Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1902 — NAME FOR MARCONI'S SYSTEM. [ARTICLE]

NAME FOR MARCONI'S SYSTEM.

AtmosplicroKram, Etherogram, Aerogram and Airgram Suggested. Officials of the signal service and of tho Navy Department are looking for a word. They want n short and simple term that will stand for the laborious expression employed, “A message transmitted by wireless telegraph.” One genius in the War Department suggested “ntmosplierogram;” a student of natural forces believes that “etherogram” would be better. But Gen. Greeley, chief of the signal service, has not taken kindly enough to < ither i>f these to advocate its use in official reports and therefore its adoption into language. “Aerogram” finds most favor, with the signal service ns a coined word fitting the need created by the Marconi discoveries. It is short mid simple, altnost as convenient as “cablegram" or "telegram,” and on Its face shows what it means. After it is in everyday employment. Its pronounciation Would doubtless be "shortened to “airgram."