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The Future of Wireless
the present state of the art, Wireless can be

sub -divided into three classes:
1st. \Vireless Telegraphy or Radiotelegraphy.
2nd. Wireless Telephony or Radiotelephony.

3rd. \Vireless transmission of Power. The
latter we may term as Radioki),ctics.
As is well known, the first two are already in everyday use, all over the world. The third is as yet undeveloped, but already it looms large above the horizon.
Like all great things, \Vireless has had its share of
trials and tribulations. It takes time to develop an entirely new art. Moreover, \Vireless received a black
eye in its earliest infancy in this country. As will be
recalled, a number of unscrupulous individuals unloaded
millions of dollars of worthless stock on a credulous
public, before the art had sufficiently advanced to make
possible a successful commercial exploitation.
Practical commercial \Vireless Yelegraphy is not much
older than ten years to -day. Commercial Radiotelephony

has but made its appearance during the past one or two
years, while Radiokinetics dots not exist at all as yet.
But let us consider how the three classes of Wireless
line up as far as their ultimate usefulness and commercial practicability are concerned.. Let us look the problem square in the face and let us see what we shall find.
It is our opinion that a purely \Vireless Telegraph
Company can never reach such immense proportions as
our wire telegraph companies. The reason is obvious.
The wire telegraph companies are too well intrenched
to be driven out of the field; it is quite certain that
wireless telegraphy can no more hope to supersede wire
telegraphy. than the telephone superseded the wire telegraph. Aside from this it seems hopeless for any one
large central wireless plant to send out and receive within a single hour, 8,366 separate messages, as is the case
for instance with one of the New 'York offices of the
Western Union Telegraph Company. \Vireless will
probably never lend itself to such exploitation. Its
greatest use will always be long distance transmission
of intelligence, either over land or water or both, and
between land and ship or vice versa. or between ships.
This is its true field and here the wire companies cannot
compete. This naturally limits its possibilities. Thus. while
the future -of \Vireless telegraphy does not seem too rosy,
we need not feel discouraged. The young man who
embarks in radiotelegraphy to -day, will use it only as a
stepping stone towards something infinitely greater.
This was the exact case of E. N. Vail, the present head
of the American Telephone and Telegraph Co., popularly known as the Telephone Trust. Vail was originally a telegraph man when he was called in by Bell
and his associates ; had he not known all about telegra-
LUEUEMEE
IBEBED
11h)' he probably would not be the president ofthe huge

corporation to -day.
This brings us to Radiotelephony. To us there does
not seem one field in the entire electrical industry that
is destined to a greater and speedier development than
this one. %Ve venture to say that within the next
fifteen years, Radiotelephony will become one of the
greatest electrical industries, for it supplies one of the
predominating wants of the times.
The radiotelephone can be used by anyone, just as
easily as the wire phone To operate the instrument
it is only necessary to take down the receiver and talk.
But three months ago it was demonstrated that it is
eminently practical to catch the wireless voice-on the
wing as it were -and connect it with an existing wire
telephone line. Vice versa, President Vail talked into
a wire telephone at New York, where his voice was
transmitted to Arlington; here it "took wings" and was
wafted without wires to Honolulu, some 4!100 miles distant. This accomplishment more than anything else has
opened the public's eyes.
We Prophesy that in less than 15 years every automobile, whether pleasure or commercial, will carry its
small radiophone outfit. Its occupants will thus be in
constant touch with their homes or offices and vice
versa, a convenience much needed to -day. Imagine the
immense usefulness of such a device. Nor is this an
idle dream. There is at least one company in existence
to -day capable of filling an order to equip autos with
radiophones having a 20 mile range. Nor will there be
much confusion of voices becoming mixed up in transit; our tuning apparatus is becoming more accurate
each day and it will he an easy matter to tune out unwanted voices. It will take considerable capital and a
host of trained men to turn out enough radiophones
to equip several million automobiles, aeroplanes, motorboats, yachts, and large vessels, but it will be done
nevertheless and soon at that. Every farmer will have
his Wireless Telephone to talk with his neighbors.
Every train will have its radiophone enabling passengers to talk to their homes or offices. The radiophone
will link moving humanity with the stationary one. the
same as the wire telephone linked humanity together
before. To us there is nowhere a brighter future than
in the vast possibilities of the Radiophone.
As to Radiokinetics, this will surely follow the Radiotelephone in due time. Its future is probably even
brighter than the latter. Already Tesla speaks of transmitting energy by the thousands of horsepower wire lessly. Who dares predict what this branch of wireless
will bring during the next twenty years?
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MARCH, 1916
35
The Utilization of the Sun's Energy

Years Ago Man Endeavored to Make Practical Use of the Energy Contained in the Sun's Rays -Even Tesla, the Electrical
Wizard, Has Patented a Sur. Motor, While the Shuman -Boy's Engine and Sun Boiler Has Developed 100 II. P.
There Is Great Promise Ileld Forth to Future Engineers Who May Work on This Problem.
IT
has been given to astrophysicists to

measure the heat generated by the sun
and calculate the force emanating from
it. We know that the surface of our luminary gives out a heat estimated to be about
6,000 centigrade, and that its light equals
that of 27,000,000,000 candlepower a quarter of a mile away. The heat which the
were lacking, our planet, with all its thousandfold life, its thick forests and fruitful
plains, would turn into a dead, rigid hall
of rock, for the average annual temperature, which is now one of 13 centinrad
of warmth for Europe, would, without thc
heat of the sun, sink to 73 centigrade of
frost, it is calculated.
A Successful loo H.P. Sun Power
earth receives from the sun in the course

of a year would suffice to melt a belt of
.55 yards in thickness extending
dear around the earth. Only the 2.735 millionth part of the total energy given off
by the sun reaches our earth and, if this
ice about
of nature brightens his

hut, the twigs with which he stokcs his
fire, what are they but pieces of trees
that grew in the sunlight? The gas of thc
city dweller, the coals with which he heats
his house and from which the gas has been
sucked, what are they but transformed
sunbeams? The coal in the grate is the
the untaught son
Plant Located at Meadi, on the Nile, Egypt.
Every sort of light with which we illuminate our home when the greater light
has sunk beneath the horizon, every fire
that warms us when the solar rays can no
longer do so, is a product originating in
the sun. The chip of wood with which
wood of perished forests that

covered the earth's surface millions of
years ago, and flourished in the rays of the
same sun tl : t ripens our corn to -day.
Petroleum, that l.: ^sterious earth -oil, comes
from the bodies of ,. illions of dead and
petrified
6436
THE
gone animals, chiefly natives of the ,ea.

which lived in the gray ages and fed on
things growing in the sun. Alcohol is also
a plant product. and the candle our ancestors took to be an ideal light, is won
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Common Form of Sun Motor Adopted
by Experimenters, Utilizing a Large Number of Mirrors and a Central Boiler.
Fig.
from the animal and plant kingdom. The

smoking fish oil lamps of the Eskimo are
indirectly dependent on the sun for their
fuel. And what of our own electric light?
The dynamo developing the electricity is
driven by steam, and the steam engine has
to be fed with coal or with other materials
gained from the animal and plant kingdoms.
Ilow about the waterfall? It
would not exist if the sun did not suck up
water from the earth's surface, and which
is again deposited on the earth in the form
of rain.
If it were rendered possible to use the
sun's heat itself for the firing of furnaces
an ideal state of affairs would be attained. There was a sun motor used for
some time on an ostrich farm (see Fig. 1)
in South Pasadena, Cal. This consisted of
a concave mirror made of single glass
planes set together, and measured about 12
yards in diameter. The sun's rays were
collected and focussed on to a water tank,
let into the mirror in the shape of a
cylinder, 2% yards long, which acted as its
axis. When the water tank remained empty
on a sunny day its walls grew red hot in
less than an hour. The 400 quarts of water
it contained was brought to the boiling
point in 15 minutes and the steam developed drove a motor of 10 horsepower,
which in turn worked a pulley raising 5,600
quarts of water per hour; a decidedly noteworthy performance.
The temperature of the sun, as aforementioned. has been calculated to be about
6,000 degrees centigrade. Several authorities point out that this terrific heat therefore precludes any possibility of the sun
being a molten mass in the process of combustion. It has been thought recently by
many to be a great mass of matter possessing to a remarkable degree radio -activity akin to radium. Helmholtz proposed
that the sun could keep on producing
energy at its present rate by accounting for
saine on the basis of a slight annual shrinkage in its size. From observations and
measurements of this heavenly body made
from year to year it has been computed
that the age of the sun would, on the
shrinkage basis, be 17,000,000 years.
The radiant energy received from the
sun at the outer surface of the earth's
atmosphere is equivalent to 7,300 horsepower per acre. Of this about 70 per
cent. or, roughly speaking, 5,000 horsepower per acre, is transmitted through
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the atmosphere to the land surface proper

of the earth, at noon on a clear day.
Lesser amounts, of course, are received in
the early morning and late afternoon,
owing to the greater thickness through
which the energy must pass.
Relative to the basis upon which solar
energy is calculated for the earth's surface, this is generally made, it may be said,
on the "solar constant," as it is termed, ascertained from 696 tests conducted by the
Smithsonian Institute of Washington, in
various parts of the world, which resulted
in accepting 1.93 calories per square centimeter per minute, equal to 7.12 British
thermal units per square foot per minute.
This is an average value, all things considered.
Only about three -fifths of the solar radiation produce any impression on the
earth, and it is only the radiant energy
which falls on some material body that is
converted into heat. The best body for this
conversion having been ascertained to be
a dead black one.
Many scientists and philosophers in the
past century have tried various methods bye
which to concentrate the sun's rays, such
as schemes utilizing an immense number of
lenses built in the form of a huge cone, as
previously described and illustrated at Fig.
1. A European experimenter in the year
1820 constructed one similar to this, but on
a small scale. This model concentrated
the rays sufficiently to melt tin at a distance of 68 yards from the apparatus, and
also it was possible to cook food and melt
silver instantaneously.
In the year 1882 a Frenchman by the
naine of M. Pifres devised a solar engine
which was built on the roof of a building
in Paris to drive a printing -press, and the
paper so published was callzd the "Soleil
Journal." .Capt. John Ericson experimented with solar engines from 1868 to
1886 with more or less success, but nothing
remarkable or practical was developed.
Another early worker was A. G. Eneas.
His solar engines are described in United
States patents issued in 1901, bearing the
numbers 670,916 and 670,917.
Getting down to basic and simplified apparatus for utilizing such radiant energy as
that possessed by the sun's rays, both
visible and invisible, we may consider the
apparatus of this nature devised by Dr.
Nikola Tesla, the well -known electrical
scientist. His United States patents on
"Apparatus for the Utilization of Radiant
Energy" bear the numbers 685,957 and 685,958. This apparatus, intended to absorb
and transform such radiant energy as that
given forth by the sun, is shown in the
illustration at Fig. 2.
Tesla says of this matter that his own
experiments and observations have led him
to the conclusion that such sources of
radiant energy as the sun throws off with
great velocity, minute particles of matter
which are strongly electrified, and are,,
therefore, capable of charging an electrical
conductor, or, if not so, may at any rate
discharge an electrified conductor either by
carrying off bodily its charge or otherwise.
His patents in this direction are based on
alleged discovery by him that when such
rays or radiations are permitted to fall
upon or impinge against an insulated conducting body P connected to one terminal
of a condenser, such as C in Fig. 2, while
the other terminal of the condenser is
made by independent means to receive or
carry away electricity, a current flows into
the condenser so long as the insulated
body P is exposed to such rays; so that
an indefinite, yet measurable, accumulation
of electrical energy in the condenser takes
place.
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March, 1916
val, during which the rays are allowed to

