe
ar l
e
h
ad
, o
ow t
r m
he a
ercury
er
ial
, a
, 9
s i
, w
ti
ou
s i
ld b
n conce
e h e
ivab
ld i
le t
n p osi
o u
t
ion
s
SCIENT
IFIC E
LECTRIC
ITY
I
N ALL I TS BRANCHES
u
nless t he w e
ights, 3,a re of e normou s w eigh t
.
The m ast
, 1 ,as pictured , a fords a n e x
traor -
B
liss E
lec
trica
l S
choo
l d
inari
ly g ood l e
ver; a nd t he s l
ightest p ull at
Studies restr
icted tot heoret ica
l and prac
- t
he aerial, 9 ,w ould, of n ecessity
, pull the m ast
t
ical electric
ity, m echanical dra wingand
necessary engineering work . Teaches s i mp licity. concentra
- o
ver, 1 ,o n a ccount o f t h
e g reat leverage.
t
ion, hard work . For young m en of energy and character .
I
t w ou ld s eem t o u s that w h
ile the i dea is
1
2
0 years of greatest success. Graduates h old f ir
st-class P05
1-
l
ions
. Opens Sept. 25. W rite f or ne w c
ata log, g
ood, t he w eights
, 3 , w ould h ave to b e e nor-
ii Tel
garn• Are., W ASH INGTON, 0 . C .
1
C H E AP SETS O F ST A M PS
7B ol
ivia 10e 4 Newfoundland
.. fix
5 Canal Zone Sc 1
3 Nyassa 3:
Ic
3 Crete Se 5P ana ma S
c
1
0 Cuba a nd Por
to 5Pers
ia Sc
R
ico Se 1
0 Phil
lip
ines Sc
I
l
lus
trated A
lbu m b
ound n heavy co ver ,108 good
s
ta mps
, 1000 h
inges and perforation g
auge , 2Se post
f
ree 4porovalx a 0% di
t 6 scount
H
. LEONARD
, P
. 0
. B
ox 7
85, J
acks onv i
l
l e ,F
la.
W. A
. O
. A
.
W ATCH FOBS
mous
, in order to put even a s ma
ll s
train
u
pon the aer
ial
, 9. T he inventor a
l
so s
tates
t
hat four counterwe
ights
, i n
stead of two,
c
ould b
e used
.
PATENT NO . 1,
027
,088
, FOR A W ATER -
S
tyle B PROOF BATTERY , AND METHOD OF
MAK ING SA ME , HAS BEEN GRANTED
S
tyle A
TO RALPH V . V ILLIERS, OF EAST
These t wo b eautiful watch f obs w ill b e a c
- FREETO WN , MASS .
c
la i med w ith e nthus ias m b y every W. A . 0 . A.
me mber . They a re t he v ery t h
ing y ou h ave The i
lus
tra
tion s
how s th
e i
dea a
s wel
l a s
wanted a nd t hey a re with in t he r each o f every- words c
an descr
ibe it
, and t
here is r
eal
ly
one.
We h ave c ontracted f or a l arge q uantity o f
t
hese f obs w ith t he f oremost makers a nd t he
s
a me q uality f obs u sua lly s e
ll f or 7 5 cents o r
$
1.00 a t most s tores.
S
tyle A s hows o ur g enuine s ilk f ob w ith
GOLD ROLLED me tal r im; o ur s tandard w ire-
l
ess b utton i s f urn ished i n TRIPLE GOLD
PLATE , g uaranteed f or y ears. This i s o ur
best f ob. PRICE 5 0 CENTS . By ma il e xtra
4c ents.
S
tyle B s hows o ur l eather watch f ob
. This
I
s av ery classy d esign . On ly t he b est Morocco
l
eather u sed . Button is TRIPLE GOLD
PLATE . This f ob w ill l ast f or l ong y ears.
PRICE 5 0 CENTS . By s nail e xtra 4 ce n
ts. n
othing n oN
,el a
bout th
e i n
vention
, as fa
r as
w
i
l
Nt
ItS
SAS0
11A
IIO
N O
fA1
11
1
10, 2
3
1 f
es
sSt
.
, M
W N
i
tCi
t
y
. we can see
.
The inventor s
imp
ly places the b
at
tery in a
When writin g
, p
lease m ention " Modern E
lectr
ics
. c
ontainer
, a nd pours insula
ting c ompound
MODERN EL EC T RI CS 2
85
a
round t he v arious p arts, thereby w a
terproof-
i
ng the cel
l, o r c e
lls.
The w ri
ter h as b een i n th e habit of doing
T
H
E B
U
T/E
N R
O
TAR
Y V
A
R
IAB
LE C
O
NDE
NSE
R
t
his for year s. a nd t h
e i dea i s so obvious to Don't chase away t he small amount o f energy in
a
n i ncoming s ignal w ith condensers wh ich k •
l
ide
e
verybody , t ha t i t is s trange t hat a nyone i
n grooves a nd p rov ide a large leakage p a
th o n
s
hould h ave e ven a ppl
ied f or ap atent on the e
very e dge o
fe very p la
te.
a
rrangemen t. Mo st of the mo torboat o wners
, C
apac ity islarge (.0008) and b yfi
l
l ing with ca
stor
o
i
l may b e i
ncreased f ive times to .
004
. Has 1 5
h
aving d ry c ells, connec t t hem t ogether with r
otary a nd 1
6s tationary a lum inum p lates, n
ickel
f
l
exible cord , p l
ace t he batteries in ab ox and p
lated brass ease and h ard r ubber top a
nd h andle
(
not c omposition )
.
p
our h ot pitch a round a nd o ver the top con- B
ett
er mad l
eMama
sfo
roar e
omp
let
e e
a
taleg—
to-day
.
n
ections of t he b at
tery, l e
av ing o n
ly t he two
c
ords to ta ke o f t he curren t
.
This m ethod i s practically t he same i n al
r
espects as t he presen t paten t
.
JOHN BAL INT , OF C

INC INNAT I,
OHIO , HAS BEEN GRANTED PATENT
NO. 1 ,
024,967, FOR AN ELECTR IC RAT -
TRAP .
This i sano ther p aten t on r a
t-traps a nd suf -
f
ers f rom t he s ame e vi
ls a s it
s p redecessor s.
We h ave p o
in ted o ut, in c onnection w ith f or-
mer pa tents
, t hat n o e l
ectric rat-trap is as uc -
c
ess
, t ha
t d oes n o
t e n
tirely d o a way w ith t he
c
arca ss of t he r oden t, after i th as been e l
ec -
t
rocuted . I t iso bvious t hat in the presen t in-
v
ention t he c arcass w il
l b e s e
t o n f i
re, nine
t
imes o ut of t e
n, w hen f al
ling a cross the cor - Pr
ice $5
.00
n
er p ieces, 6a nd 7 ,w h
ich a re o nly insulated CLAPP-EASTHA M CO MPANY
b
y t he i nsulating p iece, 3. I t i s almo st i m- 1
43 Ma
in S
t., C
ambr
idge
. Mass
.
p
ossible t o preven t t he carcass from s moulder - Ay
lswor
th Agenc
ies C
o. J
. J
. Duck
i
ng, a fter i t h as b een k i
lled, a nd n o o ther 1
43 Second Street 430 S
t Clair S
treet
r
oden t w i
ll c ome n ear t he trap a s lo
ng a s t he S
an F ranc
isco , Ca
'. To
ledo, Ohio
Western Sales Agents C entral S
ales Agent
d
ead o ne li
es i n the t rap.
Wire
less Key No
. 4281 -52
The b
est low pr
iced w
ireles
s key made. Base i
sp o
lished b
lack
c
ompo sit
ion. Lever i
sconnected tob
inding pos
t by &phosphor
b
ronze st
rip. S i
lver c
ontact po
ints 5
/32 in. diameter i
n re-
movable holders t
o f
acil
itate renewa
l. C an be u
sed on se
ts
up t
o 1 2K . W.
W ALLACE & CO .
I
i
' g
o „ I
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V
E ,N
t
l
YYO
RK
1
%71RE L ES S OP E RA T O RS
.
Spec
ial f or May: De tectors, $
1 a nd u p
; r e-
c
e
iving c
ondensers, $1
.25 a nd up; variable con-
d
ensers, $ 5
.00; loose c ouplers. $
12.50; tuning
c
oils, $3
.00 a nd u p; m inerals, $.15 a nd u p;
,
6 K
1 . W. t
ransfor mer coils
, $10 and u p; trans-
f
or mers, $25 and up; c ondensers, $12 and u p;
s
park g aps, 75c and up.
Send 2 cents for part
icu lars
.
5-
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OWT
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, 1
4
14 P
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mbr
okeS
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c
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a, B
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ada
I
t seems t
hat t
hese th
ings should be upper-
most i
n the m
ind of would-be e
lectr
ic ra
t-trap
TRANSFOR MER BARGA
IN
i
nventors
, bu
t th
ey are usual
ly los
t s i
ght of
.
J
ust t
h
ree 2. K
. W
. T
ransfo
rmer
s, h
ard
ly u
sed
, l
i
ke n
ew,
PATENT NO . 1,
027
,376
, FOR A TELE - s
pec
ial p
r
ice t
o e
xper
imen
ter
s $
22 e
ach
, t
r
anspor
tat
ion
GRAPH TRANS MITT ING MACHINE . c

harges p
repa
id.
HAS BEEN GRANTED TO FRANCESCO LL O Y D STIC K N E Y
DE A . DEL VALLE AT ILES , OF SAN 36 L
1 iber
ty S
t
., E
lec
trica
l Exchange B
ldg
.
JUAN , PORTO R ICO . New York C
ity
The presen
t i
nven
tion refers to amechan
i-
c
al keyboard, wh
ich can b e used b
y anyone \ p
lease E
leetr
i,s
."
2
8(
) M O DERN EL EC T RI CS
who d oes n o
t k now t he Morse c ode, a nd the
E
L
E
CTR
ICF
A
NS s
ignals a re t ransm itted s imply b y p ress
ing
1
2 i
Fo
n
.
r 1
04 o
r 1a
l
l
$
9.50 down t he k eys, as o n at ypewriter
.
T
he g enera l a rrangemen t o f the o utf
it is
B
A
TT
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A
NS s
hown i n F ig. 1 . w hich s hows t h
e k eyboard
1
2 i l
l. complete.
with 6 V o
lt, 6 0 w
ith t he k eys. F
ig
. 3 s hows h ow t he k eys
A
S
t
nipe
.oat
ie Hon r
.
. B a
s
ttery
a
re w orked . B
y p ressing d own t he k ey
, B .
and Battery which i sa ttached t o the p
i vo
t. 2.the lever
, 1 4
.
C
loset $
S
tand
14 o
pera tes t he r atchet, 17 and 1 3
.
T
he s
t
ub
tand I
ing on t
. f
op o
i
tted w
f wh
ith a
ich f
n a
an i
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s 1101
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T
he Mor se c haracters a re cut in the e dge
moans o f which the f
an may h e o
f t he w hee l
, t he w h
ite spaces represen
ting t he
v
s, 1
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. hit
:handset f or n
or dir. d
esired
ST O R A G E B ATTE RI ES
No
t a Cheap Make b
ut a 1-viaLle P
roduc
t Cheap
-
rek
6
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6
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ther s
ites opon to mes ,
S
tate vi
se ua nted a nd stool I t
with toi
l,' r
emittance
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ind te damps troll l
iter a
l,,,.
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osmos E
lec
tric Co
.
1
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iber
ty S
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, N
. Y
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IRELESS A
MATEURS A
TTENT
ION
!
We are p
le ued t o a nnounce
h
at we are n ow p repared to
a
t
isfactor
ily s
upp ly your wants
e
n the Amateur W ireless and
i
Exper
imenta l fi
eld.
We are n
ow r egularly c
arrying
i
n stock a full s
tock of the fam-
o
us 1 I . Co. product., in ad-
d
ition t o o ur r egular line of
e
lectrical s
upp l
ies.
S
end 2c postage t
oday for our
c
atalog g
iving c omplete Infor- ao
ti
mat
ion and p r
ices o
f o ur e
ntire
me
tal
, w h
ile th
e b l
ack spaces r
epresent i
nsu
la-
M. M U FD LIA
IE R t
i
on. s uch as h ard rubber
. T hus t he wheel
,
C
. w hen revolv
ing , w
ill tr
ansmit the do
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n style
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Il
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e a pparatus may b e worked. is
s •s
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l i nclude F REE n
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.
w
ith e ach coil as et of 1
2 p ieces of al.
P
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is a nd d ireetions w ith wh ich
i
nteresting exper i ments r an i .
e p er
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ormed T hese c o
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ly adap- PATENT NO . 1
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Thomas M
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l k nown t hat i f a t e
lephone
d
iaphragm b e made t o v ibrate r apidly b y
means o f a n al
ternat
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i
ng curren t
, al oud tone w ill be e mitted.
