Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1896 — Telegraphy by Induction. [ARTICLE]

Telegraphy by Induction.

A successful experiment in telegraphing by Induction without connecting wires has been performed by W. H. Preece, between Oban and Auchnacralg, Scotland, while the submarine cable was broken. A gutta-percha wire a mile and a half long was laid along the ground from Morven, while on the island of Mull use was made of the ordinary overhead wire connecting Craignure with Aros. The distance between the two parallel wires was about three and a half miles. Using a vibrator as transmitter, and telephone as receiver, the usual messages were successfully transmitted till the cable was repaired.