act in the manner aforementioned may
manifest itself in a powerful discharge,

which may be utilized for the operation or
control of a mechanical or electrical device consisting of an instrument R, to be
operated and a circuit -controlling device
d (Fig. 2-A).
Tesla bases his theory on the fact that
the earth is negatively charged with electricity and he considers same to act as a
vast reservoir of such a current. By the
action of the sun's rays on the plate P
there is an accumulation of electrical
energy in the condenser C. A feeble current is supposed to flow continuously into
the condenser and in a short time it is expected to become charged to a relatively
high potential, even to the point of rupturing the dielectric. This accumulated charge
can then, of course, be used to actuate any
device desired.
An illustration of a proposed form of
apparatus which may be used in carrying
out his discovery is referred to in Fie. 2 -B.
In this figure, which in general arrangement of the elements is identical to Fig.
2 -A, the device d is shown as composed
of two very thin onducting plates, t
placed in close proximity and very mobile,
either by reason of extreme flexibility or
owing to the character of their support.
To improve their action they may be enclosed in a receptacle from which the air
may be exhausted. The plates t t' are
connected in series with a working circuit,
including a suitable receiver, which in this
case is shown as consisting of an electromagnet M, a movable armature a, a retractile spring b and a ratchet-wheel w, provided with a spring pawl r, which is pivoted
to armature a, as illustrated. When the
radiations of the sun or other radiant
energy source fall upon plate P a current
flows into the condenser, as before explained, until the potential therein rises
sufficiently to attract and bring into con-
F.g.
Tesla's Scheme of Utilizing the

Energy.
Sun's
tact the two plates t t. thereby closing the

circuit connected to the two condenser
terminals. This permits a flow of current
which energizes the magnet M, causing it
to draw down the armature a and impart
(Continued ou page 662.)
THE
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The Choralcelo,
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607
Wonderful Electric Piano
This Marvelous Electrically Operated and Controlled Musical instrument is More Than a Piano -ft Produces Sustained
Notes of the Lowest and Highest Register Over a Range Heretofore Unattainable,
and, Moreover, Is Played Like a Regular Piano
IN India, far
away, as the popular song

goes, the natives are content to regale
themselves musically with the plaintive
notes given forth by a goat skin stretched
over the end of a hollow log, upon which
the musician beats a tune with the flat of
his hand.
The music of the cavemen was the wind
sighing through the trees, accompanied by
the rustle of the leaves. Even they wanted
to express themselves in a harmonious manner, hence the drum, the horn and other
crude instruments of musical expression.
Then we may possibly expect some
marked advances in our musical culture and
education since the advent of he "Choralcelo," despite the prophecies of those who
take a pessimistic view of life in general.
The piano becomes a tongue -tied infant
beside
this latest
masterpiece of the
musician's a r t . At
times its notes thunder forth and seem
to shake the very
earth itself, and then
again they may be
subdued to an elusive
softness like unto the
faint notes of a distant church choir.
But what is it?
How is it accomplished? What is the
result of many years
of untiring labor on
the part of several
of the cleverest men
of the world? \Vhat
is it on which a fortune that would ransom a king has been
spent? The Choral-
violin. are just so many outrages on the

purity of the tone.
The Choralcelo, by the very means which
it employs in producing the tones, is freed
from all obstructions. Vibration without
contact, involving perfect freedom of vibration, and thus the Choralcelo gives all the
natural overtones and harmonics; rich
full -pure and per fect, thus opening to the
musician wonderful possibilities of expression and emotional power of which he possibly never dreamed.
The manner in which this result is accomplished is one of wonder It is the
subtle pull of the electromagnet which now
achieves pure tone production. These electro-magnets are caused to act directly upon
the strings of the instrument.
The most delicate graduation of tone
upon the revolving discs. Tt will thus be

seen that in order to produce the fundamental periodicity of any given "string" it
is only necessary to rotate a disc containing
a certain number of segments at the correct speed.
A large variety of combinations are possible through the manipulation of a few
keys, which correspond to the stops of an
organ, and such a keyboard is clearly
shown at Fig. 1. This resembles a piano,
and it really is one, with additional keys
and pedals. The pedals are used to vary
the strength of the current sent through
the electromagnets.
A tremolo effect is given by means of a
slow speed interrupter giving a pulsating
current at a few revolutions per second.
The instrument which produces this effect
Fig. 1. Appearance of Choralcelo, Showing keyboard
Fig. 3.
Various "Chime'
"Flute" .1ttachments.
and
celo!
The Choralcelo, the

most wonderful musical instrument ever
thought out by the
human mind, is like
nothing else the world
of music has ever
known. This masterpiece reproduces any
piece of music in any
form of instrument,
from a string to a
flute; not only does
it reproduce them,
but the notes emitted

by it are sustained,
pure and sweet, which is entirely different
from the ones produced by the instruments
that are in present use.
Practically all the musical instruments,
previous to the invention of the Choralcelo, carry into the tone which they produce certain impurities which arise from
the manner in which they are caused to
vibrate. The violin interrupts the free vibration of the string by the grating rub of
The piano adds the noise that
the bow.
results from the blow of the hammer on
the string -while the organ mingles the
breathiness of its air current with the pure
vibration of the column of air within the
pipe. In like manner all instruments employing extraneous contacts to start the vibration destroy the purity of the note produced. And as they seek to amplify the
tone that they have produced they increase
the intrusion of extraneous and false
sounds. The soft pedal of the piano, the
swell -box of the organ, the mute of the
tg. 2, Instrument or Pra
ducing Special Music.
power can be produced by the mere variation of the strength of an electric current,
and not by smothering devices which the
present form of instrument employs. The
tone, therefore, retains all its original
purity through all vibrations and intensity,
something which has been impossible heretofore.
We will next inspect the mechanism employed to perform these wonders. It may
be stated that the vibrating elements are
caused to oscillate by means of a pulsating
electric current sent through an electromagnet acting on the vibrating membrane.
The machine which breaks up continually
the electric current into a series of waves
is really the "heart" of the Choralcelo. The
operating device consists essentially of a
series of metal discs having a certain number of insulating segments inserted in their
peripheries. These discs are arranged to
revolve at a fixed speed. Silver -tipped
brushes are so placed that they will bear
Fig. 4. "Flute" Auxiliary Ap.

paratus having great range.
right of Fig. 2, while the

one toward the left reproduces tones representing a flute. The regulation piano tone
is produced with the usual percussion hammers, which may be thrown into or out of
action by the pressure of a key. The staccato notes of the piano may be struck upon
is depicted on the
strings already vibrating with the pulsating

current. Thus sustained notes of a higher
pitch are produced upon the string. A
piano which employs both the electro -mae
nets and hammers is clearly shown on the
left of Fig. 3. Note the large number of
wires which are employed for connecting
the various magnet coils. It is an engineering feat in itself to even make and wire the
various circuits.
Marvelously sweet tones are produced by
vibrating pieces of brass, wood and aluminum. In fact, any resonant body susceptible
to vibration may be made to emit tones. In
order to cause these bodies to vibrate it is
(Continncd oit rage 661.)
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ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
New Uses for Electricity in the War

AGING
MICROPHONE
NOW DETECTS
MINE SAPPERS.
Electricity has been utilized to an unimaginable extent in the present titanic struggle across the ocean. In the interesting
building will be located about a half mile

back from the shore on the site of the city
water works.
The City Commissioners have leased the
property to the Marconi company for 10
How French Mine Sappers Utilize the Microphone to Hear the Germans Counter-Mining by
Sound Conduction Through the Earth.
illustration shown herewith we see one of

the latest adaptations of this wonderful
agent of man and involving the microphone. The microphone, the electrical instrument which will pick up a delicate
sound and transmit it in the form of undulating electric currents over a circuit, has
solved many an important problem in the
past. and especially during the present war.
The two men at the right of the illustration are seen in the act of listening for
German mine "sappers," and the men here
shown are French. They, as you will note,
are wearing shrapnel -proof metal helmets.
A small box contains the batteries, etc., and
the soldier leaning forward and listening so
intently has in his hand a small but delicate
watch case telephone receiver which is connected with the wires running along the
wall to a supersensitive microphone placed
in contact with the earth wall of this underground passageway. The French sappers
are running a counter -mine out of the entrance of which one of the men is looking, as perceived at the right of the illustration.
It is indeed remarkable to what distances
such sounds as those produced by pickaxes
and shovels can be propagated through the
soil. The sound conduction is also enhanced wherever rock or mineral formations are present to any extent in the earth.
While the opposing sappers may explode
their mine and blow up the French soldiers
here observed resting so contentedly in the
act of writing letters home, there is some
consolation in knowing that they have a fair
chance to climb out of the underground
passage before the German mine has been
driven far enough to do any damage, thanks
years, and the operation of erecting a tower