While Mr . Mitchel
l's paten t d oes n ot s how
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nything r evolutionary, h e h as a dded s everal
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ew f eatures t o make t he who le a ppara tus
more h andy a nd eas
ier t o a d
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p
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S
ome thing N ew i n S econdary windings f
or W i
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p . T
ransformers a nd Spark C o
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-P r
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ly equ
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f wire t
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S
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s f o
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forme r
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4
3 K. W. -10 Un
its r
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ach
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or c omplete S
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l
uip,e wiatec
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or Loose
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3,Ax7 i nches, threaded for 2 8 wire or not t hreaded .
50 c ents. Secondary t ubes , 3 x5 i nches p la in, 3 5
cents. 7
-inch t uning c o
il , 4 0 c ents
. Wr ite f ut
prices o n other sizes and w ire
less p arts.
Haller.Cunningha m Electr
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Mode
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s
tate it
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lly n o
thing b ut ac omb inat
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A MES BURKE
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BEEN GRANTED PATENT NO. 1
,026
,90
4,
FOR AN ELECTRIC MOTOR
.
This invent
ion rela
tes t o an i mprovement
i
n electr
ic mo tor
s and mo re par
ticularly t
o a
motor for blowing ai
r, for cl
eaning o ut d
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a
nd t he li
ke
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conatructlon h
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weak p oil
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c
o me t his I n o ur P rofessiona l t uner b y as
u
se o f sw Itchem i nstead , w ith t he r esult t hat
we g et g ranter s electivity, d istance , l ouder
s
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t
o the o perator. I
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DETECTORS
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(
40) P ercival D . L owe ll
, o f Wash ing--
Patent La wyers t
on, D. C.
, s ends a s pecif
ica tion o f an a p-
p
aratus to conver t 10 v o
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S
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n o rdinary a lterna tor, such as a re
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n t he marke t already . There i s noth ing
n
ew a bout th
is a nd n o paten t c ou
ld b e o b-
I
s imposs ib le w
ithout a s trong a nd v
alid
patent . Defect ive p atents w i ll not "pass" t hee* t
a
ined o n such a d evice.
days . An i nvent ion may b e worth mill ions
but not a p enny o f p rotit c an be a ctua lly de-
r
ived f ro m t he sa me unt il after i t i
s P R O P E R- A SENSITIVE RELAY .
LY l 'R O TECT E D by p atent .
Many p aths l ead t o f ai
lure , but o nly one
(
41) W m . R ethorn . o f C hicago ,
path l eads t o s uccess. W hy s onic i nventors s
ends i n a l engthy d escrip t
ion o f a n ew
succeed where o thers f ail is f ully exp la ined I. r
elay wh ich h e t hinks m ight b e u sed i n
my n
ew book , "PA T E N TS A N D PA T E NT c
onnec tion w i th ; . detector t o o pera te a
POSSI BI LI TI ES ." Also t ells what t o i nvent
and where t o sell it. This i nteresting bookle t Morse r eg ister.
will b e ma i
led t o any i nventor upon r eceipt of A
. The i dea i s v ery s imilar t o t he h igh-
6 c
ents i n s ta mps t o defray postage . grade g alvanome ters i n use n ow , and wh ile
H. S
. HI L L
, Patent Attorney
, t
here i sn o q ues t
ion t hat t he a ppara tus w il
l
5
20 McGi
ll Bui
lding
, W ash
ington
, D
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. work , i t c ould n ever f i
nd a pp lication i n
wireless t elegraphy , f or the r eason t ha t ap-
paratus a s t he o ne d escr ibed where f i
ne
F
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awyer could o nly b e r ece ived v ery s low ly w ith
such a n a rrangemen t. I n f a
ct, w e v en ture
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than w i
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s t hat t he w ire, mak ing i mper fect c ontact
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PAT E N TS P ROCU R E D A N D SO L D; your
i
ster t o work i rregu larly.
i
dea wi ll have a c ash v alue when p atented;
build a bus iness on your i dea o r patent and
s
ell it outr ight; good i nvent ions make f or-
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rade marks and designs (42) A lber t W Huy, J r.
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burg , P a., s ends in ad rawing o f as elec t
ive
H. J. S A N D E RS l
oose c oup ler whi ,-h presen ts some o rigina l
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wha t c omp licated w e b el
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50 YOUNG MEN p
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no
tus h
t s
as s
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ome m
t a p a
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ten
ts. a
t c
nd w
ould b
h
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e o bta
e a re
ined
Wanttd a t once to I
carn Wir tic,s Tdcgraphy , and
on t he d ev ice. W (
' t hink i t would p ay t o
b
e r eady f or good p os
itions w ith Wire less Tele-
g
raph Co mpan ies who a re notif
ied to p repare for h
ave a p aten t attorney make a s earch f or
p
assage o f n ew l aw effective J u
ly 1 st
. Spec
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a ten tab il
ity . Wh ile t here i s nothing r adi-
r
ates given. Wr
ite c
ally n ew a bout t he a ppara tus
. t he i dea o f
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.
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6 22 F ST
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. D. C.
u
se o n many a utomobile
s. I
n f act, there
W hen wr
iting
, p
lease ment
ion "Modern E
lectr
ics
." a
re a g reat many tha
t a re much b e
t ter than
M O DERN EL EC T RICS 2
9
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a
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ly
hat B
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s n o
t n ew
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BUGGY SPRING .
TH ORDARSON TO Y TR ANSFORMER . S
imp ly
(
44) A rthur G . C arlson . of N . E aston, f
asten i t
s long c onnec ting cord to any al
ter-
Mass
., sends i n ad rawing s how ing a s pring n
a t
ing c urrent lamp s ocket and itwill o
perate
f
or rear whee l o f ab icyc le o r motorcyc le smill fans, motors, electr
ical toys
, Ruhnikorff
a
nd wan ts our o pinion o n sa me. o
r o ther induction
A
. I nasmuch a s t h
is d epar tmen t c an coils , ring bells
,
o
nly g ive a dvice o n e lectr
ical d evices, or b
uzzers a nd l i
gh t
d
evices u s
ing e lectricity i n connection w ith small lamps. N ew
t
hem, we c anno t g ive a n o p
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ses f or a
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, a nd a dvise t ar c orresponden t t o get
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th s o me p atent a t
torney . Thordarson
Toy
COST OF PATENT .
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ransformer
(
45) 1
)
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ill occur to y ou
a
dv ises h e h as b een work ing o n a p aten t t
he longer you use
f
or t hree y ears a nd w ants t o k now h ow i
t
. In bandsome
much i t wou ld c ost to have t he d evice p at- b
lack e namel
led stee
l case
. P
rac
tica
lly h
ide
-
e
nted . s
truc
t ible P
rices a
re
A
. An o rd inary p atent. w ith o ne s hee t
o
f d raw ings, c osts f rom $ 55.00 u p, all d e- $
5, $
7, $
8 a
nd $
10
p
end ing o n t he p atent a ttorney a nd h is a
ccord
ing to t
ype a
nd outpot
.
a
bility t o draw u p the paten t
. I f t here a re F
or al
terna
ting c
urrent o
nly
one o r more s hee ts to the p atent t he cost
w
i l
l u sually b e more , and w e wou ld a dvise
o
w
ur c
ith s
orrespondent t
onic o f the p a
o g
ten
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t a
t i
t
n d i
rec
torneys t
t t
ha
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t a d-
Thordarson E
lec
tric Company
v
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outh J
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rson S
t
. C
hicago
r
esponden t w ill, n o d oub t
. f ind t he r i
gh t
party t hrough t his means .
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s
ten LO OSE C O UPLER
ELECTRICIAN . and V AR
I O METER
B
y Thomas W. Hotchkiss
, Voca
tiona
l
The t
C
e
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l
.
ectrician c overs a w ide
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e
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i
f
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t w
t h
i
th n
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s — $
5
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C
arry i n pocket
r
ange o f occupa tions i n t he s tudy a nd
c
hange h ook up in
u
se o f electricity. I ti n
cludes t elegraph a
n instant. P
arts
a
nd t e
lephone e ng ineer ing , e l
ectr ic s
old separate
.
l
ight ing, e lec tric r ailways . e lec tric-car Desc
riptive c i
rcu-
r
unn ing, dv n amu r unn ing . W ini n g , a
. nd Patent Pend
ing l
ar for st
amp.
p
ower -house work . A b ov may b egin
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s ah e
lper i n ac oncern t hat d oes i n
P
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ANUFACTUR
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65 J
efferson A
ve.
, D
etro
it, M
ich
.
wiring , may s tudy a t h ome much
o
f t he t echn ica l s c
ience o f e lec tricity .
a
nd i n d ue t ime q ua lify a s ap rac t
ica l
e
l
t
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he f
tric
i
e
ian; b
ld o f t
ut b
he p
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here i
lec trica
s
l
FU LL VAL U E
E ng ineer who h as h ad t he a dvan tage
o
f a Univers ity t rain ing f ur h is d egree .
The o ne may b e t he s k
il led r epairer .
opera tor . a nd i nsta l
ler o f e lectric
mach iner y- a nd a ppliances; t he o ther
designs e l
ec tric mach inery .
The y oung man c an b es t de term ine We h ave changed our Gap from the a bove il
lu stra
tion a nd
g
reatty i mproved i
t 2, a 5'.
. inch P orce
lain B ase
; Heavy
the f i
tness o f h is n a tura l q ualifica t
ions o
rnamen tal brass S
tandards nickel plated — A
rms h ave fine
f
or s uccess a s a n e lectric ian a s t he t
hread w
nhi
le s
i
th h
end
ard r
ing —z
ubher k
inc poin
nobs
ts '
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, perm
nch l
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t o
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f fine a
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jus
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t
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ly u nders tood , b y look - C
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i
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b
e p ursued t o enab le s tuden ts t o q u
ill .
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s
cience . I t t akes f our y ear s o f s t udy
i
n ac orrespondence s choo l, a t t he r ate
of t wo h our s ad ay f or s ix d ays i n t he
week , t o c omp lete t he f u
l l e lectr ica l
eng ineer ing c our se . S uch a c ourse ,
though n ot ac omp lete s ubs titu te , c or-
"W
IRELESS" r
e
d
sponds a
ent c ol
s n
lege c
ear ly a s p
ourse i
oss
n e
ib
l
le t
ectr
o ar
ica l e
esi
n
-
-
T
R
AN
SFO
RME
RS
g
ineer ing . S pec ial c ourses c an b e c om -
p
l eted i n t elephone e ng ineer ing , t e
le -
g
raph e ng ineer ing , e l
ec tric l igh ting ,
e
lec tric r ailways , i nterior w ir ing , o r
a
re guaranteed
dynamo r unn ing , i n n ine mon ths , a
f
or two y
ears y
ear a nd a h alf, o r t wo y ears .
The d if icu lties h e h as t o m ee t i n
t
rying t o g e t a head a re t he l im itations
of t he h uman m ind i n i t
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ears
' E
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l N ature —e lec tric -
i
ty. I
t i s e asy e nough t o c ar ry t he
i
n T
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ing t
oo ls o f t he w ireman , t o h ave t hem
r
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T
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CTR
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O
. w
ir ing a h ouse o r i n l aying c ables i n
a
n e lec tric c ondu it; b ut h e mus t h ave
349 DA NA AVE N UE
t
he r e al t a
len t o f t he t echn ica l s tuden t
W ARRE N, OHI O a
nd workman , b eyond a mere " tas te
f
or m echan ics ," i fh e ist o r e ach ap ay -
ing p rof iciency .
As a p rac tica l e l
ectric ian , h e c an
e
arn f rom $ 25 t o $ 40 a w eek; b ut b e -
f
o re h e q ua lifies a s s uch h is e arn ing s
Many L
ives w
p
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a
l
t
l b
ions
e l
. T
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n many o
re p ractica
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ccu
tri-
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ans w
gers ,
ho e
s
uper
arn l
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arge s
tenden ts
a
,
lar ies a
con
s man
trac tor s
-
,
BY PRO MPT USE OF RE LI A B LE d
ra ftsmen , a nd mach ine b u
ilders a nd
WIRELESS EQU
IP MENT
. A RECE
IV- o
pera tors i n t he e lectrica l f i
eld; a nd
ER S
ENS
ITIVE TO THE S
LIGHTEST t
here a re e l ec trica l e ng ineers whose
VI B R A TI O NS FOR MS AN I
MPOR
- t
rain ing , a bili ty , a nd c apac ity f or w ork
TANT PART OF A DEPENDABLE h
ave b een c omp le tely p roved b y s tudy
WIRELESS STAT
ION
. a
nd p rac tice w ho a re e mployed b y c or -
p
ora tions g lad t o p ay f or t heir v a lu -
a
ble s e rvices a s h igh a s f rom $ 5,000 t o
$
25,000 a y ear . —New Y ork Amer ican .
r
eceivers have
l
ong e n
joyed an W HAT W ORRIED H IM.
e
nviable reputa
-
"You look w
orr
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, B
ifkin
s."
t
i
on, they meet "
I am."
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he mostexact
ing "
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t h
ome?"
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equirements
.
T
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,
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SEND TO
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"Tha
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line
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.
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ssible to h eat them a ero-
p
lanes in t
he w inter
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land P lain
I
nni wr
iting lease mention "Modern E
, p lee
trles
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ealer
.
