Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1908 — WIRELESS MESSAGE PICTURED. [ARTICLE]

WIRELESS MESSAGE PICTURED.

One of the New and Remarkable Feats of the Camera., Photographing a wireless telegraph message is the newest feat of the camera, says the Metropolitan Magazine. This remarkable photograph was made in Nova Scotia late one night, when there was a continuous stream of messages leaving the wireless apparatus. When the plate was developed it showid certain well-defined lines, indicating the wires between the posts, and in add-i tion a number of shajrp flashes across the sky which could have been made by nothing except the passing of sharp electric waves. The photograph is causing a great deal of interesfc among electricians and scientists. It is said to be one of the most remarkable ever made. The opening of a regular wireless service across the Atlantic last October, while somewhat slighted, perhaps, by? the uewsgatherers on' account of the press of vital news of present great import, makes none the less an epoch in the advance of civilization and the facilitation of commerce. In fact lt may he said that no event of equal importance to scientists and commerce has - occurred since the opening of the Atlactic cable nearly half a century ago. The first message was sent via the Nova Scotia station by Premier Laurler to London. Everything worked well. For this long-distance wireless service a tremendous amount of sending power is necessary. An observer sees flames of whitish blue dart from the building where the operator Is stationed accompanied by a gigantic crackling, and the wires that start the spark waves on their long journey fairly sing. It Is necessary to send the message slowly In order to avoid risk of confusion. The first arrangement was that the sending and receiving should be done alternately at ten-minute Intervals. The receiving apparatus, an Improvement over the old system, carried the message to the receiving operator telephonlcally. The invention means a great deal to the'commercial world.