140 feet high will be started immediately.
HOW ELECTRICTY AIDS GERMAN

SOLDIERS TO GET WELL.
The rigors of a hard winter in the
trenches, besides the stiffness and other
muscular complications resulting from bul-
WINE BY ELECTRICITY.
A method of "aging" raw wines and
spirits by electricity has been perfected by
Professor Charles Henry of the University
of Paris (the Sorbonne), and it is already
being successfully used in some of the
Burgundy wine districts. The process is
said to impart to liquors the same properties which they acquire by being kept for
a number of years in cellars. The spirit or
wine is placed in a special receptacle fitted
with two tubes called "purgers," and the
tubes are charged with high tension electricity at from 60,000 to 120,000 volts. The
result is that all the bacteria, ferments
and impurities collect in the tubes and are
removed and all further ferment tion is
stopped. The process is very rapid, and
the cost is less than two cents per hundred
gallons. Similar experiments are now being made with beer and essential oils.
with in modern warfare is the tremendous
nervous strain under which -'the men labor
during or even before the actual fighting,
owing to the heavy cannon and gun fire, as
well as that of the machine guns, etc., which
results in nervous exhaustion, and indeed
in some cases in complete collapse.
In this event the roldiers so affected are
invariably sent to the rear or to the nearest
field hospital, if properly equipped for
treatment of this kind. In the illustration
herewith a number of convalescent German
soldiers are observed taking treatment
from a specially designed electro-therapeutic machine, supplying current of a certain
frequency and strength. The current produced by this particular machine may be
so regulated, when desired by the operator
in charge, that it will have the characteristics of the well-known Faradic current, used
extensively in the treatment of rheumatism
and like complaints. Again the current
may be specially controlled and regulated
to the proper frequency and wave form
adapted especially for the treatment of
nervous exhaustion previously mentioned,
to electricity.
TO BUILD NEW MARCONI TOWER

AT CAPE MAY, N. J.
Sherman Sharp, a contractor of Cape
May, N. J.. has been awarded the contract
to build the new building for the Marconi
Wireless Telegraph Co. at Cape May. The
Medem Photo Service

German Soldiers Undergoing Electrical Treatment for Stiffened Muscles Nervousness and
Other Ailments.
let and shell wounds, are bound to show

up in the sturdiest soldier sooner or later.
Another important factor to he reckoned
which ailment, by the way, has beer more

noticeable in the present war than in any
previous conflict.
THE
March, 1916
EXPERIMENTER
ELECTRICAL
Electrocuting Superfluous Cats and Dogs

the animal in the cha tuber. :\ metal pan
placed in the electrically insulated inner
cabinet, while above it is fastened at either
side; there is mounted a metal bar from
which is suspended a strong spiral spring
fitted with snap hooks at the free end. The
lower electrode or pan is joined to one pole
of a high- tension transformer, and the
metal rod carrying the spiral spring electrode to the other high -tension pole. When
the door of the cabinet is open the transformer primary is automatically opened
also, to protect the electrocutiuncr; but
when the door is closed the primary circuit
of the transformer is completed. A flexible
metal collar fitted with suitable electrode
points is placed around the dog's neck and
the spiral connection is hooked up to the
collar. This stage of the electrocution is
seen in the center illustration, with the an-
WHEN your favorite Tabby or 1.1(10

strays away or is turned out for
good you would like, doubtlessly, to
see it killed as humanely as possible, if that
is to be its end; and killed all such animals
invariably must be, especially in large cities,
where the total number of unclaimed pets
gathered up by the authorities is truly
ited to the feline, but to its inherent vitality, to its higher organic resistance to the
electric current and also to variations in the
contact made, depending on the dryness of
the skin.
A most interesting fact in connection
with the electrocution of these animals is
that the current when first switched on
rapidly reaches a maximum and then falls
off to about one -half of this value. The
voltage employed for this work varies from
d!Nto to .ions. It is believed that a much
lower potential will do the work in a satisfactory manner. but so far such tests have
not been made, duc mainly to humanitarian
reasons. One kilowatt -hour of electrical
energy will suffice to kill from 800 to 1!000
animals, it is said. An altercating current
has also been found to be the best for this
astonishing.
Electrocution, now widely adopted in
various State prisons, has been happily incorporated in the latest apparatus employed
by the Animal Rescue League of Boston,
Mass. The illustrations here shown and
reproduced through the courtesy of Huntington Smith, director of the above association, depict the electrical apparatus used
for rapidly and painlessly killing such unlucky quadrupeds. Besides the apparatus
installed in Boston for this purpose, there
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Electrocuting Cats and Dogs at the Animal Rescue League, Boston, Mass.
have been similar outfits adopted by over
twenty other cities, which in the past five
years have helped to destroy an unbelievable number of such animals.
In the year prior to 1915 there were destroyed no less than 480.848 small animals
by 252 humane societies and their agents.
In the past and, of course. to a very large
extent at the present time there are several different methods employed for disposing of superfluous animals of different
kinds, but mostly cats and dogs which are
turned out of homes when people move
away, etc. Among these methods are those
involving the use of poison, chloroform,
carbon monoxide, illuminating gas and
shooting. None of these methods is in any
way as humane as the new electrical method
for exterminating such animals. The electrocuting outfit was first installed in the
Animal Rescue League of Boston in 1911.
It possesses all the best features recommended by those in charge of this kind of
work, besides being highly recommended
and advocated by many members of the
medical profession who have looked into
the subject deeply and who believe that life
is cut off before any pain can be felt.
In the illustrations herewith we perceive
(the center photo) how a dog is placed in
one of the electrocution chambers. This
cabinet measures about 2 feet G inches wide
by G feet long and stands 4 feet G inches
high. It is so mounted that it is at all
times convenient for the operator to place
II
The Most humane Way in which to
imal alive, standing in the metal pan. In

a second's time the door is closed and the
dog receives the full strength of the electric current. which is believed from careful
observations to kill him instantly,-so that no
pain whatever or torture is experienced.
The illustration at the left of the group depicts the dog after electrocution.
In the illustration at the right the electrocutioner is seen 'holding the remains of
an extinct feline. The apparatus for doing
away with cats electrically is fitted up with
metal electrodes hung at either end of a
slate tray. The top of the cabinet automatically operates the transformer circuits,
as in the case of the machine previously
described. The cover is rigged up with a
foot treadle so that by the pressure of the
foot the top may be opened or closed, thus
leaving both hands free with which to manage the animal, for, as most of us know. it
requires some skill and agility to put a cat
in a box or bag. The cat is grasped firmly
with both hands and is then placed in the
box or cabinet so that its fore feet rest on
one electrode, while the hind feet rest on
the other. The instant the cover is closed
the high voltage is passed through the body
of the cat and it is rendered unconscious
or dead instantaneously. Peculiarly enough,
it has been ascertained that cats require
about twice the length of time necessary to
electrocute dogs. Contrary to the reader's
probable intpression, this is not believed to
he duc to the proverbial nine lives accred-
tE
Kill Superfluous Pets.
ELECTRIC LAMP THE BEST READING LIGHT.

Recent scientific investigation has shown
that the reading lamp which is equipped
with the proper electric incandescent light
and shade is superior to any other form of
lamp for reading purposes. The essential
features of this lamp are that the incandescent bulb is all frosted and that the
shade is so arranged as to protect the eye
from the direct light of the bulb.
One occasionally hears a preference expressed for the kerosene lamp for reading
purposes. the statement usually being made
that it is easier on the eyes. This is doubtless due partly to force of habit and partly
to
experience
lamps.
with
unsuitable
electric
The brilliancy of the incandescent lamp

to approximate that of the
oil lamp by using an all -frosted bulb. By
using a suitable shade the eyes will be still
further protected and the light directed
onto the book or paper which is to be read
and a pleasing color tone may be obtained.
The light from the oil lamp is made up
principally of yellow, orange and red light,
while the incandescent lamp gives much
more nearly white light from which by
means of proper shades any color can be
obtained.
Proper lighting for reading purposes is a
big factor in the general health of persons.
since eye -strain reacts on the body, causing
headaches, nervousness and indigestion.
can be reduced
THE
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ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
Killing the Smoke Nuisance Electrically

By
upwards
from the chimneys of our manufacturing plants with thoughts
that differ with the individual. The housewife thinks only of the damage done to
her freshly washed clothes. The engineer
thinks of the inefficiency of the plant, while
the good citizen thinks of the effect such
smoke will have on the health
of the community. We will not
enter into a discussion here as
to which one takes the proper
or best view, for it is well
known that a pure and clear atr-osphere is necessary for the
health and welfare of a community.
The smoke nuisance has been
made the subject of laws in
many cities, but the manufacturer was at a disadvantage. NO
practical or reliable smoke prevention method was within his
reach until recently, so that he
had to rely on special grates, the
use of hard coal or else on expert firing to prevent the levying of fines.
Leading engineers and scientists of this country and abroad
have been constantly laboring
on this problem, and although
some of them have invented
schemes for preventing the unnecessary smoke from entering
the atmosphere from the stack.
vet these were not of commercial
value on account of being too
complicated. The electrical precipitating method, however, has
proved far superior to any other
in its operation. The operation
of this scheme is described hereWE watch the smoke floating
with.
The electrical precipitation apparatus was originally devised

by Sir Oliver Lodge, but it was
finally developed and perfected
by The Research Corporation, ut der the
direction of Dr. F. G. Cottrell, the inventor of the present form of this apparatus. Since smoke is nothing more or
Samuel Cohen
smoke, dust and mist is to charge all the
virtually consists of a rotating arm of four

poles connected as perceived in diagram.
This arm is revolved at constant speed by
a synchronous a.c. motor. One of the
stationary terminals is connected to a wire
suspended in the stack and properly insulated from it by a high tension insulator.
The opposite terminal from the stack is
connected to the ground, which
consists of a large number of
pipes placed in the base of the
Note the Dense
chimney, while the other two
Smoke Columns
Pouring Out of the
terminals are interlocked with
Stacks at Fig. 2.
the secondary of the transformNo Current On.
er. This rectifier is used to
At Fig. 3, the Rechange the high tension alterduction of Smoke is
nating current to direct current.
Noticeable. Current
which is of extreme importance,
Has
Just Been
Switched On.
as the whole secret of this type
of apparatus lies in charging the
In Fig, 4, the
particles with one kind of
Smoke Has Entirely Disappeared a
charge, so that they may adhere
Few Seconds After
to one of the terminals and are
Applying Current.
thus prevented from escaping
out of the stack. If an alternating current supply is not
available. a motor-generator set
is employed and the rectifier revolving disk is then placed on
its shaft.
Several interesting illustrations are herewith given showing stacks fitted with this apparatus for eliminating smoke
electrically.
rig. 2 illustrates
such a stack when the current
was turned off; note the density
of the smoke cloud rising from
it. As soon as the current was
switched on, the smoke was reduced (see Fig. 3), and a few
seconds later it had entirely disappeared, as shown by Fig. 4.
Two other striking illustrations
which show the marvelous efficiency of this apparatus are portrayed in Figs. 5 and G; the former depicts the dense smoke
issuing from the chimney, while the latter
in Fig. 1. It will be observed that a transillustrates the appearance of the flue when
former is employed for supplying the high
the current was turned on.
tension current. The voltage required deAlthough the above mentioned apparatus
pends upon the size and condition of the
plant in which the apparatus is to be inparticles in the stack with electricity. In
this way they will be collected on the side
of the conductor, and as soon as a large
quantity of the soot is accumulated, it falls
down to the bottom of the stack. A
schematic diagram showing the connection
of the various apparatus used is depicted
7. A Laboratory Demonstration of Smoke

or Vapor Elimination Electrically. Compare with Fig. 8 at Right.
The Smoke Nuisance Eliminated. Compare Fig.