M O DER N EL EC T RI CS 2
93
T
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P
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wh
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ny Wireless M essage w
ithou
t d
i
fficu
lty a
nd a
l
so e
nab
les y
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t
o b
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n E
xpert Operator
. N
o o
ne i
n
teres
ted i
n Wi
rele
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hou
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t o
ne.
P
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I
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s wh
ich a
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when c
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t be s
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en t
o be a
pprec
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nd t
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ted t
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ing a n a nchor g ap. Wha t s ystems u se t
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where i s it located?
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page 9 18
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wire, u s
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but i t is b etter to d o s o
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3
0 f eet h igh, seven s trands c onnec ted i n
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he m idd le, w ith a g ood r ece iving s et c ap-
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a
bout a s g ood a s a nything . F or a n o scil- Ii n
tend t o drive by w ire
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KENOSHA WIRELESS SCHOOL
of No . 1 8 DCC w ire. The s econdary t o b e
AV E N U E M K E N O S H A, WI S.
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M O D ER N EL EC T RICS 2
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f
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rt h e l
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i
f the a bove statemen t d oes n ot prove tr
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d
enser a
nd one v
ariable condenser de
tec
tor
Motor
s for a
nd phones a
re a
l
l t hat a
re necessary
.
W
ire
less Sta
tion
s
1
-12 and 1-8 H
. P. Direc
t and
A
lterna
ting C
urren
t Mo tor
s
VA
RIABLE SP
EED SI
NGLE PH
ASE
Mo
tors t
hat a
bso
lute
ly w
il
l n
ot h
eat
2014
P
te.
These mach ines
Q. 2 .— W ill y ou a lso t e
l l me h ow t o
a
re the Wireless r
e ckon my r eceiv ing d istance?
Operator's idea
l A
. 2 . —See a rtic le "De term ining R ange
a
s the mo s
tprac- o
f R ad io T elegraph S ta tions Ma thema t ic-
t
ical means t o a
lly," i n t he March i ssue.
opera
te the mod- HELIX . COIL TROUBLE .
(
20 15 .) C har les E . Huber , D elaware ,
e
rn R ota
ry Spark writes :
Gap. Q. 1 .—K ind ly g ive me d ata f or mak ing
They a
re equally well a
dapted for a h elix f or a o ne i nch c o
il.
Wash
ing Mach ines. Vacuu m Genner s
, Air P ur
ifier
s, A
. 1 .—Ten t urns o f No . 6a lum inum o r
Ven
tilat
ing Itev
iees, Cof
fee Mi
lls
, Meat C hoppers, c
opper w ire s paced % i nch a par t o n a
P
rinting P
resses, e
tc
., e
tc.
frame 6 i nches i n d iame ter .
D
ental and med
ical work a spec
ial
ty. P osi
tive
ly the
b
est motor for use where motor-dr
iven work is Q
. 2 .— I h ave a c o
il t hat h as t hree b ind -
n
ecessary- g
reatest p
ower—h ighest e
l
lle
iency. ing p os ts o n t he p r
i mary , a nd when c on -
Wr
ite a
t onee:for p
rices a
le' e
au,f
i
,g nec ted w ith 10 v ol
t A . C ., a nd a n i nter -
l
it u
s figure o
tt y
rair rup ter, a nd I t hrow t he a eria l s witch o n
,
the v ibra tor v ibra tes ( this i s when t here
BARNES M FG
. CO
.
is n o p rimary c ircu it) , b ut a s s oon a s
7
77 Be
l mont S
t. Susquehanna
, Pa
. press t he k ey, t he a ction o f t he v ibra tor
stops a nd a f unny b uzz ing s ound i s h eard
i
n t he c o
il b ox, a nd n o s park o ccurs a t t he
s
econdary t erm ina ls. K ind ly t e
ll me why ,
E
L
E
CTR
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L I
N
S
TRUM
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S A
N
D T
I
N
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A
CH
INE
RY and h ow t o r e medy t h
is s trange a ct
ion .
Novdties a nd s pec
ialties
, invent
ions d eve
loped
, 2
. —You h ave p robab ly g ot t he p ri-
•
pecial tools
, d ies, patterns
, gear c u
tting, repa
irs
, mary c ircui t c onnec ted u p w rong . We
,
tc
., mach ine w ork.
Exper
i men ta
l a nd mode l work a specia
lty. wou ld s ugges t t ha t y ou w rite t o t he maker
Let u
s k now y our requirements
. o
f t he c o
il, t o f ind o ut h ow i t s hou ld b e
F
. 1
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. connec ted w ith b atter ies, a fter wh ich y ou
I
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t i
I
., c
ot
. W
ill
iam S
t
., Neu York c
an p robab ly f igure o ut h ow t o c onnec t i t
t
o t he 10 v olt a lterna ting c ircu it w ith t he
e
l ectro ly tic i nterrup ter. We n ever h eard
SP A R K G AP 2 5c o
f as park c oil
, e xcep t a n a utomob ile c oil,
1111 , 1 1 11 \ -
I I
. t
ha t h ad t hree b ind ing p osts o n t he p ri-
MI N E R A L D E TE C T O R mary s ide.
i
sti
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th P ol
ish- Q
. 3—K ind ly g ive me d ata f or a3i n ch
'
I b
inding posts Boils a
ro z
inc with hard r ubber c
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By mai
l 5e e
xtra wt
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or Fr
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lo fmr
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2
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iame ter ; p r
imary w ind ing-, 2 l ayers No .
1
4 DCCC ; i nsula ting t ube b etween p rimary
a
nd s econdary , i n side d iame ter 1 34/ inch .
W I R E L E SS C O
IL B A R G AI N S wall 3 -16 i n
ch ;d iame ter o f s econdary p i
es. 4
i
nch coil $
1 s- , 1inel
l c o
il .
..5
.; i
n ches ; n umber o f p i
es . 3 0; l eng th o f s ec -
;
- inch coil $
2
.7 .-i C. Me lt co
il 5-,1,
M inch coil $
3
.20 2inch c oi
l ondary w ind ing 91 / i
2 nches ; w e
ight o f s ec -
A
lu minu m W ire. So. 1Ig age , p er pinuel $. 1-
, ondary w ire 3 p ounds ; n umber o f s econd -
Ena me
l W ire No . 2 p er p ound $. 1-
On
line and s i
licon il l arge o leo, . per piece $
,
a
ry w ire 3 6 S SCC ; a rea o f t i
nfo il i n p ri -
:
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1.1 a Iw o 1.e
1 111 •IiIIII p fI,
ro ur cats . mary c ondenser 2 ,4C0 s quare i nches ; p ri -
I
ogue : n o atten tion i slid l. p o-
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et
ts, writes:
C
HEM
ICALS "
Vr
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1
1:
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XPER
IMENTER Q. 1.—P lease t el
l me i f al oose c oupler
SPE(
71.il
, OFFE R
c
an b e used w i
thou t av ar
iab le c ondenser.
We h ave prt 'a
rca a t
, •
pccia
l c a
talogue f
or e x
-
p
er i men
ters
, a nti are making a 6 mon th Spec
ial A
. 1 .—Yes , i t c an b e used, b u
t g ives
Offer to introduce o ur goods
. S
end stamp for b
etter results w ith a v ar
iab le c ondenser
Special Experi menters
' Catalogue
. a
cross the s econdary .
T HE
, v
. a
z 1
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: 01(7
.11
1, CO. Q
. 2 . —Please g ive dimens ions f or helix
139 No
. Main i t
. Ph
illIp..burg. N
. J
. f
or one i nch s park c oi
l.
A
. 2 . —See a nswer t o 2015.
When n r
i
ling
. p
lease ment
ion "Modern E
lectr
ics
." Q
. 3 . -P
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MO D ER N EL EC TRICS
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No
. 7
96 —$5 Va
lue $3
.90
Sends 1 /4 t
o 1M ile —B .
44,iy es u p :4. - 4 \IL•-
This D PW , l i
p-to-111
1 portab le -4
•
1. 4 •
4
14-
s
isting o f o ne % -inc li s park 4 -
4i .e qua l 14 t1 .
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age c
oil, a nd ! l
ight .ii
i-
h
in attion u niversa l d etector ; . •,
•
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.
1,Se, e xeep tiona lly s ensitive t e
lephone r eeeher a nd
cord; 1l arge h igh ef ic
ien t tha
t p late s econdary c on-
denser ; 1s end ing k ey; 1 c ondenser s w
itch; 1 s park
gap w i th l athe t urned z
inc s park e nds ; 1tuner
x2i nches . l atest t ype. W0 11
11 ,1 W
ith h are c opper
wire ; 1s pee ial p ri mary c ondenser ; 1-inch W0 11at4t.t
i
Mounted on s
ol
id oak base. s
ize 7x 12 wir e; 1 dou b'e thr ow double p
ole a
eri a
l s
witc h; l '
z
u
f
ee t alu m inu m a erial w ire; 2i nsulators , c o mplete 4 1
r
eetions,diagra ms
-and code
. The r aw ma teria
l alone wou ld c ost y ou t h
is amoun t were y ou t o build the - e
t
ourse
lf. Op era
te)
; on two ba
tfrr
ies Pr
ice $3 .9 0
No . 79 8 —Sa me as above
, with %-incli co
il. Sending radius 1t o 2m iles. P rice $5 . 00
N
o. 8
00: $8
.50
$
15.00 Va
lue
Ne w — Up
-to
- Date (
;
liaranteed
u
: :ma :
un wed 1 -
s
tark c o
il, t he b est t ype e ver
p
laced o n the marke t f or %irides ,: 1
sending key; s pecia l th
at p late M.1
.1,
11-
dary efa
idenser . e x
tra l arge size; pri-
mary c ondenser : c omb ina tion u n
iver -
s
al deteetor; V on ' ti
ll
,. DM o hm , si
lk
eopper ti and Il
ex -
- b
l. ,r
eceiver cord: t he new 44s
t I,p c b
are
copper %vir
e w" tied i nner . eXciplitt
li-
3
1
tit
iti
ted o
n s
ol
id o
ak ,b
ase
, s
i
ze 8x at 4
e ,
;•
it ;s park g at , with
l
athe turned zinc ends; 1condenser st
vitch; 120 fee
t 1%
1
111
110 m m a
erial wire; i
l
fail,
:4
4 po
le; d
ouble t
hrow
swi
tch; 2i nsula
tors; 1-
inc h iWo
llaston wire
: n roPer capacity s
ending helix: diagra ms st
o l
ami
les -
ending
.
WO to S
OO miles r
ece
iv ing. R egular $
18.00 V
alue . Operahsoen b ol
icr
ies. P rice c
omp let
,. $8.5 0
W
I
REL
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P
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O
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inner
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ly o ther f i
rm i n . 1
nter ica m it .coi
ls
a
re l arger t han o ther c oils o f the S i
lli
ii•
•
110
t1.
11 s park l eng th a s we p ut more work -
i
ng ma ter ia l inside o f t he m . (Mr v ibra tor
p
latinu m p oin ts a re P LAT IN 1'M AND
t
voN 'T s TICK b y we lding t oge
ther a s
a
lloy p oin ts a re lo
t111
1 ,1 ti
t 1 1
1. W . ,giairao .
t
ee the s park l engths g iven b elow a nd y ou
e
au h ave y our money b ack i f they d on't
c
onm u p t o the v alues p rom ised. T hese
e
ons a re p ut u p in h ard wood e ase s f i
n-
i
shed i n a n elastic v arn ish a nd then r u
t ,
p
ed f l
own t o it d ead f in
ish mak ing th .
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handsomes t . .
al o n t he marke t.
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. 200
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led e ase; e
xceptional
ly St i t 1 1,1 ,i \ I a 1.1 1•11•1.11.11 ,
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No. 201 : e
ord; t
imer 11.6 x2-
inch la
test t
ype. wound i
tI. I co m ,er
No . 207 . U
S.r.0 w
ire: 1-
inch Wo llaston wire
; 2 i nsu
lators . I :, f e
et : Mun i-
l0 . ZOO .
.... ••• 2 .7
..iio mua aerial wire
. Price $1.7 5
o. 20 ' 10.00
P
io. 24 1s 77
..00 B
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,,dern
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oose c
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he D
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t
he supply. We a re u nable to
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eep p ace with t he
d
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raduates. G reatest
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ibilit
ies.
My Thorough
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ient i na M. E
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s
hor tt ime. Ih ave t he o ldest
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rges t and b est
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ilway i nstruc
tion s chool i n W EEDING OUT TUNER
.
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ormer s tuden ts s uccessfully emp loyed e very- (
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where. Railway a nd t rain dispa tchers a nd Q
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Western Un ion T eleg raph w ires in classrooms . much w ire No . 27 DSC a nd No. 3 0 DSC
Comp lete high p ower w ireless station, also a n t
o b uy f or w inding t he pr
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The L eading B rit

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I
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(
F OUNDED 1
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CLOSED CORE AUTO MOBILE COIL .