s (no current on) with Fig. 6, Where High
Tension Electric Current Has Been
Applied to Interior of Stack.
Fig.
less than minute particles of carbon and

other solids suspended in the air the basic
principle of his scheme for precipitating
stalled, so they vary from 50,000 to 100,000

volts. The secondary of the transformer
is connected to a special rectifier which
is being extensively employed in the precipitation of smoke, it has also been used
(Continued on page 669.)
Fig.
8.
The Vapor Cloud Has Vanished a Fey
Seconds After Applying the Electric
Current. Compare with Fig. 7 at Lett.
March, 1916
ELECTRICAL
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What All the Electric Plants in America

Could Do
ELECTRICITY ON OCEAN LINERS.
The amount and variety of electrical apparatus carried by any large ocean liner
From the wireless
is quite astounding.
aerial suspended high above the upper deck
to the cargo lamps in the lowest hold electricity is in constant use.
The usual electric installation on a large
liner consists of four engines and dynamos,
each dynamo having a capacity of 40o kw.
at 400 volts. There are also auxiliary generating sets, consisting of two 30 -kw. engines and dynamos situated on a platform
m the turbine engine room 20 feet above
the water line. These auxiliary emergency
sets are connected to the boilers by means
of a separate steam pipe, so that should the
main sets be temporarily out of action they
can provide current for such lights and
power appliances as would be required in
the event of emergency. Working in conjunction with these emergency sets is a
battery with a capacity of 3,:500 ampere hours, situated on the promenade deck, forward of the first -class smokeroom.
The electric lighting on such a steamer
is equal to that of a
good -sized town, the
total number of inlights
candescent
being about 11,000,
ranging from 8 to 16
candlepower. There
are special dimming
lamps in the first class rooms, and the
electric bell system
EXPERIMENTER
IT
was after Watt's wonderful discovery

of the power of steam, resultant from
observing a tea kettle, it is said, and
later terminated in the invention of his
steam engine, that people realized its great
energy producing possibilities. They then
began to build Watt steam engines and
used them advantageously for driving their
machines. Although this source of power
has rapidly increased in use the introduction
of the generation of electricity, the internal
combustion engine and modern water power
developments have revolutionized power
plant design and made practical the small,
isolated plant. To -clay electricity is invariably used in manufacturing plants for light
and power, which, in those requiring a large
amount of energy, is usually generated by
steam driven generators. while gas is used
in some of the larger plants.
One cannot conceive of the vast amount
one hundred feet apart. The power required to light this gigantic line would also
represent the electrical energy produced by

these ever -humming dynamos.
\n interesting comparison showing still
another effect of this tremendous electrical
energy is noted herewith. A fleet thirteen
times larger than Uncle Sam's navy could
be hauled through the water by means of a
massive electric motor stationed at some
fixed point. The power would have to be
supplied from the generators through extremely large conductors, of course, in order to withstand the enormous electric current. The motor would also be of a special design. and of truly gigantic size in
order to develop 27,614,766 horsepower. The
only difficulties that would probably interfere with such an enterprise would be in
obtaining or building transmission line, the
motor and a proper foundation. This latter
I,I
includes 1,700 b e l l
pushes and 29 indicator boards distributed all over the
vessel, with fire alarm
pushes
distributed
throughout the great
liner and an alarm
bell and indicator in
the chart room.
There are electric
beating, power and
mechanical ventilation
apparatus in service,
altogether 188 motors
and 600 electric heaters being installed
throughout. The system of ventilation
consists of electrically- driven fans -some
suction, others pressure, and in many The Total Electric Power Developed by United States Electric Plants
Than Uncle Sam's Navy.
cases provided with
steam coils for warming the air. Loud -speaking telephones of
of electrical energy that is daily being gennavy pattern are fitted for communication
erated throughout the United States. The
between the wheel house on the bridge and
following comparisons will serve to make
forecastle and after docking -bridge, engine
somewhat clearer the great magnitude of
room and wireless room, and also in the
the energy developed by all the plants in
chief engineer's cabin.
this country, including those driven by
The telephones are operated both from
water, wind, etc. If these were connected
the ship's lighting circuit, through a motor
in a single, continuous circuit with its
generator, and alternatively by a stand -by
terminals linked to some device, as a motor
storage battery, which is introduced in the
or electric lamps, we could then readily
circuit, should the main supply fail, by
observe the effect of this tremendous Dower.
means of an automatic switch. There is
One of the simplest electrical devices
also a separate telephone system for interknown to the average person is the. incandescent electric lamp. If we could obtain
communication between a number of the
chief officials and service rooms, through
a sufficient number of these lamps of the
20 -watt size, and string them along a wire
a 50 -line exchange switchboard. A numline from the earth to the moon, the lamps
ber of the pantries and galleys are also in
being 15 inches apart, the amount of curdirect telephonic communication.
The apparatus for wireless telegraphy rent necessary to light them would then
consists of a 5 -kw. motor -generator. The
represent the amount of power generated
house for the instruments is situated on
by all the dynamos in the United States,
the boat deck.
There are four parallel
which in their entirety have an output of
aerial wires extending between the masts about 20,350,000.000 watts per hour.
For another illustration we might stretch
fastened to light booms; from the aerials
connecting wires are led to the instruments
a line of two conductors 15 times around
the earth and place on this 1,000 -watt lamps
Could Haul
Fleet Thirteen
Times
Larger
would have to be very strongly built to

withstand the torsion when the motor
started to haul the vessels.
Again, if 20.350,000 1, Yn) -watt lamps
were connected to a common circuit and
grouped in such a manner as to cause
their total light to fall upon a concave reflector the total candle power of the light
produced by this lamp bank would be about
18,408,150,000, which is enormous, of course,
in comparison with the largest lighting displays with which we are ordinarily familiar.
A simpler lighting arrangement than the
one before mentioned might be obtained by
using two proper sized carbon electrodes,
connected to some source of current and
operating them as an ordinary arc lamp.
The light evolved would be of such magnitude that it would be detected for several
hundred miles, of course, but the curvature
of the earth is not taken into account in
stating this distance. The heat produced
by such a scheme would be so terrific that
anything known to man would be boiled.
This vast sum of energy is nearly inconceivable.
THE
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ELECTRICAL EXPERIMENTER
WINDMILL GENERATES ELECTRICITY FOR HOUSE AND
The "Nokolyd" Motor Car Rear Signal

Our readers will find it worth while looking into the merits of this automobile rear
signal, as it is one of the most ingenious of
all the automobile devices tested by the
Safety First Society.
March, 1916
"left" signal shows white letters on a green

background. Both the "right" and the
"left" signals are supplemented by arrows
showing the direction. By day the signal
is plainly visible for a long distance and
by night it is automatically illuminated. A tiny bell rings
BARN.
By H. E. Zimmerman.
It looks as though the farmer, who has
learned to appreciate the cheap power produced by the windmill, is going to extend
its utility by inducing it to make electricity
as well as to pump water. A Wisconsin
farmer
F. Forrest, of Poynette, that
State-has adopted a very unpretentious
and practical method of carrying out this
idea. To a 12 -foot windmill on his farm
he has harnessed a dynamo. This, in connection with a storage battery, converts and
stores the energy of the wind into that of
electricity. The amount thus rendered
available is sufficient to light a system of 25
lamps distributed through the house anu
barn and to operate an electric flatiron and
vacuum cleaner. Feed is also ground for
the stock and conveyed to bins through a
canvas conveyor.
The lighting system is a low- pressure, 30volt affair, while the flatiron and vacuum
cleaner are supplied from a separate 110 volt generator. The storage battery and
generators are located in a shed, or wing
of the barn, over which the windmill is
erected. Specially designed generators and
governor pulleys serve to stabilize the usual
-J.
when the signal is given,

which informs the operator
that the instrument has registered correctly.
FIREMEN AND ELECTRIC POWER LINES.
The slight danger that firemen run through the elec-
tric current passing fro m

heavily charged wires along
the stream c F water they are
squirting s r, 'ovcd by an experiment cone tete.l by Ugo
Tartaglini an.. reported in
La Scienzu per utti.
A trolley car wire c'iarged
with a direct current of 525
volts had one end. grounded:
on the other end lie directed
a stream from a hose with
a nozzle 15 millimeters in
diameter. At 220 meters disControl Handle for Operating "Rear" Auto Signal.
tance a voltmeter attached to
The device is electrical. It is operated
the nozzle registered 20 volts. At 65 cenfrom the storage battery, which forms part timeters distance it registered 70 volts
of the equipment of every automobile, or aul at 20 centimeters 210 volts. The
it may be operated by ordinary dry cells. ave.-age man can stand a current of 50
As each signal is set the current is auto- volts without serious shock, so a fireman
matically cut off, from which it becomes
who holds his nozzle
apparent that the current cinsumption is
: nr 6 feet from a live
Fig. t.
very low.
The controlling mechanism (Fig. 1) is
fastened to the steering wheel, and within
is an automatic stop mechanism which operates in a similar manner to a Postal
Telegraph call box. The dust -proof box at
the rear has a square member inside with
four faces marked "stop," "right." "left"
and the fourth space is plain white and
shows when the controller is in a neutral
position.
When the controlling lever is turned to
the letters "S," "R," "L," or "O." the
square member in the rear is turned by an
electric magnetic device until the face
"stop." "right." "left." or blank, corresponds to the letters on the controller. The
controller can be turned one complete revolution without stopping at the intermediate letters, and the square member will
also turn one complete revolution (Fig. 2).
wire runs no great

danger.
Mr. Tartaglini made
the same experiment
on two lines of alter-
Above: Storage Battery.