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. t tman , Cal
iforn ia,
e
a
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R
ev i
ew a nd A eronau tica l Bulletin
, c ontaining Q. 1 .—Shou ld a w ireless r ece iver b uzz?
H
istory o f M odel Aeronau t
ics in America. S end A. 1 .—Yes .
5
c
. i n stamp s today a nd g et itb y re
tu rn m ail. Q. 2 . —How many v olts w ill ao ne i nch
AERONAUT
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A
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Roo m 2
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alum inum w ire, a nd why ( for a erial)?
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re-
Fr
e
quency c urren t u sed i n w ire less t e
legraphy .
ELECTRICAL DICTIONARY .
(
202 1.) J . Edgar F
inn , New York ,
2
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Send 2 e sta mp f or b argain catalogue.
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g
ap u nti
l a f
ter t ha t n oise i s o ver i n t he
1040a Broad way , Brook lyn, N. V. c
ondenser . The c ondenser i s i n l inseed
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imply to
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lane
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via
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ths, S
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f
or na me o
f our dealer in your c
ity
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amp
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Knapp E
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5
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r
educe p ower , b ut i tseems t o me t hat I am
O O L n
1
o t r
8 g
educ
lass p
ing i
la
te
tes f
nough
or c
. I am u
ondenser
s
, b
ing a
ut Ig
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et
such a s park t ha t i tfi
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is
I
n h andso me n ickled case, A
. 1 .— It i s p robab le t hat o ne o f t he
pocket size
, for p ocket
, desk,
ho me,auto mobile orshop. Al
l condenser p lates i s p unctured o r t hat t he
o
f fine steel
. A2 0th C
entury marg in a t t he e dges o f t he p lates i s t oo
marvel.
f s mal
l; a lso, i t would b e b etter t o u se t rans-
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ome o
fth
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s f
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tead o f l i
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Corn Kn ife, D ividers , Twee - (
2023.) F red G ray, I llino is, w rites:
z
ers, co mpass , S aw P ro trac-
t
or, -Fi
le, Round F i
le, Ru le
, Q. 1 .—P lease g ive me a h ook -up f or
Bevel, Un iversa l Chuck , T oo
l
Hand le, TS quare,T riS quare ,
t
he f o
llow ing i ns
trumen ts : L oose c oupler,
Scra tch Gauge , Depth Guage , t
wo s l
ide t uning c oi
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xed a nd v ariable
Ru le Guage
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ide Ca
ink
l
, B
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rad
c
ondensers , g alena , a nd e lectroly tic d etec-
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or s
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iome ter, b atter ies a nd
Aw l,Stralght Edge ,I nk E raser,
Tack C la w, Na il B et, C en ter
at wo p oin t s w
itch , t o b e u sed f or e i
ther
Punch , Bag Need le,S all Need le g
alena o r e lectroly tic d etec tors. F or send -
Button Hook ,Spa tula,S craper i
ng : E. I . Co. i n
terrup ter, u sed o n 10 v o
lt
S
tIlletn, a nd ten o thers.
Made o n bo w . S o
ld i s g uar- A
. C . spark c oil
, k ey, h elix , six j a
r c on-
a
ntee, postpaid. Money b ack if d
enser a nd a s park g ap.
m
ot satis
fied. R emit $ I TO -DAY . A
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. 602 "ULERY"
E
lectr
icians Tool K
it 0
3 2023
A H A N DY PR A C T
I C A L N E C E S SI TY E
F
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Pocket Book
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l
t i
Q. 2 .— Wou ld No . 6b are a lum inum w ire
Kn
ife
, 0 I
N do f or l igh tning g round , i f n ot, t ell me
Rea mer
,
Each wha t s ize, e tc., Ih ave t o h ave?
Tool
Sa w
, 'F
ir mly
A
. 2 .—Your g round w ire s hou ld b e a t
Chise
l, Attached l
eas t e quiva len t t o No . 4 c opper . This
Scre w Dr
iver
,
t
o Knife wou ld r equ ire a bou t No . 2a lum inum .
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n a
Cork Pul
ler
, Second LOOSE COUPLER DATA .
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. I .— Wha t g auge o f w ire wou ld b e
Lea
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t Book .
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nches
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uitab le f or t he p rimary o f al oose c oup ler,
t_yourp
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lw ays a
t hn d
a s
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xpe
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to. p
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.
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rcyc
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A. 1 .—Use No . 2 2 B . & S . f or t he p r
i-
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2 $
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a
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rece ipt o
f PRI C E a
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by 51 / i
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ches i n d iame ter.
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., Q. 2 . — Wou ld e name led w ire b e t he
25 V W arren Street
, Ne w York, N. Y
.
b
est f or b oth p rimary a nd s econdary , a nd,
if n ot
, wha t wou ld?
I
A. 2 .—Bare w ire wound a s c lose a s p os-
s
i b
le w ithou t t ouch ing i s b e
t ter t han a ny -
A R
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LIER G
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hing e lse, a l
though e name led w ill d o v ery
w e
ll.
This No. 1025 TH
IN N OSE s l
ip j
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ina
tion p
l
!er i
s
DROP FORGED TOOL S TEEL , Q. 3 .—How many l ayers s hou ld b e
4 -
in
. long
. Gun Me
tal F
inish
.
6
wound o n t he s econdary?
A
. 3 .—There s hou ld b e o n ly o ne l ayer
on b o
th p r
imary a nd s econdary .
BUZZER TEST .
(
2025 .) R a
lph J ones , Ok lahoma , w rites :
Has knurled h andles. I t
's the Q
. 1 .— I am u sing a b uzzer t est a nd
h
andiest viler you e ver u sed in have t he v ibra tor c on tact s crew g rounded .
your l
i
fe. T he THIN NOSE i s af
eature. Y ou shou ld u
se this
RED DE VIL PLIER on your a uto, boat
, ba t
tery, wireless, The d etec tor t es ts 0 . K ., b ut If ind t ha t
o
r in f
act a nywhere , i t
's so practical
. t
his i s n ot ag ood t e st, a s Ih ave t o read -
Your local dealer h as i t
. A sk fo
r Red Dev i
l, No . 1 025 , j
ust wh i
le I am r ece iving . C an y ou g ive
b
u tifyou c an'
t g et itl o
ca lly
, send u s 5 0c and y our dealer's
n
ame a nd o ne samp le p air only wil
l be s en
ty ou prepaid. me a b etter w ay o f t e st
ing o ther t han t he
SM IT H & HE MEN W A Y CO . e
lectric l i
ght m ethod?
152 Cha mbers S tree t New York , U. S. A . A
. I .— Ins tead o f g round ing y our v i-
The Lareo
tt Maker s o f t
he 'MOT Pile, I n the Mori&
b
ra tor c ontac t, c onnec t i tt o o ne s ide o f a
Y
our C
hance
Awa
its You Somewhere
T
his c
oun
try a
bounds w
ith o
ppo
rtun
itie
s —chance
s r
eady a
nd w
ait
ing f
o
r t
he t
ra
ine
cbunan
.
Bus
ine
ss men i n a
l
l line
s are se
eking tr
ained men —men tha
t can "produce
." You may
f
ind y
our c
hance ri
ght i
ny ouro wn t
own ifyou have t
he t
ra
ining t
o "
del
ive
r the goods
." T
rain
-
i
ng p
roduces wea
lth, h
appiness, c
omfort
s, i
ndependence
.
Wha
t t
he w
orld w
ant
s o
fyou i
ssucce
ss. And w
haty
ou w
ant i
ssucces
s.
I.C. S
.C ourses h
ave taken the pick out o
ft he l
aborer's hands and r
eplaced itwith t
he civ
il
e
ngineer
's tr
ans it
; they have taken t he l
athe hand from b ehind the machine and placed him at
t
he draf
tsman's b oard; t
hey have lif
ted the fi
reman from t he boi
ler r
oom and set h
im i nthe ch
ief
e
ngineer
's chair; they h
ave transformed c arpente
rs in
to A rchitects
; c
lerks i
nto Advertis
ing Man -
a
gers
; ma sons into Contractors
; a pprent
ice s i
nto Mining, Mechan ica
l, and Elec
trical Enginee
rs.
THE CHANCE THAT CA ME TO F

INE
Iw
as a s
tat
ionary e
nginee
r, e
arn
ing $
18.00 a w
eek
, when I e
nro
lled w
ith t
he I
.C. S
. f
or t
he E
lec
tric P
ower
and L
ighting Course. Ib eca me an appl
icant for the posit
ion
o
f Elec
tric
ian a
t t he n
ew plant o
f the bo
rough o f L
ansdale , Pa
. •
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n
terna
tiona
l C
orrespondence S
choo
ls •
Through the r
eco mmenda tion of your Students' A
id Depa rt
- • •
ment Isecured the p
osit
ion, a
fterwards becoming super
in tend- Box 992
. S
cran
ton
. Pa
. •
P
lease exp
la in
, without f
urther obl
iga tion on toy p
art, h
ow 1
e
nt. I am now mechanica
l s uper
intenden
t of the Wi
llis
ton an qual
ify for a l
arger s
alary and a dvancement t o the pos
i•
a
nd Buford-Tren
ton Projects
, U . S. Rec
la ma
tion Service
, • Hon, t
rade, o
r profession be
fore which I h ave marked X.
• •
Department o
f t
he In
ter
ior, hav
ing from 5
0 t
o 7
5 men u
nder .
Electr
ical Eng ineer
ing Mechanica l Engineer
my cont
rol
. My s a
lary i
s$2,700 a y
ear. •
Electr
ic L ighting Mechanica l Draftsnian
• Electr
ic Ra ilways R. R . Con struct
ing
J
. M. F
INE
, Wi
llis
ton
, N
. Dak
. Electr
ician Concrete Construct ion
• Electr
ic Can Runn ing Architect
• Dynamo Foreman Con tracting St Build ing
An I
.C. S. Course wi
ll place y
ou w
he ou •
re y Wireman
Mining Eng ineer
Arch itectural Dra f
tsman
• P
lu mb ing & Hea ting
w
ant t
obe
, and where you ought t
o b
e. •
Te
S
lephone Exper
urveyor
t Chem
B
ist
ookkeeper
C
ivil Eng ineer Adver tising Man
Ma rk and ma i
l t
he coupon
. The I .C. S
. w
il
l Automob
Agricu
ile Runn
lture
ing C
iv il S erv
ice Exams
Salesmanship
s
how you w he
re to fi
nd y
ou r c
hance, and send y
ou •
t
he n
ame s of men and women in your vic
inity w
ho Nam
e
h
ave won Out through I
.C. S.tra
ining.
S
i
. a
nd N
o.
M
ark a
nd M
ai
l t
h
e C
oupon N
OW C
i
t
y
P
re
sen
t O
ccupa
tion
W hen wr
iting
, p
lease ment
ion "Modern E
lec
tries
."
M O D E R N E L E C T RI C S
sma ll fixed c ondenser , t he o ther s ide o f t he
O
n
l
y $
1
.
00
To i
n
troduce o
ur n
ew condenser b eing u ng rounded . You w il
l
EXCELS
IOR SOLAR f
ind t ha t wh i
le t his d oes n ot g ive s o loud a
TELESCOPE s
ound o n t he r ece ivers , i t g ives a b etter
O VER 3, FT
. LON G t
es t t han u sing t he g rounded b uzzer a r-
r
angemen t
.
C
ircu mference 5 , I
nches
Q. 2 .— If y ou h ave a n a eria l w ith a w ave
Pr
ice o
nly $
1.00 by Express
l
eng th o f 2 00 me ters a nd y ou w ish t o r e
-
POS
ITIVELY s
uch a g
ood T
elescope w
as
c
eive f rom s o me s ta tion u s
ing a w ave
never s old f or t his p rice b efore , These l
eng th o f 6 5 me ters , h ow wou ld y ou d o i t
?
Telescopes a re made b y o ne a t he l a
rges t A. 2 .—Connec t av ariab le c ondenser i n
manufac turers o f Europe; measure C
oun t
c
losed , 12in .
. a nd o pen o ver 3 '/2
. f t., your g round l e
ad.
n 5s
i ections . They a re brass b ound ,
C
a
ttl e 2
0 Q. 3 .—P lease g ive me a h ook -up t hat
b
rass s afety c ap o n e ach e nd t o e x- M
iles A wa y w
il l c ut o ut s tat
ic u sing t h e f o
llow ing i n
-
c
lude d ust, etc. w ith po werful
l
enses , scien t
ifica lly g round a nd /w ish a ; • ‘
; s
trumen ts : Loose c oup ler, l oading c oil
,
a
djuS ted. Guaran teed b y t he kno w ho w .
0
13 m fd. v ar iable c onden ser f or p rimary
maker . Here tofore Te lescopes satisfac tory t he
o
f t his s ize h ave b een s old Exce lsior Tel, c
ircui t
, . 0001 m fd. v ariab le c onden ser f or
f
or f rom $ 5 to $ 8. s
cope i s
. • Our s
econdary c
ircuit s
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guns, e tc ., s en t w i th
round ing c oun try , o ne A
. 3 .— ln o rder t o c ut o ut s tatic , i t i s
e
ach o rder . Th is i sa
rand ofer a
g nd y ou
m
ile s ou th o f t he j unc- n
ecessary t o u se a b alanced r ece iv ing c ir-
t
ion o f Wa lnu t a nd A rk-
s
hou ld n o t m iss i t
.
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ui t s imilar t o t ha t d escr ibed o n p age 8 70
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each t e
lescope
lace w
p e c an s ee , w i
th t he o
f t he March i ssue . C rys ta l d etec tors r e-
a
id o f t he T elescope , over i n-
j
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ter ies may b e u sed i n p lace o f
t
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r
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t
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ea rly 20 mi les ; cou nt t
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a
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T
eleseope A gain t hank ing y ou a ll f or • W
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he f ollow ing i nstrumen ts: S
end ing —%
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a
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ondenser , k ey, s park g ap h elix a nd p ilo t
Registered L etter. P ost-Ofnee M o
nier O rder o r H ailk
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ent P ostpa id, S afe l
amp . R eceiv ing —S ing le s l
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st meer
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he Pleasure Without t
he Poison" wave l ength o f af our-w ire a eria l
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his s
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r t o
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nd C ow i
nstrumen ts wou ld I d is turb a ny c ommer -
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ul
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fo
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A o
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former
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se
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o se nd q
uenched s park g ap, a nd h ave y our s e
t
"' you , at o nce, t he Clo wn J oke Book 1
l
oose ly c oup led , y ou s hou ld n ot d isturb
B our b
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hem t o a ny e xten t.
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l t he above for o nly 20e . Q. 3 .— Is t he f ollow ing c ondenser s u
it-
G THE M ODERN M ONTHLY ,
I
ndianapo lis
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a
ble f or r eceiv ing w ith t he a bove i n stru-
men ts: 18 s hee ts o f t info i
l s epara ted b y
Genera
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ted
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el
ling
twen ty g lass p la tes o f med iu m t h
ickness
t
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c
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f
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eason
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uitab le, although i tw ill b e rather b ulky .
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I CS
231 Fu
lton S
treet
, New York
, N
. Y
.
3
08 M O DER N EL EC T R1CS
IIIIIIII
Q. 1 .— Wha t a re t he e lec tric l aws a nd
p
rinc ip le s i nvo lved i n t he e lectro ly tic r ecti-
f
ier, o r, h ow d oes t he e lec tro ly tic r ectif
ier
work?
AB
OLT T
HAT H
OLDS p
la
A. 1
te a f
.—On t
i
lm f
he s
orms
ur
, wh
face o
ich p
f t
erm
he n
its t
ega
he c
tive
ur-
r
en t t o f l
ow f rom t he e lec tro ly te i nto t he
G
RIPS-ST
ICKS-STAYS a
lum
c
ircu
inum p
it ; b u
la
t w
te a
ill n
nd t
ot a
hence t
llow t
o t
he c
he o
urren
utside
t t o
You s ave t ime a nd money , no m
atter e
nter t he s olu tion f rom t he a lum inum
where y ou u se t he VAN E xpans
ion Bol
t. p
la te.
"ItG rips L ike a V ise," in C oncre
te,Br
ick, Q. 2 .— Is t he d irec t c urren t ( a s i tc omes
S
tone , Ma rble, Tile, etc
. f
rom t he r ectifier ) p ulsa ting o r t hrobb ing ,
One p iece—no l oose parts — i
ns tead o f e ven a nd s teady , o n a ccount o f
t
his c harac teri stic o f a l
terna ting c urren t?
n
o t ime s pent a ssemb l
ing i t
.
A. 2 .—The c urren t d el
ivered f rom t he
Willn otr us t-
loo sen-or b reak.
Temporary s eal o ver bottom d
irec t c urren t s ide o f t he r ec tifier i s
pulsat ing .
p
reven ts d irt c l
ogg ing s hell
.
The VAN i s built of com - CRO WFOOT BATTERIES .
p
o s
ition m etal, mechan ically (
2028 .) Edw in T
. F
acey , Mass achu -
c
orrec t b y amechan ic. Defies s
etts, w rites :
a
ll te
s ts. Q. 1 .—Cou ld c row foo t c el
ls b e u sed t o
Your d ealer h as t hem—or r
un a s park c oi l ift he b atter ies w ere s hor t
w
ill g et them . c
ircu ited , when n o
t i n u se? Wou ld a p iece
o
f w ire o r a n o ld t eleg raph s ounder b e the
Wri
te u
s f
or f
ree s
a mple P
aten
ts P
end
ing b
es t t o s hor t c ircu it t he m w ith?
Manufac
tured b
y
A
. 1 .—Crow foo t c e
l ls may b e u sed u n-
d
er t hese c ond it
ions , b u t t he n umber r e-
C
. B
. V AN A NT WERP & C O
. q
uired wou ld b e l arge , i nasmuch a s t he
No
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c
ells h ave a v oltage o f 1 .
1 a nd t heir c ur -
4
21 F
ortD
earborn B
ldg
., C
hicago r
en t o utpu t i so nly a bou t 0 .1 o f a n ampere .
I
II i
ll
Q. 2 .— Is i t b e t
ter t o u se a s maller
a
eria l f or s end ing t han i s u sed f or r eceiv -
i
ng?
A
. 2 . —Yes . Under t he c ond itions o f
t
he A lexander Wire less B i
l l wh ich we
p
rin ted i n t he May i s
sue , i tw il
l b e n eces -
s
ary t o make t he s end ing a erial s ma ll i n
F
at
.Ap
rl o
rder t o k eep w ith in t he w ave l eng th l im it
s
pec ified t here in.
CONDENSER CHARGING CURRENT .
EXPANSION AND (
2029.) C lare D olan & Mar ion T homp -
s
on, I owa , w rite :
TOGGLE BOLTS
Q
. 1 .— Why i s i t t ha t w e c an h ear a
aJust what y ou n eed f
or mak ing
I
L
O
f
aint c lick i n t he r ece iver when w e c on -
L
C
S
O
T
L
E
T
SS
fa
stenings t
o brick and terra cotta
walls
, e
tc. Try t he k
ind that have n
ec t iti n s eries w ith b at tery a nd E . I. C o
.
s
tood t he t
est f
or years. Used by U . S
. Govern ment
tu a
ll Ar my and Navy w o
rk. j
unior f i
xed c ondenser ( new ) a nd g ood
WR
ITE T
O-DA Y f
or F
reeS
amp
lesa
nd Ca
talogue M
g
lass p la te s end ing c ondenser?
A. 1 .—The c lick i n r eceivers i s due t o
STE WARD & ROMA
INE MFG . CO. t
he c urren t wh ich f lows i nto t he c ondenser
1
24 N
o. 6
th S
treet
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IA, PA
. a
nd c harges i tu p when t he b attery c i
rcu it
(
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t a
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arges
t manuftwturers c
d e
xpans
ion b
olts i
s closed . You w il
l p robab ly f ind tha t i f
,
in t
he world.
)
a
fter o pen ing t he b at tery c ircuit, you s hor t
c
ircuit t he c ondenser t hrough t he receivers ,
y
ou w i
ll g et a no ther c l
ick , wh ich i s t he
L
ife Savers
c
urren t d ischarg ing b y t he c harged c on -
d
enser t hrough t he p hones .
Q. 2 .— Is t he e nc losed p iece o f c ar-
M AR 1
_
1 '
S S
AMYP
O
CK
ITA
X
E
S b
orundum t he k ind t o b e u sed i n mak ing a
f, I a I
re . Guard folds
i
nto 12 i
n. h
andle of atacl o r h
iekory. s
ensitive w ire less d e tec tor?
We
ighs
. 16 t
o 27 cz. Guaranteed.
A. 2 .—The s a mple y ou s ent u s looks a l
l
W ATERPR O OF
i
vI A R M ATC HB O X
r
igh t
, b u t w e h ave n ot h ad t ime t o tes
t i t
hcs
i, l
ife i
nsurance t
o Ocil
la,
' who i
sraughtout o
u t
, a nd w e c anno t t el
l g ood c arborundum ,
wet a
nd c o
ld weather. S
ize o
f a10 gauge a
te
lL f
or d etec tor u se , b y i t
s a ppearance .
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fme
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!
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t
e
rGun
. Q. 3 .— Is t here a ny d anger , i f Iu se 1 2
v
olts A . C ., o n ao ne i nch c oi
l, o f burn ing
M
a
rb
leA
r
ms &M
f
g
.Co
. o
ut c oil o r c onden ser? T he c urren t is s up-
p
l
ied f rom a s tep d own t rans former . Iu se
v
ibra tor.
A. 3 .— We wou ld a dv ise y ou t o c onsu lt
t
he maker o f t he c oil o n t his p oint. There
a
re a n umber o f c oils o n t he marke t wh ich
M ODER N EL E C T RI CS 3
1
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SAVES TOOLS
,
T
IME, MONEY,
MAKES WORK
EAS
IER
P
rove b y 3 0 Days Free T rial
h
ow t h
is s hop g
rinding o utf
its aves M E C H A NI C S
t
ools, time a nd money . Prove how O U TFI T — 14
t
his outfit makes tool sharpen ing so easy M A C HI N ES
t
hat t ools are a
lways i n perfecte dge, mak - IN O N E
i
ng a ll wo rk so much e asier a nd e nabling Gua
ran
teed
5Yea
ts
e
ve ry wo rkman t o accomp lish mo re w o
rk. U se
t
his o utfi
t 3 0 days f r
ee, t hen ify ou are wil
ling
t
o p art w i
th i t
, s end i tb ack a t my e xpense
.
D
IMO -GRIT —"the whee
l fo
r st
eel" -25 t
imes
f
aster than gr
inds
tone — 10 t
imes more e
ff
i-
c
i
ent than emery — w
i
ll no
t draw t emper
D
i mo-G r
it the n ew ar
tif
ic
ia l diamond a bras
ive, is a t win roduc t of
c
a
rbo rundum , but D
imo -Grit isespecially su
itable fo
r s teel
, leav
ing t he
s
moo thest
, k eenest e
dge —cu ts hardest st
eel as emery does sof
t copp er
. I t
p
eels st
eel a way inti
ny shav ings ins
tead o f wearing i
t away l i
ke grindstones
o
r emery whee ls —never g
l azes,n o heat developed —no need ofw a ter c
ooling —
n
o danger o
fd rawing t emper. G enuine S outh A fr
ican diamonds c ould cut st
ee l n
o quicker—
o
utwear
s any n umbe r of e mery a
nd grind stones. C a
rbo rundum whee ls furnished i f wanted •
Luther Hu m mer Too

l Gr
inder
F
oot o r engine p owe r —runs b y foot p owe r e
asy is Coupon
Return Th
a
ssew ing m achine —bu i
lt al o f steel —shaft d
rive
.
.
d& •
l
i
ke a utomob i
le —du s
t-p roofb al
l b ear
ings —g rav- f
or Free Tr
ial Offer ,
AL
i
t
y l ubricat
ion —co sts n o mo re than c heap chain
You p u
t yourself under no ob
liga t
ion b y l ir
d
r
ive g rinders —h alf a m illion L uther G r
inde rs C
O
UPO
N I
—
r
eturning t his coupon we w il
l t e
ll 40
n
ow i n use -5 years g uaran tee —shop o utf
it p
ro- you a
ll about o ur F
ree Tria
l Of fer, I
and send y ou o ur 40 p
age b ook 4r
v
ides for every sharpen ing , g r
inding , b uff
ing and
p
oli
sh ing n eed for m echan ics, carpen ters, and all
f
ree
c
. Don
oupon t
't d
oday.
elay —return th
is L
U
TH
ER G
R
IND
ER
o
ther t ool users
. Extra a t
tachmen ts c onvert it
i
n
to t urning l a
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g a nd circ
le s aws, force fe
ed D
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r
ill, etc. — 1 6 e x
tra a t
tachmen ts —comp le
tely A99 Mic higan St.
e
quip s y ou
r wo rk s hot) atl ow c ost.
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s u
fer a
nders
nd 4
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hat th
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is c
ook
oupcn
.
mond a brasives a s p
rinted i n McC lure's Magaz ine —g ives e
st, smoothests tones d
oes n o
t o bl
iga te me in any way .
valuable po
inters on t
ool grinding —ful
ly d escr
ibes all a
ttach- f
or s t
ee l —look f or
men ts and outf
its
. No r ed t ape —no prom ises —no money t
he n ame NA
ME 1
1
needed t
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o t
ry t
he c
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is money
oupon f
-sav
or f ul
ing s
l i
hop o
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utf
it f
ion a
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nd d
or 3
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0 d
ide wh
ays.
ich "
D
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outf
it you want on 30 days free t
rial
. o
n t
he s
tones
.
ADRE
SS
6
°9 MICH
IGAN ST.
L
uther G
rinder Mfg
. C
o. M
IL WAUKEE,WIS.
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i m mo
uis •s
t ••
p
lease mention "Nlodeen
3
wou ld s tand t his, wh ile, o n the o ther h and,

t
here a re a n umber w hich wou ld b e ruined
t
hereby .