Left: Windmill. Below: Dy
namo Drive Arrangement for
Wind -Electric Power Plant.
nating current, o n e
with 2,300, the other
with 4,600 volts, and
the voltmeter did not
register any current

in the stream of
water, although a
slight shock was perceptible when he put
his hand into it. With a chemical extinguisher he got a current of 1,350 volts
at
235 millimeters from a wire
carrying a
current of 2,050 volts.
CALIFORNIA YOUTH EXPLAINS

NEW WIRELESS PHONE.
Earl C. Hanson, a Los Angeles youth, states that he has

evolved a wireless telephone
apparatus capable of operating
between the shore and boats at
sea. Young Hanson believes
his system will render life
saving in the future far easier
titan it has been heretofore.
Hanson has been working
on his idea for years. He has
applied for a patent, and those
who have inspected his workshop pronounce his scheme
feasible. For the benefit of
the skeptics, the ir.ventor recently gave a. demonstration at
the Venice pier. when he explained how his apparatus
works.
Hanson, who began his work
on the instrument when he
was 12 years old, declares that
the apparatus is inexpensive
z. How New Auto "Rear" Signal Appears.
A case two feet square will
The "stop" signal shows White letters on
hold it. It can be operated like an ordinary telephone. The world has been a long
a red background; the "right" signal shows
black letters on an orange background; the
time waiting for such a device.
erratic speed of the windmill. An automatic

cut-out in circuit between the generator and
storage battery keeps the current in the
latter from flowing back into the generator
and reversing its polarity. With the e: ctricity costing practically nothing after the
equipment is fully installed, the owner's
plan is to use it lavishly while the w..4
blows, and save it during the calm. Sonic
day the windmill -electric plant may be so
common that we no longer will look upon
it as a curiosity.
AS OF OLD.
Fond Mother -"Bobbie, come here. I
have something awfully nice to tell you."
Bobbie (age six)-"Aw. I don't care. I
know what it is. Big brother's home from
college."
Fond Mother -"Why, Bobbie, how could
you guess ?"
Bobbie -"'Cause my wireless won't work
no more!"
The carelessness of some people is astounding. A recent report has it that a

baker stepped on a cinnamon bun and the
"currant" ran up his spine!
THE
March, 1916
AN
IMPROVED POLICE TELEGRAPH BOX.

By Warren E. Fastnacht.
Police telegraph boxes are very often

located in such a position that it is impossible for the officer to see the index dial
at night, and unless he uses his electric
pocket-light or a match he very often sends
in the wrong report. In this improved box
there is a light over the index dial, which
is operated by the button in the end of the
index lever ; the officer pressing this button
in the act of setting the lever to the proper
code index, see Fig. 1. In other boxes
use is made of illuminated dials of opalite
glass, lighted from the rear. This opalite
plate with black letters makes an efficient
dial, both day and night.
In the smaller cities very often the boxes
are placed far apart and, as the officers'
beats overlap, a number of them report
from the same box. The greatest number
of signals which can be sent in from the
boxes on the market at the present time
is seven, and this does not meet the demand in many cities. Twelve different signals can be sent in from this new box and,
as the code is made up of a number of
round head screws properly spaced in holes
on a revolving cylinder or drum (see Fig.
2), the code or the number of the box
can be readily changed without removing
the mechanism. In police reports each officer has a particular number or report at
each box, and this number or report is
always followed by the number of the
box, so that the desk man knows exactly
where the report cones from.
This set is non- interfering, as the moment the drum starts to revolve the index
lever is locked and rem tins locked until
it completes its function.
To protect the boxes ant' mechanism and
also the officers from burn -outs or shocks,
the inner boxes are wholly constructed of
asbestos wood. The office's are further
protected, aside from grounding the outside shells, by enclosing the entire receiver
cord in _a flexible rubber tube.
Very often there are repairs to be made
after dark and it is not very satisfactory
or handy for one man to use a flash -light
or a lantern. In this box there is a small
spot -light placed in an upper right corner
of the inside chamber and mounted on a
ball socket joint, which permits its being
directed toward any part of the mechanism
(see Fig. 3). This light as well as the one
New Police Telegraph
Box Fitted with Elec.

tric Light Over Dial.
It Is Non -interfering.
-,,-..;,
above the index dial are supplied from the

local talking battery.
By the removal of only three screws, the
whole of the signaling mechanism, including the index lever and starting lever, can
be removed from the cabinet and taken in
somewhere to be repaired. In removing
this mechanism the index and starting
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
613
SUBSTITUTES FOR COPPER IN
AN ELECTRIC SIGN THAT
So scarce lias copper become in Germany, owing to the trying conditions of

the war, that substitutes have been found
to replace the copper wherever possible,
especially in
electrical
One of the latest electric signs which

interests thousands of persons nightly is
seen herewith. We illustrate night view of
the sign. The operation of this mag-
GERMANY.
plants, where, of course,

such large amounts of
this valuable metal are
used. The new regulations
of the German Association
of Electrical Engineers
cover this saving of copper by the substitution of
other metals, notably zinc
and iron.
Zinc busbars are advocated, and tables llave
been worked out for the
carrying capacity of same,
as well as for zinc bolts
and zinc and iron wire.
Where zinc is used its
low mechanical strength,
low elasticity, low melting point and its sensitiveness to high and low temperatures must be taken
into account, of course.
Wherever iron and steel
are used for contacts they
must be protected properly by means of zinc plating, lead plating, or else
by greasing, etc.
With regard to iron
busbars, the rule in the
case of direct current for
the permissible current is
to have the relation of 1
to 2.8 to the permissible
current in copper bars of
the same dimensions.
If
the war continues copper
will be nearly unknown in
In this Latest
Germany.-Elec. World.
New York Electric Sign the Highlander Dances Briskly,

Attracting Great Crowds Nightly.
WIRELESS SERVICE DIRECT TO

ARGENTINA.
Chauncey Eldridge, president of the Federal Holding Co.. of New York City, which
controls the Poulsen wireless telegraph
patents in this country and has for three
years operated a wireless system between,
San Francisco and Honolulu. announced
recently that the company had obtained a
concession from the Argentine Government for the erection of a
high -power wireless station at
Buenos Aires.
Mr. Eldridge said that it was
intended to begin the building
of stations with wireless towers 1,000 feet high near New
York City and near Buenos
Aires within a short time, and
that probably within a year
there would be for the first
time direct communicatidn between this country and South
America by wireless.
The proposed wireless towers of 1,000 feet in height will
be higher than any now in use,
and the distance of 4,600 nautical miles between New York
and Buenos Aires is a greater
distance that any now spanned
by ordinary radio stations.
The longest wireless span at
present in commercial operation is from Tuckerton, N. J., to Eilvese,
Germany. The Tuckerton station uses the
Poulsen wireless apparatus of less than
100 -kilowatt capacity. The proposed plants
will have a 300 -kilowatt capacity.
levers pass through openings in the door of
the inner chamber.
DANCES.
nificent sign is indeed interesting as

the mammoth figure, representing a Scotch man. continuously performs numerous steps
of the "Highland Fling." This huge figure
is 47 feet high and is mounted on a frame
50 x 50 feet. Upon the same frame the
words "Haig and Haig" with the other
words of the sign are mounted. The large
letters are 12 feet high. while the others
vary in size.
This sign employs about 2,000 incandescent electric lamps, which are controlled
automatically by an ingenious flasher
switch. This is another addition to the
spectacular array of signs studding Broadway at 46th street, New York Citv, aptly
called the "Great White Way.' This
unique display was built by O. J. Gude
& Co.
OUR NAVAL RADIO SERVICE.
Our naval radio service now includes 47

land stations scattered all over the world.
Two of these are high -power stations having a generating apparatus of 100 kilowatts
or more. They are located at Darien on
the Canal Zone and at Arlington, Va. A
third station of the high -power type will
be completed at San Diego within t e next
six months, while contracts have been let
for two others-one in the Hawaiian
Islands and one in the Philippines. These
new stations are being constructed along
the most modern lines. It is believed that
they will have a much wider range of communication than any others in the world,
and their completion will put the United
States distinctly ahead of any other nation
in radio equipment.
Why not improve your electrical education? Read The Electrical Experimenter
every month.
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THE
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
The Tesla High Frequency Oscillator
By H. Winfield Secor, E.E.
TESLA, probably the highest authority to high frequency electrical engineering to -day, has not been
dreaming these past few years, although
we have not heard much from him, except through the daily newspapers, which
now and then publish some world- startling
interview describing a
"marvelous" Tesla
wave with which it is
possible to commulticate with Mars and
several hundred other astounding stunts
that the winner of the
Noble physics prize
probably never even
thought of, much less
attempted to accomplish.
Most of our readers have, no doubt,
foundation. The location of the oscil

lator tower, from which the electrical energy is transmitted, and also the position
of the war vessels being blown up are not
to be considered literally in the way they
are here shown. As a matter of fact, the
enemy could soon shell the tower down.
a
ar vessels could be applied to similar con

tainers of high explosives on land, such as
those carried by the heavy artillery corps
of an invading artny.
Further, it may be said that Tesla, all in
all, does not believe in the modern Hertzian
wave theory of wireless transmission at
all. Several other engineers of note have
also gone on record
as stating their belief
to be in accordance
with Dr. Tesla's.
More wonderful still
is the fact that this
scientist promulgated
his basic theory of
earth current trans mission a great many

years ago in some
of his
patents
and other publications.

Briefly explained, the Tesla
famous Tesla wireless
S r
theory is that a wiretiY .,, ti
tower located at
less tower, such as
;
;'
Shoreham, Long Islthat here illustrated
and, and which strucand specially con ture has involved the
strutted to have a
expenditure of a vast
high capacity, acts as
sum of money. From
a huge electric con this lofty structure,
denser. This is chargwhich was designed
ed by a suitable high
in the neighborhood
frequency, high volt of 20 years ago by
age apoaratus and a
Dr. Tesla and his ascurrent is discharged
sociateg, there was
into the earth periodito be propagated an
tally
and in the form
such
wave
of
electric
of a high frequency
1
I
intensity that it could
alternating wave. The
charge the earth to
electric wave is then
such an extent that
to travel
the effect of the wave
thrusfi
t h e earth
+t
g
or charge could be
along its surface shell
felt in the utmost
and in turn to maniconfines of the globe.
.
es.
M+
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fest its presence at
ell.
front
cover
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any
point where there
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lustration shows the
Of NP
ICR 1l,t
might be erected a
l'
Tesla tower in (the
similar high capacity
oretical) operation
tower to that above
and, in line with
described.
some of the latest
A simple analogy
statements from this
to this action is the
marvelous man, there
following: Take a
may be perceived sevhollow spherical
eral dreadnoughts bechamber filled with a
ing blown to atoms,
liquid, such as water;
which is due to the
and then, at two diahigh tension electric
metrically opposite
wave sent out from
points, let us place,
this center of vast
respectively, a small
electrical activity.
it
piston pump, such as
Tesla, for obvious
a bicycle pump, and
patent reasons, does
not go into details Fig. s. Probable Appearance of the Wonderful Tesla Oscillator Tower at Night-It Is Located at an indicator, such as
Shoreham, L. I.. and Is Intended for Radiating Electrical Energy in the Form of Nigh
a pressure gauge.
just how whole
Frequency Waves Propagated Thru the Earth Itself-Tower Stands IBS Feet High.
Now, if we suck some
fleets of a hostile
of the water into the pump and force it
navy can be destroyed in this way by
and hence it becomes evident that if this
back into the ball by pushing on the piston
means of powerful electric waves. but quite
system is ever perfected and applied prachandle, this change in pressure will be inpossibly he has in mind the fact that the tically, the elevated radio energy transmitdicated on the gauge secured to the opposite
latter can be tuned, undoubtedly. to a par- ting station will have to be placed at a
titular wave of certain frequency and considerable distance inland. Again, as side of the sphere. In this way the Tesla
power to accomplish this result when lib- this wireless energy can be transmitted earth currents are supposed to act.
The patents of Dr. Tesla are basically
crated from such a mighty station or os- hundreds and even thousands of miles
without any appreciable loss, according to quite different from those of Marconi and
cillator as that located on Long Island.
Such ships as the great steel shell dreadTesla's beliefs and statements, no disad- others in the wireless telegraphic field. In
the nature of things this would be expected
noughts of to -day would, of course, have vantage or inefficiency would be incurred
to be the case, 'as Testa believes and has
by so locating the tower away from the
a large electrical capacity and this would
help out the Tesla theory which covers the
coast: but conjointly, on this theory, the designed apparatus intended for the trans mission of larrr amounts of electrical entransmission and reception of an electric invading fleet of war vessels could be deergy, while the energy received in the
wave of sufficient intensity to do great stroyed when they were still several hurttransmission of intelligence wirelessly
good or damage, as the case might be.
dred miles off shore. Hence, it would be
The illustration on the front cover of impossible for them to hurl projectiles this amounts to but a few millionths of an ampere in most cases by the time the current
this issue shows future possibilities which distance. Also presumably this method of
detonating the powder magazines of the so transmitted has been picked up a thoumay be developed on the Tesla theory as
t,
,f
Aara
March, 1916
THE
sand miles away. In the f-lertzian wave

system, as it has been explained and believed in, the energy is transmitted with a
very large loss to the receptor by eleetro
magnetic waves which pass out laterally
front the transmitting wire into space. In
Tesla's system the energy radiated is not
used, but the current is led to earth and to
an elevated terminal, while the energy is
transmitted by a process of conduction.
That is, the earth receives a large number
of powerful high frequency electric shocks
every second, and these act the saute as
the pump piston in the analogy just citcd.
These electrical impulses or shocks given
to the earth are to be picked up at receiv-
ing stat' us by . recting a suitable capacity

in the form of a metallic tower, as will be
described more in detail hereafter.
Quoting from one of Tesla's early patents on this point: "It is to be noted that
the phenomenon here involved in the transmission of electrical energy is one of true
conduction and is not to be confounded
with the phenomena of electrical radiation
which have heretofore been observed. and
which, from the very nature and mode of
propagation, would render practically impossible the transmission of any appreciable amount of energy to such distances as
are of practical importance."
He states further: "Front my experiments and observations I conclude that
with electromotive impulses not greatly exeeeding 15,000,000 or 20,000,000 volts, the
energy of many thousands of horse -power
may be transmitted over vast distances,
measured by many hundreds and even
thousands of miles, with terminals not
more than 30,000 to 35,000 feet above the
level of the sea; and even this comparatively small elevation will be required
chiefly for reasons of economy, and if desired it may be considerably reduced; since,
by such means as have been described.
practically any potential that is desired
may be obtained and the currents through
the air strata may be rendered very sisal!,
whereby the loss in the transmission may
be reduced. It will be understood that the
transmitting as well as the receiving coils.
transformers, or other apparatus may be in
some cases movable-as, for example,
when they are carried by vessels floating
in the air, or by ships at sea."
Tesla is not an idle dreamer. as many
men are inclined to believe, but back in the
year 1898 be succeeded, in some very elaborate tests carried out in Colorado, in producing high frequency electrical discharges,
the like of which had never before been
witnessed by man, nor have they been duplicated since, to our best knowledge. Some
of these sparks measured 100 feet in length
and produced a roar like the Niagara Falls.
The multitude of mighty sparks and flashes
produced a discharge so terrific that no human being could stay in the building in
which they took place. Some of the sparks
were as thick as a malt's arm and others
manifested even greater intensity. They
were produced by a gigantic Tesla high
frequency coil with which experimenters of
to -day are more or less familiar in a small
way. About 300 kilowatts were utilized in
producing these discharges, which resembled actual lightning bolts and not imitation ones. The amperage measured 800
and the voltage was up in the millions.
The illustration of these sparks, as well as
Tesla's early work along this line, have
been covered in previous issues of The
ELECTRICAL.
EXPERIMENTER
million volts pressure. The external appearance of the Tesla generating plant and
antenna support (18.' feet high) are shown'
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Electrical Experimenter.
Regarding the Tesla tower on Long Isl-
and and the general engineering features

of same, we may refer to his patent which
covers the design of the high frequency
apparatus of mastodonic design and capable of charging the structure at several
Fig. z. Structure of the Tesla High Frequency

Tower and Exciting Coils.
at Fig. I. Tue huge high frequency step up transformer is shown diagrammatically

at Fig. 2.
Referring to this great structure which
involves several peculiar design features,
we see at the upper extremity a large capacity, D. This is made up of a metal
framework upon which there is mounted a
vast number of hemi -spherical metal electrodes. These are advocated for the reason that the minimum electrical leakage
will then ensue. As points, of course, discharge any high tension current as rapidly
as possible, they are done away with, as
this is exactly what Tesla does not desire
to have take place in this instance. The
complete electrode comprises a suitably
shaped metallic ring and the half -spherical
electrodes appear at P P. Hence, within
reasonably small space an extremely

large electrical eapacity is formed. This
capacity rests upon insulating supports,
which in turn are well insulated from the
earth.
The high frequency exciting circuit comprises a massive coil, A, which is in close
inductive relation with the primary winding
C, one end of which is connected to a
ground plate. E. The other end of the coil
is led through a separate self -induction
and auto -transformer coil, B, and the metallic cylinder B' to the terminal D. At
a
metrical distribution of the current. Otherwise, when the frequency is very high and
the flow of large volume, the performance
of the apparatus might be impaired. The
primary C is excited in any desired manlier, from a suitable source of current G,
which may be an alternator or condenser,
the important requirement being that the
resonant condition is established; that is to
say, that the terminal 1) is charged to the
maximum pressure developed in the circuit.
The adjustments should be made with
particular care when the transmitter is one
of great power, not only on account of
economy, but also in order to avoid danger. It has been shown that it is practicable to produce in a resonating circuit as
E A B B D immense electrical activities,
measured by tens and even hundreds of
thousands of horsepower, and in such a
case, if the points of maximum pressure
should be shifted below the terminal D,
along coil B,a ball of fire might break out
and destroy the support F or anything else
in the way. An induced earth current out
of phase with a "tower capacity" current
meeting at any point along the coil, ete.,
would buck each other and so balls of fire
could be produced; the instantaneous value
of the energy so involved being truly astonishing. For the better appreciation of
the nature of this danger it should be stated
that the destructive action may take place
with inconceivable violence. This will cease
to be surprising when it is borne in mind
that the entire energy accumulated in the
excited circuit (instead of requiring, as
under normal working conditions, one quarter of the period or more for its transformation from static to kinetic form)
may spend itself in an incomparably smaller interval of time, at a rate of umiiy millions of horsepower. The accident is likely
to occur when, the transmitting circuit being strongly excited. the impressed oscilla-.
tions upon it are caused, in any manner
more or less sudden, to be more rapid than
the free oscillations.
It may seem quite impossible for many
of our readers to comprehend the large figures cited by Tesla with regard to the voltage and horsepower liberated or propagated from such a structure as he has designed. However, by referring to Fig. 3,
this matter can be more readily understood.
This diagram shows how a graphic curve,
C, would appear for. say. 100 horsepower
liberated or passing through a circuit for
the time period of one second. Now con-.
sider that instead of this 100 horsepower
of energy being allowed to pass along in
normal fashion for a period of one second,
that it is heaped up or liberated in about
one -fifth of a second as at B. The horsepower or watts, let us say in this case,
would be dissipated at a much higher intensity rate than was the case at C. In
other words. the rate of dissipation in this
instance would he 500 horsepower for one fifth of a second instead of 100 horsepower
for
Fig.
Diagram Showing How the Rate at Which

Energy Is Dissipated Increases as the
Time Element Decreases.
3.
the apex of the mast the connection with

D is to be made at or near the center,
Tcsla specifies, in order to secure a sym-
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one second.
Now consider that a Tesla current as

produced by an oscillatory discharge from
condensers and the like take place in very
small fraction of time, then Tesla's statements in his patent and aforementioned
with regard to the production of hundreds
of thousands of horsepower is not so fallacious at it may seem. In an interview
with one of our editorial staff he has
vouchsafed the information that the oscillator here pictured is supposed to be excited with an input of 300 kilowatts. The
average person then begins to gasp for air.
An input of only 300 kilowatts ! How, then.
could this tower be caused to oscillate and
liberate energy at the rate of hundreds of
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THE
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
Electricity Wonderful Aid to Modern Surgery