THREE SLIDE TUNER .
(
2030 .) L . B aecker , N ew York , w rites:
Q
. 1 .—P lease t e
ll me h ow a t hree s lide
t
uner i s made , a nd i f t here i s more a d
-
v
an tage o b
ta ined f rom a t hree s lide t uner
t
han f r om a n i nterference p reven ter?
.A . 1 .
--The t hree s l
ide t uner i s b uilt i n
t
he s ame manner a s t he d oub le E l
ide t uner.
H
e Bui
lt T
his B
oat b
u
o
t i
f t
s p
wo
rovided w
. Much b et
i
th t
ter t
hree s
un ing c
l
iders i
an b
ns
e d
tead
one
H
imse
lf
H. A. Kent o f Ha miPon. On t
.,
whose b oa
t i s shown a bove, i
s w
ith t he t hree s l
ide t uner t han w ith t he
one o
f the thousands of men and d
oub le s l
ide , a nd i n f a c
t, i t i s a lmos t a s
b
oys who h ave a sse mb
led B rooks b oa
ts, N ir
ing
1
,irds 1f If-
build, r'
r, pr
ier . You c an build a b
oat i
fy ou
g
ood a s a l oose c oup ler .. Mos t ama teur
c
an h andle ham mer , s
aw a nd s
crew d r
iver. We s end you i
n
ter ference p reven ters d o n ot p reven t.
a
ll parts s
haped a nd fi
tted h ere at the factory ready to Q
. 2 .—Please p ubl
ish a h ook -up f or t he
f
asten together — and we sa
tIsfact
ion.
f
ollow ing instrumen ts: S
end ing - 14-inch
Wr
ite F
or B
rook
s B
oat B
ook s
park c oi
l, e igh t 2q t. L eyden j ars, h elix,
i
llus
trating cru
isers — speed b
eats — s
ailb
oats — r
ow boa t
s— k
ey, r otary a nd f i
xed s park g ap , pilot l amp .
canoes —boats of al
l kinds and sizes
. I
f you w ish, you Receiv ing —Loose -coup ler a nd i nterference
c
an b
f
u
ro m $
i
ld f
2 t
rom i
o $12.
ns
truc
Mai
t
ions a
l ap os
ta
nd f
l f
u
ll s
or t
ize p
he B
a
tterns c
oat Book t
ost
ing
o day.
p
reven ter, d oub le s l
ide t uner ; t wo v ariab le
Address c
ondensers a nd o ne E . I . C o
. j unior f i
xed
c
ondenser , P erikon , electro ly t
ic a nd a udion
B
rooks Manufactur
ing Co
.
d
etec tors a nd p hones .
1
66E R
ust Avenue S
aginaw
, M
ich
igan A
. 2 .—Here i sy our h ook -up .
O NL Y $25 1,0
. the Knoet
. ow
k
•
dn Fre neo f {10.
2
.;
-foo t hol i
neluding f t
ill
•s ised
owtorn. anItil
lo.trated ins
t.i el
lons t o fln
ish •••speed 9 1 2 t o
1
4 miles as b
oo r-
--12 pettengert. F REE HOAT H00 11
. s hows
i and other Ino
i101s
.
4
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4V
LEI M A N B R O S. Q
. 3 .— Inc losed i s a d i
ag ram o f my
a
eria l. C ou ld y ou s ee any w ay i tc ould b e
BLO WERS improved u
A
. 3
pon?
.—Your a erial looks a l
l r ight. The
VACUU M o
b
nly i
e t ha
mprovemen
t y ou g et i
t w
tu
e may s
p higher i
ugges
nto t
t wou
he air.
ld
PU M PS RECEIVING TROUBLE .
a
l
lfin
s a nd O
il Appliances
.
(
203 1.) J erome Labor, N
ew York,
S
and Blasts, B oat Wh Iet
les
. writes :
O
ise Producer., On
B
oost
ing. Testing Q
. 1 .—P lease t el
l me why I d on'
t r e-
VACUU M CLEAN
ING c
eive . Il ive o n the g round f l
oor o f af ive-
Take up own wear . Smal
l
P
iston
. B
ig A
ir Space. N
o s
tory h ouse . Another b oy a nd I a re r e-
s
pr
1
0
ings
.s
.
.
C
P
ower
't g
an e
to
fu
u
l
.
to
No
f o
lee
•
rder
.
c
eiving o n t he same a erial
, wh ich i s 6 5
f
eet l ong a nd c onsists of fi
ve s t
rands . My
[
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rCa
ta
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s
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s
. 1
3
9 • NM Y
ORK r
ece iver , a s i
licon d e
tector, a nd a h ome -
made c ondenser . Ir un t he wire f rom my
a
eria l d own b etween t wo h ouses a nd i n my
F
auc
et WATER MOTOR w
indow
A. 1
.
.— If y ou a nd t he o ther b oy a re
Co mp le
te with emery whee l 11 .50
buf
f whee l, pulley t o run w" working w ith t wo c omp le te r eceiving s e
ts
s
ew ing and wash ing mach ine ,p ot. c
onnec ted t o t he s ame a er ia
l, i tisp robab le
I
sh. I ns o me ci
ties where we h ave t
hat when t he o ther f ellow t ries t o t une
no agents, a nd where t he wa ter
p
ressure isg ood , as ample meterw ill h
is set itt hrows y ours o ut of a djus tmen t
,
b
e g iven t ree
; a pply a t o nce U a
nd when y ou t une y ours i t throws h i
s
you wan tt o make s o me e xtra
money , o r i f y ou c an d evote o
ut. Wi th a s ingle s et of instrumen ts s uch
your whole time ,libera ls a
la ry and a
s y ou d escr ibe, a nd p rovided y our d e
-
com m ission w i
l lb ep aid. t
ector is s ensi t
ive a nd y our a pparatus a nd
ALCOHOL STOVES , LA MPS a
erial p roper ly c onnected a nd i nsu la
ted,
AND FLAT I RONS
DICINEERS W ANTED t os end f or catalog e f t
here i s n o r eason why y ou s hou ld n o
t
ba
ton
s.Rads
/
icing Whee ls P lani meters . Add res s. r
eceive messages .
L
IPP
INCOTT M . S
. CO
. Q. 2 . —Please t el
l me h ow t o c onnect
my instrumen ts.
52 C
olumb
ia St
.,
Ne w
s& Mew A mor
A
. 2 .—Here i s ad iagram f or c onnec ting
u
p y our i nstrumen ts
.
M O D ER N E L E C T RI C S 3
11
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M
old
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l
ect
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l I
n
sula
tion
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llac Co mpos
ition
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lack —bro wn — M
ica; s
ubs
titute f
or h
ard r
ubber
.
2 S
terno
id
We are the PIONEERS i n this c f HEATPROOF
ountry o
E
LECTR ICAL MOLDED I NSULAT ION.
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th
outso
ft
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Ape
r
fec
ti n
s
ul
ato
r.
CLAI MS N
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s
top
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.
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ighme
chan
ica
lr e
s
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anc
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eta
p
pedordr
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ta
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or h
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lat
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IC ALLY U NBRE A K ABLE
W e s oli cit y o ur c o rr es p o n d e n c e- bl u e p ri nt s. m o d el s
D
ick
inson Manu
fac
tur
ing C
o. S
pring
fie
ld, Ma
ssachu
set
ts
K URT R. S T E R N B E R G, Treasurer and M anager
:
J
.U
.PA
RK
ER S
A
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TBO
S
TON M
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.
On
ly$12 W E GIVE EVERY
ONE
f
ire ,l
ed to dar
t y ou
i
nSi,. Auto Business BOY OR
a
s R epairman
o
r Chau ffer
.
Why d on't y ou learn t

his profes-
s
ion a nd d oub le y our sa
lary f I f
you max ter th
is p rofess
ion y ou a re
I
ndependent . Repairmen a nd Chauf f-
eurs a re needed i n every town and c ity
t
,
, t he c ountry.
My sys
te m I
s po•
It he
ly the o n
ly s yste m
I
n t
he world t
b•t c
an be •
neeess
tially t
aught
b
y mall
.
Mv a yste m of t
each ing b y ma il i
s a N ew Idea--
i
t
's di ferent f ro m others. IWill PI 01,00 011y
tra
in y ou t hat y ou w il
l n ot only be able t
o drie.
- ABSOLUT
ELY
F
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acar l i
nt you c an r epair mo tors, overhaul ears,
repair tire., r epair launch e ngine, r epair s
tation•
ary g aso
l ine e ngines—you e ou ld g Ionto the repair
b
a dness—and a lso sell ears m id e ng
ines. in exchange f or a l itt le ti me and l ess e ffort than you t hink.
You unconsc iously advertise us while p laying , d rivin g
SEE T HIS W OR K
I N G M O DEL our C YC L E M O BI L E o
nbus iness e rrands or t our ing .
'
Ih ero a re o ther nde1et . .e o f The CYC L E M OBI L E I s a ne wly perfected machine not on t he
Magneto . Eng ine a nd Carburetor ; a lso market for saloon account o f our large exc lusive c ontract wit b
a Man ikin o f a n a uto mob i
le . The Ran- the inventors . It is built l ike a r eal Motor Car with twe
k
in f a
ll bf
• t aken a part a nd t he n usleis speeds, for ward and r everse. bes ides a neutral c oaster s pee d
.
a
etna lly work . A
ll mov ing par ts on t he The Body and Hood a re Pressed S teel ant i second g ro wth ash,
mode ls made o f real meta l. supported on a Chass is fra me o f Rolled S teel ang le i ron, capa-
The C .
1l1roe c onsist so f 40 instruetions , ble o
f carrying t he we ight o f f
ive f ull g ro wn men . The Axles
6 Mode ls, and a Man ik in. a nd e xam in- are a
lso o f Steel an d whee ls Rubber T ired. The f ront whee ls
a
tions , diplo ma . ete Spec ial price right
p
ivot on r egulation Motor Car s teering knuckles , e li minating
n
1
1
ow
.000
i
n b
.00 y
ut
en c
$11
ou
.00
lan 't g
I
f y ou pa
et a b r
it
id
.,
a
ll danger o f upsetting on curves . W e s i mply c
a
n not givc vou
r
ou rse —nor a s g ood a e nur se—heeause one-hundredth part o f the r eal Specif ications in t his l imited
i
t is the o nly one o f its kind . space , but s end i n t he coupon and we
Let me s ho w y ou what o thers say w it,
, will T E L L IT AL L .
we h
t
hen-e
ave a
i
lleo
tar
ll
lt
if
ted a
feld
.
e.
L
nd who h
et me Ch
as.s
ave d
how y
oub
on s
led
vh•t O N E " F T H H N
T
QRG MOTOR
- CAR PUB . CO..
Barn y O l Duryea and
N ORK
KANSAS C ITY . .10.
o
ther m•tor a uthor ities s ay. IN D M O D E L S D
ear S irs: Mtol, E
.
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'
1 D F
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i I
trh
n
S
pe
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cif
ic a
ti
ia:l
ons o f your C
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tails a
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ni
-
How to get i
nto theFRA
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uIt
Io Bus
ines
s e
ngine and r
an actual
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—
a
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ies. t
he r
aises
, time t
he I
gnition. a
te
B
ILE o fering, a nd ob
lige
.
S
incer
ely y ours,
Dyke
's Cor
respondence S
choo
l o
f Mo
tor
ing
B o x 19 R o e B uil di n g, S T. L O UI S. M O. N
ame
I
A. I
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ins
t.
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f t
he f
i
rst A
ut. S
upp
ly i
n Am•r
tra
l
A
ddr
ess
W hen w riti n g
, please m entio n " Mo dern ElectrIcs
."
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3
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ood New
s
f
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r
W
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teu
rs
•
••••
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LANS 5
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.
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ION,
g
r
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st author
ity o
n w
i re-
I
R
ELESS T
ELEGRAe
l
pa
s l
e
s
s a ppa
ratus
, has w
ri
tt en
ab ook t h
at t e
l
ls in pla
in
e
very-day l anguage , and
2031
s
how s b y s i
mple
, e a
si
ly M
.E.
under s
tood d iagr
am s h ow Q
. 3 .—How f ar can I r eceive w ith t he
above s et?
t
om ake experimenta
l a nd
A
. 3 .— We d o n ot answer q ues tions o f
o
ne tofi
vem i
le wireless se
tst ha
t wil
ld o rea
l t
his s ort. S ee n otice in t he A ugus t ( 1910)
i
ssue.
wo
rk. T his book p l
aces att h
e di
sposal o f
HU M MING AERIAL .
e
very amateur t
he b o
iled-down e xpe
rience (
2032.) S inclair Smith, New Y
ork,
o
f aw or
ld•famous w ireles
s author
ity. S top wri
tes :
Q. 1 .— T have a t wo w ire aer ial 6 0 feet
wo
rki
ng int h
e dark. S end 2 5c t o
-day l
ong a nd 6 0 feet high , and when I h ave i t
f
or this book a nd START R IGHT . c
onnec ted, as s hown i n the d iag ram , Ig et
ah umm ing n oise i n my r eceiver . Ic anno t
a
ccoun t for it
.