THERE have been various improve-
The current to the motor is run through

ments made in surgical instruments
the foot switch previously mentioned and,
in the past few years, and the apas the name indicates, the latter is operparatus described here is the final result
ated by the pressure of the foot. With
of extensive experiments and painstaking
this type of switch the surgeon had at all
labor on the part of specialists to evolve a
times perfect control over the speed of the
device that would
simplify operations
on bones.
Heretofore an operation which necessitated the sawing
or cutting of bones
was more or less
clumsily done, due
to the fact that the
instruments entirely
suitable for t h i s
purpose were not to
be had and the surgeon did the best he
could with those at
hand.
The surgeon of
to -day, however, is
equipped with a
unique instrument
Fig. f. Complete Electric Bone Set for Surgeons'
for this work in the
way of an electricmotor, which is very important when the
ally operated bone set. which is shown in
different attachments are being used.
Figs. band 2. The ou fit comprises a source
With this bone cutting instrument bone
of power, in this case taking the form of an
grafts and their recipient beds can be
electric motor made of very light material.
speedily and accurately made with a minia foot switch for controlling the motor and
mum expenditure of time and work, with
various attachments as shown in the illustration. They consist of a selection of vari- the consequent lessening of the danger
ous small drills, saws and cutters, and are from infection which contributes to the
ultimate s u ccess of the
operation.
Of the utmost importance to modern surgery is
the method of
which gauze or cotton was placed. The

liquid was poured on and the vapor, of
course, inhaled with resulting unconsciousness.
There were drawbacks even to this
method, and physicians started experimenting with apparatus
that would simplify
this part of t h e
operation.
Several
schemes were
worked out, but
none possessed the
great efficiency or
ease of manipulation of the appliance illustrated in
Fig. 3. This apparatus consists of
four units : 1. A.
motor blower and
rheostat. 2. Ether
or chloroform container. 3. Mercurial
manometer
registering from 5 to 50
mms. and capable
of being easily set
for any operation
and acting thereafter automatically. 4.
Hot water for adding both heat and
moisture to the vapor. Another form of
an etherizing machine is depicted in Fig. 4.
The apparatus shown at the right is used
for administering the gas to the patient.
The mask is adjusted over the lace, and
the amount of ether to be given is placed
administering
the anaesthetic.
In days gone
by, when the
surgeon w a s
compared more
or less to a
3.
Elaborate Electric Device for Administering Ethrr
to Patients.
"butcher," the
Fig. 4. Another Form of Eke Bally Operated Etherizer.
usual manner
of anaeathe izing the patient was to place in the vaporizing chamber. As soon as the
all interchangeable. They are held in place
a piece of cotton over his nose and mouth
heat is applied the ether is quickly vaporby an automatic catch built in the motor
and then pour the anaesthetic, chloroform
ized and forced into the patient's lungs by
shaft. A specially made angular twin saw
or ether, over the cotton. The vapor
means of the blower.
is provided with this outfit and is used for
therefrom was, of course, inhaled by the
very deep wounds.
The fact that these attachments
GREAT FUTURE FOR X -RAY.
The results already achieved by
can be so rapidly changed is of great
the X -ray in combating ills are only
value to the surgeon, as he can
a hint of ultimate successes exchange from one to another almost
pected, specialists recently told the
as quickly as he could select an inannual convention of the American
strument from the table. Time is an
Roentgen Ray Association. Dr. W.
important factor in any operation, as
D. Coolidge, of Schenectady, N. Y.,
the faster the work is done the less
said that the investigators were dealdanger there is of fatal results. Being with the future and not so much
sides being very light and comfortwith present attainments, because
able to handle, the motor used is
very powerful. The apparatus as a
they saw tremendous discoveries
clearly ahead within striking diswhole is easily sterilized and thus retance.
duces the liability of infection to a
minimum.
He spoke of the need of standardThe motor being specially designed
ization and checks upon manufacturers of the apparatus used, and
for this work has several refinements
not found in other small motors of
asserted the belief that it will be as
a similar type. The most noticeable
simple a matter to standardize the
equipment of X-ray specialists as it
of these improvements is the way in
which the flexible cable is connected
was the incandescent lamp. ExperiCloser View of Electric Motor and Special Tool
Chuck Used for Bone Operations.
to the apparatus. Formerly this flexments had shown, he said, that it
ible cable has been of more or less
was possible to get one -third more
trouble, due to the fact that it often be- patient with the desired results.
radiating energy with the direct current
This method was improved upon by the than from the alternating current and to
came heated and stalled the motor. In
this design such trouble is done away with
use of a mask which was placed over the vastly increase the intensity of the ray
entirely.
face. It had a receptable at the top in with the aid of revolving targets.
111arch, 1916
THE
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
Edison Perfects Storage Battery Miners' Lamp

The latest device brought out by the
Edison laboratory is a highly perfected
storage battery miners' lamp. This is de-
veloped to the finest detail, and it has been

considered so meritorious that it was
awarded the Rathenau Medal of the Amer-
The battery container holds two cells of

the nickel- iron -alkaline type, and thus produces two and one-Half volts. The elements, nickel hydroxide and iron oxide in
a potash solution, arc encompassed by a
strong, nickel -plated steel container, her-
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NEW HIGH -CANDLEPOWER
FLASHLIGHT.
A novel and useful flashlight has been

perfected by George K. Burleigh, known
as the Fire Fly Light. It has many new
features as well as being very attractive.
The case (Fig 1), which contains an ordinary dry battery, is enameled red, the fiber
disc which covers the battery white, the
handle blue. The two tungsten lamps are
operated from one switch, and by mirror
reflection triple
the illumination
given
by
single
any
battery
light is obtained.
it gives a diffused and not a
concentrated
The Angle of Illumination Is Well

New Edison Battery Miners' Lamp in Use.
In Excess of the 130 Degrees Required by the Government.
ican Museum of Safety. This medal is

placed at the disposal of the above-mentioned museum by the Allgemeine Elektrizitts Gesellschaft, of Berlin, to be
awarded for the best device or process in
the electrical industry for safeguarding industrial life and health. The Edison mine
lamp was the first to receive this marked
honor.
The illustration herewith shows respectively the perfected Edison mine lamp in
Interchangeable Cover Removed from Case and

Watered by Automatic Filler.
actual use down in a coal mine and the

thumb actuated refilling device which is not
only a great time and labor saver, but is
also very cleanly in its action, preventing
the spilling of the solution over the outside of the battery casing, etc.
metically sealed except at one small outlet for the escape of the harmless and odorless gases when being charged. The cell
may be turned upside down without in any
way proving disastrous to the miner or to
the action of the battery. This is arranged for by the unique design of the
ventilating tube, which prevents the escape
of any of the solution, even though the cell
be violently shaken. The cell fits snugly
into a light outer casing, which is rustproof and made of monel
metal.
The battery is
held on the miner's back
or, rather, at his waist
line by means of a leather
strap passed around the
body.
An extra heavy
flexible conductor leads
up to the lamp, which is
fastened on to the cap.
The lamp is usually lighted when handed to the
miner and they are generally charged in groups
every night at a central
charging room or station

located at the mouth or
the entrance to the mine.
The battery case is secured by a padlock so
that it cannot be tampered
The whole outfit
with.
proves practically f oolproof and as safe as any
lamp available for the
purpose.
The automatic battery
Batteries Being
and "watering"
filler
gauge shown in the second illustration makes it
possible for unskilled attendants to readily
care for the batteries. It assures absolutely
proper filling in every case when employed.
as it not only indicates when the normal
level of the battery has been reached, but
it also automatically cuts off the flow of
light, so that by
placing it in one
corner of a small
room you c a n
read in any part
of the room.
Other new features are that if
anything happens
to one of Ilse
lamps you always have t h e
other in use, and
the U clip shown
in the cut, which
slides up between
battery
I.
New Double
and battery case, Fig.
Bulb Electric Lantern.
can be screwed
to the floor of
automobile or carriage, in any safe place,
and the light can tc pulled off the clip instantly to measure gasoline, read signboards, make repairs around motor, et
cetera.
The second illustration shows the strap
furnished with each light' for hanging it
around the neck, with battery buttoned inside the coat. This gives at all times the
free use of both hands. In this way it is
especially useful in looking after the furnace, for the farmer pitching down hay
or milking cows, firemen rushing from one
room to another and carrying occupants
overcome by smoke. etc. The whole outfit weighs about four pounds.
Fig.
2.
Triple Bulb Battery Lamp Strapped

Around Neck.
Excellent for
Firemen and Others.
water at that point. It can likewise be

used for renewing the alkaline solution.
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THE
UNIQUE DIVING BELL TO HELP

RAISE SUNKEN SHIPS.
A California inventor has perfected a
submerging or diving bell formed of a single hollow steel casting, which is capable
of accommodating an operator, and it is
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
are definitely charted. on the hydrographie

maps of the Government. To reclaim such
wrecks and the buried treasure thus lost
has been the dream of untold numbers of
inventors, and this device bids fair to accomplish some valuable work in this direction.
TELEGRAPHING OVER TELEPHONE LINES WITH SIMPLE

DEVICE NOW POSSIBLE.
A patent has just been allowed to Paul
P. Banholzer, of Philadelphia, Pa., on a
mechanical telegraph instrument for telegraphing by wireless telephone and over
telephone circuits. It is claimed that this
instrument will further introduce the dot
and dash system of telegraphy, which can be
understood by any wire operator. Furthermore, the sound it produces is unmistakable
and carries much farther than the voice.
For telegraphing over telephone lines the
modified key here illustrated is clamped
to the post of a desk telephone and when
the key is manipulated the Morse code
characters are received at the distant end
of the circuit clearly and distinctly. The
dots and dashes on the key are transmitted
March, 1916
where there is but one telegraph wire.

Such offices, as a rule, have a telephone,
and this circuit could be used to forward
their messages without having to wait their
turn on the telegraph circuit.
Quite a number of these instruments are
in successful operation in the South and
West, and reports indicate that they now
form a part of the permanent equipment
of those lines.
There can be no induction on parallel
lines, as no additional battery is required
to operate the instrument. What has been
said in regard to the wire telephone system
also applies to the wireless telephone system.
CARNEGIE SENT FIRST TECH.