S
PON & CHAMBERLA
IN A
. 1 .—The n o
ise i s probab ly d ue t o i n
-
1
23-G L
IBERTY S
TREET
, NE W YORK d
uction f rom a h igh p oten t
ial l ighting o r
p
ower c i
rcuit n ear y our a eria
l. The o nly
way t o get rid o f itis to s w
ing y our a erial
a
round s o itw i
ll b e at r i
gh t a ngles t o t he
l
i
gh ting o r power c ircui
t.
"
s wic o" Q. 2 .— Will y ou p lease g ive me a d ia-
g
ram f or connec ting a t wo w ire a erial
, t ak-
O
S
C
ILL
ATION T
R
ANS
FORM
ER i
ng t he leads from t he end?
T his t
rarsfor mer c
ons
ists o
f A
. 2 .—Here i tis.
t
wo s
pira
ls o
f b
rass r
ibbon s
et
i
n f
ra mes
, a
nd moun
ted o
n a
s
tandard
. The ef
iciency o
b-
•
a
ined b
y u
sing o
ur O
scil
lat
ion
t
ransformer i
sfu
lly 2
0 grea
'er
t
han w
ith a h
elix
. F
inished
i
n e
i
ther o
ak o
r mahogany
, a
nd
2032 T
O I
NSTRUMENTS
c
an b
e u
sed o
n a
l
l s
ets f
rom
M
.E
t
o 2K
. W. P
rice o
nly $
5.
S
end 2 c
ent s
t
amp f
o
r ca
talog
. WIRELESS RECORDERS .
(
2033.) L . W. Owens , N ew York , a sks :
S
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PIR
IORW
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.
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0
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H
ODEI
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AND S
i
.
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F
FAL
O,N
.Y. Q
. 1 .— Wha t a ppara tus w ill b e n eces -
s
ary f or a 3 t o 5 -m ile r ecording w ireless
s
et, b oth t ransm it t
ing a nd r eceiving?
A
. 1 .—For s hort d istances l i
ke t his
s
ome s uch o u tf
i t a s the " Teli
'mco" s ets s o
ld
T
. W. C
. TRANSFOR MERS b
y t he E lec tro I mpor ting C o
. s hou ld
o
pera te s a
tis fac tor i
ly.
R ELI A BLE Q
. 2 .—Can a r ecorder b e u sed o n a n
EFFICI EN T 25% OV E RSIZE
PE RFECT CONST RUCTION a
ppara tus o f 2 00 m i
les c apacity s uccess -
I
llahemt Quality I
teamonab le Prices f
ully?
1
-4 K. W. $12.00 1
-2 K. W. $18.01
1 A
. 2 .—Yes , b ut t he a ppara tus i s expen -
C
o mpare The
is* P
rices o
‘Ith O
thers" s
ive.
ONE YEAR
'S GU AR ANTEE ONE I NC H COIL ON L IG HTING C IR -
CUIT .
EVERYTH
ING I N THE TRANS MITTING L
INE
Send S
ta mp f
or C
ata
logue (
2034.) A lvin McCu llough , Pennsy l-
v
an ia
, a sks:
A F
e w More Agenc
ies Open Address D
ept C Q
. I .—Cou ld a n i ncandescen t lamp b e
c
onnec ted i n s eries w ith a o ne i nch s park
TOLEDO WIRELESS C0
11PANY c
oil, to b e c onnec ted t o a 10 v olt ligh ting
DEPT
, D
. TOLEDO
, 0
1110
c
i
rcu it?
A. 1 .—Yes , b ut t he v ibrator c on tacts
W hen wr
iting% p
lease mentho
l "le
iler
ii E
lei
•tr
it w
ill b e r apidly b urned a way .
MO D E R N EL EC T RICS 3
13
W
IRELESS O
PERATORS W
ANTED
!
TO JO
IN
WIRELESS D
IVIS
I ON NO
. 37
OF
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C
omm
erc
ia
l T
e
leg
rap
her
s' U
n
ion o
fAm
eri
ca
T
he C. T. U. A. was organized i
n 1
902. Itsj ur
isd
iction i
ncludes a
ll branches of
t
e
legraphy except t
he rai
lroad. I tis af
i
liated w
ith the American Federat
ion o f Labor
a
nd t
he Trades and Labor Congress o
fC anada. I tisthe s
trongest un
ion of commercial
t
e
legraphers ever o
rganized. Each member r eceives monthly
, without c
ost
THE CO M MERC
IAL TELEGRAPHERS
' JOURNAL
E
stab
lished i
n1903 a
nd i
s
sued t
he 1
5th o
feach month
. Owned a
nd p
ubl
ished b
ythe u
nion
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wh ich t he s tat ion i s l ocated . Here o ne
G
eorge W
. S
a
linge
r KW i
d
s u
iagrams wer
sed . I
e u
n a
sed
ll c ases s
. The c
tandard w
urrent i
ir
s a
ing
t a
S
tock Broker voltage o f 10 , a nd 6 0 c ycles .
44 Broad S
t. Ne w York Is t here a ny way o f r e medy ing t hese
f
au lts, o r d o y ou t hink t ha t t he t roub le l ies
i
n t he f act t ha t t he c ompany i s u sing
C
. Q
. D
. C
. Q. D
. C
. O
. D
. antiqua ted mach ines? Wou ld p eculiar i
ties
STOCKS WANTED i
n t he c urren t h ave a ny thing t o d o w ith i t?
5
0 Eng Marconi Pt
. 2
5 A
. D. S. A. I .—The t roub le i sd ue t o t wo c auses ;
2
00 Canadian Marconi. 1
5 Gary Interurban
3
0 Eng. Marcon
i corn
. f
i
rs t, t he r egula tion o f the l ighting t rans -
2
5 Oxford Linen Ser. A
1
00 American Marconi l
icw
. 4
0 Chi
. Air. Line p
f. f
ormers , a nd, s econd , t he d rop i n t he
1
00 Eas
tbrook. 1
00 Am . Te
legraphone s
erv ice w ires f rom t he t rans formers t o t he
1
00 S
tandard Mo tor Cons
tr.
s
ubscr ibers . The o n
ly c ure wou ld b e t he
STOCKS FOR SALE
. i
ns tal
la tion o f as epara te t ransformer c on -
1
25 Autlpress Vt
. 4
5 Oxford L
inen B .
8
0 Ame lean Marcon i
. 5
0 Oxford Linen C. n
ec ted t o t he h igh t ension ma ins f or e ach
3
0 Eng. Marcon i p
f. 2
00 Canadian Marcon i. wireless o utf
it. As t o t he me ter b e
ing
1
50 Am. Tele. Type
. 1
0 U. S
.L ight & Hea t
ing r
uined , t his was p robab ly c aused b y ak ick
3
00 Am. Telegraphone . 1
00 AntopressC om
3
5C. N. Y. El
. Air Line. 5
00 A
incricat
i Marcon in ew
. b
ack f rom t he w ire less t rans former . These
ENGLISH MA RCON 1 COMMON (
de
layed d elivery ) k
ick b acks may b e p revented b y t he i n-
SOLD ON EASY MONTHLY PAY MENTS
BUY SPANISH MARCONI WIRELESS AND WATCH s
tallation o f a n on -
induc tive h igh r esis t-
IT ADVANCE . a
nce , t
he midd le po
int o
f which i
s
S
end for our Wire
les
s Quotation S heet
. g
rounded , o r o f t wo mfd. c ondensers
P
. C
. KULL MAN & CO
. i
n s er ies , w ith t he m idd le c onnec t
ion
THE WIRELESS BROKERAGE HOUSE. g
rounded . The r esis tance o r c ondensers
T
el. 4
047-40
48—John
. 6
8 Wal
l St
.. New York
.
s
hou ld b e c onnec ted a cross t he p ower l eads
c
lose t o t he w ire less t ransformer . S ee a lso
W
I
R
ELE
SS I
N
tS
T[R
S!
a
nswer t o 1 992 i n t he May i ssue .
LOCATION OF AERIAL .
(
2038.) V ernon D ea l
. I linois
, w r
ites:
how c
an y
ou p
ut y
our money t
o w
ork i
n s
uch Q. 1 .—About f our f eet f rom t he e nd o f
away that i
t wi
ll y
ield more than the 2 t
o 4p er my a eria l a re t wo e lec tric l ight w ires , r un -
c
ent
, per annum p a
id b y the sav
ings banks
, a nd n
ing i nto my s ta tion , a nd a bou t s even f eet
a
t the same time be abso
lutely safe a
nd " draw- r
ight u nder my a er ial i s my g round . Wi ll
a
ble" a
t a momen
t's n
otice? The a
nswer i
s
, t
his b e c orrec t f or r ece iving a l ong d is-
"
Buy s
hares o
f a f
i
rst
-class s
ecur
ity p
aying f
rom t
ance , a nd i fn ot h ow c an I f ix its o i tw i
l l?
1
0 to 20 p
er cent
, p er a
nnum —and b uy on our A. 2 . —If t he g round c onnec tion i s made
PE RIODICAL PAY MENT PLAN ." t
o t he p ip ing i n y our h ouse , it brings t he
By t
h
is method cus
tomers p
urchase t
heir s
ecur
i- g
round u p t o w ith in s even f eet o f y our
t
i
es o
utr
igh
t w
ithou
t, h
owever
, h
aving t
o p
ay d
own a
erial, s o t o s peak , a nd r educes t he e fec t-
t
he entire amoun t of the p urchase money. The
ir i
ve h eight o f t he a eria l t o t hat figure . The
s
tocks
, b eing b ought o u
tr igh
t, a re unaf
fec
ted by e
ditor o f t his c olumn h as f ound, t ha t where
market fluctua
tions a nd a re n o
t s ub
ject to c
al
ls t
he i nstrumen ts a re p laced i n t he u pper
f
or marg in. S
ecurit
ies a re bought by them on a s
tory o f ah ouse , t ha t i t makes l i
ttle d ifer -
f
i
rst payment down of 20 p
er cent
., b
alance o
f e
nce whe ther t he g round b e c onnec ted t o
t
he purchase money b
eing met by mon
thly pay
- t
he p iping i n t he s a me r oom , o r a h eavy
ments spread o
ver a p
eriod o
f abou
t ay ear
. T he g
round w ire b e r un d own t o the wa ter p ipe
s
tocks may b e taken up or s
old a
t a ny moment i
n t he b asemen t
. This i s f or r eceiv ing .
r
egardless of h
ow many payments have b
een made Perhaps f or s end ing t here wou ld b e s o me
a
nd , n
ot be
ing bought on margin
, c
anno
t b
e a
f
- d
iference n ot
iceab le . Wi th r egard t o t he
f
ected by b
reaks i
n the marke
t. e
lectric l ight w ires , i f t hey d o n ot c ause a
D
ividends accruing d uring the p ayment period h
umm ing n oise i n y our r eceiving s e
t, y ou
a
re remi
tted d
irectly t
o t he purchaser, w
ho has the n
eed n o t b other w i th t hem .
r
igh
t to se
ll h
is secur
ities at any time, thus t
aking Q. 2 . —How f ar a par t s hou ld t he w ires
a
dvantage of a market rise. b
e f or a f our w ire a eria l 7 5 feet a bove t he
S
pecia
l let
ter g
iving c
omp
lete d
eta
ils s
ent FREE
g
round?
o
n request
.
A. 2 . —The w ires s hou ld n ot b e c loser
t
oge ther t han o ne -fi ftieth o f their l ength .
P O D N US & C O
., Q. 3 . — Wha t i s t he b es t way t o c onnec t
INVEST MENT 1IMF FR S
, t
he a erial a t e ach e nd?
7
8 -8
0 B
road S
tree
t, Ne w York C
ity A. 3 . —If t he a er ia l i s of t he " T" t ype ,
c
onnec t t he h or izon tal w ires t oge ther a t
When wr
iting
. p
i vo
t@ ment
ion "Modern E
lectr
ic'
s." e
ach e nd by means o f ac ross w ire. I f t he
M( H) E R N EL EC T RI CS
Y
ou C
an
'tG
oW r
ong W
hen
Y
ou B
uy AS
TAR. Th
ere
A
re F
iv
e R
easons Why
.
1
. STAR B lades a r
e fo
rged f r
om t h
e
f
i
nest Shef
f
ie
ld s t
ee
l. T hey a r
e h and
m
ade a nd ind
ividuallym ade through-
o
ut
. Y ou can
't g et ab e
tter b l
ade.
They ta
ke am a
r ve
lously ke
en e dge —
a
nd keep i
t
. Many S TAR b ladesh ave
b
een u s
ed cons
tantly fo
r o ve
r t wenty
y
ears
.
2
. STAR B lade C lip isse
l
f-ad
jus
ting
.
I
tin
su
res always per
fec
t al
ignment of
t
he b
l
ade
. N o other s
a
fety ra
zor ha
s
t
h
isne
ces
sary dev
ice.
3
. STAR L ather Cup a f
ord
s ample
r
oom f o
r th
e a c
cumulat
ion of l
a
ther
wh
ile shav
ing
. I fyou have e
ver u
sed
t
he or
dinary s
a
fety ra
zoryou k
now t h
e
c
onven
i ence t
h
is means
.
4
. STAR F rame H inges make cl
ean-
i
n
g easy and q ui
ck. Finger
s a r
e n o
t
p
l
as
tered with la
ther
. R azo
ri salways
c
l
ean
. S imply turn b
ack t
he f
rame and
r
u
n w a
ter through it
. Then snap in
to
S
afe
ty R
azor
p
l
ace aga
in.
5
. STAR Guaran tee mean
st ha
ti fy
ou
a
re not sa
t
is
fied w i
th a STAR y ou
p
ur
chase, y
ou ca n se
nd itdi
rec
t tous
a
nd h a
ve itr e
plac
ed or you
r m oney
r
e
funded, a
sy ou wish
. Y ou t a
ke no
r
i
sk when y
ou buy. T he STAR m us
t
m
ake good
.
I
fy
ou
rdea
lerd
oe
sn'
tse
l
lth
eSTAR
,wr
ite 1.3
P
RICE
, AS $
3 7
5
I
LLUSTRATED
O
t
herS
t
yle
sfr
om $
1
.50 t
oS20
.
KAMPFE BROTHERS 9
F 0
,9
8
-12 Reade St
. I* *•
New York C
ity
When w
rit
ing
, p
l
ease m
ent
ion "
Mode
rn E
lee
trie
s."
.
is MO DERN EL EC T RI CS
a
eria
l i s of the i nverted " L" t ype c onnect
CO R U B
IA'S t
he wires t ogether a t the e nd o pposite t ha
t
a
t which t he lead -in isc onnec ted, and c on-
PRACT
ICAL GAS L
I G HTER n
ect a w ire to each o f the h orizon ta
l w ires
,
W OR KS L
I KE M A GI C a
nd, k eeping t he s a me s pacing a s u sed i n
The i-n
ly g as lighter o n the marke t t
he h orizontal p art, run t hem a l
l d own t o
t
o-day thatn ever f a
i ls and s old t
he s
tat
ion. T
he a
er
ial may t hen b
e
w
ith a nunlim ited g uarantee.
Why u se ma tches , when we
u
sed e ither loop o r s tra
igh taway w ithout
know i t t o be a n a uthor- t
aking i t down t o. c
hange i t
.
i
zed s tated f act t hat 9
0%
o
f f i
res a re c aused b y TUNER AND COIL DATA
.
the r
eck less u se ofthem?
All our a gents a re mak - (2039
.) Wa lter A . Sm i
th, I l
ino is, ask s:
,'
*Ai b
ig money . Ge t i n l
ine Q. 1 .—How many o unces o f No . 2 2
and be c onvinced .
;
a mp
le min ted t o a
gen ts postpa id upon r e- B&S e name led w ire for p r
imary , a nd n um -
c
eipt of 25 cents. b
er o f o unces o f No . 2 8 B&S e name led
CO RU BIA M AN U FACT U RIN G CO. wire f or s econdary , o
f t he l oose c oupled
7
1 Third Avenue Ne w York tuner d escr ibed i n "How t o Make Wire -
less I nstrumen ts"?
A
. 1 .-5.5 o unces No . 2 2, 2 .4 o unces
I
No. 28.
LEA R N TO BE A PRA CT
I CAL ELECTRI C
IA N
We can teach you in a s
hor t t
i me ho w to -b
e a :list Class Q. 2 .—P lease g ive d ata f or a s park c oil
E
lectr c
lan. The expense is small a
iid Electricians gel good using t hree- four ths o f ap ound o f No . 3 3
s
alar
ies. Don't delay. Wr ite u
s no w t
or details.
f
r
aCsr
e
sp
ondm
e %N
I, D
e
p
t. R
.
,60S
t
a
le S
t
r
ee
t. B
o
s
ton
, M
a
t
s. I3&S DCCC w ire f or t he s econdary .
A
. 2 .—Core , 4%x % i nch ; p rimary , 2
l
a yers No . 2 2 B&S ; s econda ry, % l b
. No .
d
E
LECTRIC M
'S WATCH—NON
-MAGNETIC 3 B&S , i n t wo p ies; p r
imary c ondenser ,
send now f
watch w
ur my n
ill poe
it ive
ou-n
ly w
iegnetic watch
ithstand al
, tr
uly a
l magnet
i
i
ic a
.ou i
de
ttract
livered
ions
i
T
. 'ride
ented to 5 s hee ts, 2 x4 i nches ; w all o f i nsulating
2050 volts
, a beolute ly guaranteed t o k
eep t he mos t accurate ti me t
ube b
etween p
rimary a nd s
econdary ,
under a ll cond itions. Approved b y everybody i n t he Electrical
Industry. Stein w ind a nd set t p
; due roo
f ; thin model. 1
- 16 i nch; p rimary v olts, 4 ; s park l ength
X.K IRCHNER° , 1
32 No. Sen . Se
nses ( OLD Na. ti
ll CHICAGO a
bou t % , i n
ch .
1
Q
. 3 .—Can No . 1 4 a lum inu m w ire b e
u
sed f or a h elix f or t his c o
il, t he l ead-in
Boy
's Overa
lls F
reen
'„
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2
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';
'
:'
; a
nd a erial b eing a l
so No . 1 4? I f s o give
t
h.
I
t ItS i o
- dealer u
vera
pon r
l l.
. Iw
ece
il
ipt o
l r
f t
e
tor
t
he l
, t
abe
o a
l a
ny pure
l
ttached t
tseer t
o t
he o
he 2
vera
l
5e pa
id t o
ls aCC0111• d
imens ions .
'
,a
ided b y t
hin adver t
ise ment,
A
. 3 .—A h elix s hou ld n ot b e u sed w ith
I
t
ICI N FR
IEND OVEHAL
I N MPH
., as F
. RHO t
l
ittAY
. NE N V
i
llI
th
s
uch a s mall c oi
l, e xcep t, p erhaps , a s a
l
oading c oil i n t he a er
ial l ead, a s the e nergy
d
elivered t o t he a erial wou ld b e v ery l i
tt
le.
Use No . 6o r No . 8w ire, i fy ou make i t
.
T
he B
aby E
ngine OPERATORS
' PAY
.
(
2040.) J. A r
thur Evans, Virg
inia
, asks
:
1
-2 H
. P
. 33
-4 L
BS. 1
-2 H
. P
. Q
. 1 .— What is the average pay of a
w
ireless opera
tor?
A
. 1 .—About th
irty do
llars a month
.
0 0 STORAGE BATTERY AND TUNER
DATA
.
0 (
2041
. ) F rank N ank ivell
, N ew York ,
writes
:
Q
. 1 .—Please t ell me r egard ing a l ead-
su
lphur ic acid s torage b at
tery , t he p ropor -
A t
ions, b y bulk , of l ead a nd p aste t hat w i
ll
g
ive t he b es t r esults i n c ons truc t
ing t he
0 p
lates. A lso h ow t h
ick s hou ld e ach p late
be
, a nd h ow f ar a part s hou ld t hey b e
p
laced.
A
0 A
. 2 .— We h aven '
t s ufic ien t d ata o n
A
t
his sub ject t o a dvise y ou p roper ly. You
had b etter c onsu l
t s ome g ood b ook o n
s
torage b
attery e
ngineer ing , s
uch a
s
Lyndon 's.
T
h
e S
m
al
le
st 1
-
2fl
.P
.G
as
ol
in
eEn
g
ine i
nth
eWo
r
ld Q. 2 .—I h ave c ove red 1 6% i n
che s o f a
A
ROTY
P
E with 18 i
n. a
lu m
inu m P
rope
ller A
I
R
-CO
OLED c
ardboard t ube 2% i nches i n d iame ter w i
th
k
u
unt Ty
p
t with c
ast i
ron F
ly- Whee
l, W
A
TER
-a m No. 2 0 B&S SCCC w ire
. I w ish t o u se
S
E
ND 2C
E
N
TSI
NST
AMP
SFO
ROU
RLI
T
ERA
TUR
E t
his a s t he p rimary o f a s e
lec tive t uner
w
ith w eeding o ut c i
rcu it
. How many
i
nches o f a 2 3
(3-inch t ube mus t I c over
THE BABY ENG
INE CO
. w
ith No . 2 8 B&S SCCC w ire.
A. 2 .—Seven i nches .
5
01 F
i
fth Avenue
, N
ew Y
ork
Q. 3 .—On p age 1 8 o f t he Apr i
l, 1 912,
i
s
sue o
f Modern El
ectric: t here i s a
c
ut o f t he " Blitzen Tuner ." Wi ll y ou
When wr
iting
, p
lease m
ent
ion "Modern E
lec
tric."
p
lease t e
ll me t he g auge , number o f layers,
M ODER N EL EC T RI CS 3
19
T
he AL
ong Lif
ea nd
L
ittl
e Wonder a S
trong One
l
ab
Th
is i
sthe Tungs
ten F
lash
ligh
t r
o
i
lt
. i
k
Ba
ttery wh ich h as b rought t he am i
j
t in
p
ocke t f
lash
light outof the c
lass o
f '
4
at
is RECUPERAT
IVE F
l
o
mere novelt
ies a
nd placed it among °R al:
4 Ar
E t
i
Vi pL
C ETR
AA
G:
\
t
he p ra
ctica
l art
icles for da
ily ser
- MO
RE L
I
FE h
v
ice. A
MER
ICAN E
VER R
EADY C
O
,'
\
Wi
th o
rdinary u
se as
mal
lpocke
t
f
l
ash ligh t —when e quipped w ith a n
Eveready Tung s
ten b a t
tery — w i
ll
f
urn ish s e
rvice f o
r mon ths. No T he E veready i sa n e conom ical
f
l
ash ligh t user can a fo rd t arry b
o c attery b ecause o f is e
t xceeding ly
o
ther t han t he E veready Tung s ten l
ong l
i
fe and t
he e
norm o us am ount
Battery . I
t lasts f our t imes a s o
fe ne rgy.
l
ong a s t he a verage b attery a nd Iti s the one b a
ttery y ou c an d e
-
g
ive s four time s the light. I ts aves p
e nd upon t
o b
e a
bsolutel y u
niform
no
t o nly t he c ost o f t hese e xtra i
n its performance . I t i sb uilt for
ba
tte ries, b ut also t he t ime a nd t
he s
teady s
ervice t
hat you wa nt
.
t
roub le r equired i n p urcha sing r e
- Our D ry C el
l C atalogue s hows
newa ls. t
he a mpe rage o f the v arious s i
zes
I
t i s the only f l
ashligh t b at
tery o
f c
ells and how b
atteries s
hould
t
hat i so r can be g uaran teed. Y ou b
e c onnec ted tog etthe b estr esults
.
c
an b e s ure y ou a re g et
ting t he This booklet i
s f
r
ee to a
ll. W r
i te
b
e s
t i fy ou see E veready Tungs ten f
or o ne and l earn mo re a bou t the
on the l abe
l. f
am o us E veread y B
atter y
.
A mer
ican Ever Ready Co
.
304
-3 2 2 H U DS O N ST REET
NE W Y OR K CI T Y
B OST O N C HI C A G O NE W O R LE A NS SA N F R A N CIS C O
3
44, 4 / o p / a
nd n umber o f turns p er layer of wire on
H
Y
PNO
TISM
!
t
he p rimary a nd s econdary r i
ngs? A
lso
what i s t
he d iame ter a nd w idth o f the
r
ings?
A
. 3 .—You c an s earch u s
, F rank; w e
h
aven't bough t o
ne t o p u
ll apart
. T here i
s
no o
ther w ay to fi
nd o ut. Maybe t he man -
LEAR N T O HY P N O T IZE! Wonderfu l, Mysterious , Fas
-
c
ina t
ing ! Easily learned by anyone o f ordinary intelligence in u
facturer wil
l tel
l y ou , but w e don
't think
•few h ours t . You c
i me an perform a stonishing feats a nd p
ro- s
o.
duce fun b y the hour. S urpr
ise all y our friends and make y our-
s
elf fa mous . You c an MAKE B IONET by g iving e ntertain ments
o
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ix months a go we b ought t he e ntire s tock o n b and o f Por table Boxes f ro m a b ankrupt New
York c oncern who f ormerly made t hese b oxes f or med ica l a nd e lectro-therapeut ic a pparatus . A
ll
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The finish i s of 8h igh o rder, h and r ubbed a nd p olished t hroughout . Boxes a re a bso lutely n ew a nd
• unused a nd w i
ll b e f ound u seful f or h undreds o f p rac t
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. sold s o rap idly t hat o nly a f ew o f e ach s ty le n ow -rema in . I n o rder t o close o ut these f ew pro mpt ly,
j h5, we w iii dispose o f t he m at the al most i nconce ivab le p rices b e
low , wh ich r epresent a c
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Style A. 6% i n
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2 n. long , birch ( in stock 40 Pr
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ertain p atent r ights a nd e an o nly r esort t o the
imprudent pract
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