WIRELESS MESSAGE.
Andrew Carnegie sent the first message

from the new wireless station at the Carnegie Institute of Tezhnology, Pittsburgh,
Pa., the most powerful in the State, and
one of the largest in the country, when he
attended Carnegie Day celebration, Nov.
23. The outfit is nearly twice as strong as
the average outfit on United States battleships, and will send messages as far as
Colon, Panama.
The Radio Club of 30 members installed
the apparatus. The club is composed of
Tech. students and wireless men of Pittsburgh. It has applied for membership in
the American Institute of Radio Engineers.
ELECTRIC IRON MAKES INTERESTING PARADE FLOAT.
In line with the widely extended advertising campaign during "Electrical Prosperity Week" there were many parades and
electrical demonstrations conceived and car vied out to further the aims of this business-getting propaganda.
Among the very interesting floats and
beautifully decorated autos that appeared
in the various parades there was one that
seemed to appeal to the public more than
the rest. This resembled a gigantic sadiron mounted on an automobile. The illustration herewith gives some idea of the appearance of this unique float. In one of
these recent events held at Liberty, N. Y.,
the sad-iron float was selected as one of
the best decorated of all the entries made.
Such decorated autos or wagons do not
cost an exorbitant amount, and the one just
referred to entailed an outlay of about $31.
This is very low when the size of the float
is considered, the over -all dimensions of
the outfit having been 16% feet long, 7 feet
wide, and 9u/s feet high. Muslin was used
to make a smooth outline of the base of
the sad -iron, being stretched over an under
A large Diving Bell Designed to Aid in Raising

Sunken Vessels.
provided with powerful securing or retaining magnets, as well as electric searchlights

and large glass windows. through which
the submerged wreck may be inspected
This salvage machine. if so it may be
termed. is suspended on a steel cable from
a tender ship on the surface, as our illustration shows. When the steel shell attains
the proper position with respect to the
sunken vessel, the electric current flowing
through an insulated cable from the tender
on the surface is thrown into the powerful
electromagnets and the entire ball is held
rigidly at that particular point against the
hull of the vessel. A specially devised and
controlled drill then bores a hole in the
steel shell of the sunken ship and by an ingenious arrangement of screws on the outside of the salvage machine, the body proper of same can be moved several feet laterally or vertically, with respect to the holding magnets. After a hole is drilled, this
permits the operator within the bell to manipulate a magnetized arm, which picks up
one of the pontoon cables, as may be noted
in the illustration. The end of this cable
is fitted with an automatically locking toggle hook which is secured in the hole previously drilled. Thus the operation is repeated until all the pontoon cables are fastened to the hull of the boat.
These pontoons are fitted individually
with electric motor- driven pumps, so that
the water can be pumped out of same separately or all together simultaneously; in
this way the vessel is supposed to be readily raised to the surface, when it can be
towed to the nearest harbor or to shoal
water for overhauling and repairs.
Such work as this is extremely interesting to a large class of people, as many of
the stories of sunken vessels carrying vast
amounts of gold are not mythological, but
actual facts, and a great number of these
wrecks, worth many 'millions of dollars,.
Simple Key Attachment Enables You to

Telegraph Over Any Telephone Line
mechanically to the diaphragm of the

microphone through the metal stand parts
and are transmitted over the line, as are
voice currents, and reconverted into sound
waves in the receiver at the Other end. A
desk telephone, with this device attached,
can be "jacked" into any telephone circuit
and used as an extension telephone. In this
way the hinged fastener can be used anywhere without having to change the fastener or use bushings.
This instrument is stated to be an especially useful device in connection with telephone train dispatching, since the telegraph
system could be used when telephone conversation is not understood or is otherwise
difficult owing to bad weather effects on
the line. etc.
It is claimed that this key could be used
with advantage in branch telegraph offices
A Flatiron Float that Can be Built for

Less.
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or
framework or skeleton made up of some

light wooden strips. Storage batteries and
low -voltage tungsten lamps enable some
wonderful, and spectacular effects of this
nature to be attained at a nominal cost.
THE
March, in[6
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
:19,
Electricity the Beneficent

By Benjamin G. Lamme
Met
Engineer Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Company, and Member Civilian Naval Advisory Boards
THE benefits of electricity to mankind
service. No other means can faintly com- the electric motor? Take the use of electric
are so various and so far -reaching pare with the electric car systems in motors in general throughout such establishments. How would the necessary power
that it is difficult for any one per- bringing the people of city and country toson to fully appreciate them. These benbe distributed over the vast areas of modgether. Steam service, with its infrequent
efits are both direct and indirect, the latter
trains, did little in this direction. The
ern manufacturing plants if electricity were
ligures giving the great growth of passen- eliminated?
sometimes far overshadowing the former.
Possibly a way could be
Many of the present generation are so
ger traffic between country and city disfound. but in most cases it would require
tricts following electric car operation, tell
a complete reorganization of many of our
accustomed to electrical appliances and
methods that they do not fully perceive the a most interesting story.
present industrial methods, and efficiency
would take a long step backv ards.
large part such take in our daily life. It
Electric haulage in coal mines is now
In the smaller shops and power applihas been said that one cannot fully apstandard practice. Decrease in fire risks
preciate a thing until he has to do with- and increased capacity are two prime reacations, the electric motor fills a fully as.
out it. This points to a
important place. Small
very effective way of
steam plants are utterly
calling attention to the
IMA(IINE, if you can, that when you awake to- morrow morning, the impracticable in some
far -r.a lung influences
places. Gas
gasoline
whole world will be suddenly without electricity in any of its present engines are or
of electricity in the life
often very
of the world.
forms. Have you Even a faint idea how it would affect your every- objectionable. but still
Let us assume that by
possible. But how about
What would happen if such a cataclysm should take place over the
life?
day
some means, all electrielectric spark for
cal apparatus, methods
night? How would it affect humanity? This is the theme of the present ignition, if electricity is
and usages are suddenly
to be eliminated? It
withdrawn from t h e article selected by its distinguished author. It makes good reading and must also be kept in
world. By considering brings home to us the fact that the world in its present state is vitally
mind that many estabthe consequences of this
lishments using power
the
mysterious
fluid.
dependent upon
we can possibly get a
have been so designed
fair idea of the scope of
that
the replacement
the electrical field.
of the electric motor
Let us consider first the general subject sons which have led to electric operation.
by any form of steam or gas engine is
of transportation. Possibly no other activ- Eliminate the electric current and coal not practicable for many reasons outside
ity has had as great a bearing on the pres- mining can doubtless be carried on with
the mere question of ability of the latter
ent high development of mankind as our more or less success, but with decreased
to develop the required power. Available
modern methods of transportation. Tak- production and increased cost, which must
space, high temperatures, fire risks, dising steam operation, wherein does electricbe borne by the public. We can always
posal of burnt gases, noise, and many
ity play an important or controlling part?
go back to the old ways of doing things,
other conditions enter into this matter.
Or, by a more specific question, supposing
but we will have to pay the price.
Outside of shops and industrial plants.
the electric telegraph were suddenly eliin water transportation electricity. perthe electric motor also has a very wide
minated, how would general railway trans- haps, has not played such a conspicuous
field of application, and many kinds of
portation conditions be affected? They part as on land. Yet if the electric in- service have developed simply through the
would be completely disorganized tem- stallations on ocean vessels were eliminavailability of the electric motor as a
porarily, and would be very greatly handi- ated, there would have to be quite a resoulce of power. This part of the subcapped permanently. Rarely is it appreorganization. Electric propulsion of large ject is too large to allow consideration in
ciated to what an extent our great railway and high- powered vessels promises to be
detail in any article of limited scope.
systems are conditioned upon means for
one of the most important steps in naval
Coming now to one of the oldest and
almost instantaneous communication be- engineering in the near future. Wireless best known fields of electric activity.
tween distant points. Without such means
telegraphy has become a necessity in mod- namely, electric lighting, we find a class of
a busy railroad could only operate upon
ern sea service.
service the abolishment of which would be
an exact time schedule. Once that schedTaking up next our business and indusfelt by all classes in civic life. If electric
ule is broken, disorganization and disaster
trial life. let us imagine a few of the things
street lighting were abandoned, we could
would follow. Incidentally, someone will
which would happen if electricity were endoubtless manage with some other form
suggest that if the electric telegraph were
tirely eliminated. Without the telegraph, of illumination. but the results probably
eliminated, the railroads would turn to the
business would he very badly handicapped,
could never approach the present standtelephone. But this again is an electrical
although it might limp along after a ard. In the case of interior lighting, the
apparatus.
fashion. But the telephone-here would result of a replacement of the incandescent
A second great item in railroad transbe the rub, if we had to give it up.
lamp by other forms of illumination would
portation at the present time is electric Whole systems of conducting business are create still more dissatisfaction than in the
signaling for the dispatch and control of dependent upon the telephone. Disorganiza- case of street lighting. It may he said that
trains. If eliminated, this would certainly
tion would be certain to follow in many
the vast majority of electric light users
mean a great step backward, especially in
lines if it were eliminated. Even home would pay a greatly increased price rather
sections of very .heavy and frequent raillife would be greatly affected.
than be obliged to give it up in favor of
way service.
Let us next consider the elevator. What
any other known method of illumination.
What would be the effect of complete has been its influences on life and busiAnother class of electric service of a
cessation of electrical operation of city,
ness in the cities? How about the large
comparatively recent period is represented
suburban and interurban cars? In the many- storied department stores? Can any- by household utilities. such as electric
cities we might go back to horse cars for
irons, toasters, coffee percolators, and
one conceive of a practicable 30 or 30the surface lines. The service would be story skyscraper without elevators? And
other electric heating appliances. Motors
almost unbearable, but might be possible. one must remember that most of these
for general household purposes, for runElevated trains in large cities could go elevators are electrically operated. True, ning sewing machines, washing machines.
hack to steam, however, with great ob- there are other very good methods of
etc., are becoming rather common. These
jections from adjoining business firms operating them, but nevertheless. the eli- are luxuries which are fast becoming
and residents. But subways -here would mination of the electric elevator would necessities. If these were eliminated a big
be a real nut to crack.
make a large gap in our methods of ver- gap would be created. even though they
In suburban service, the elimination of tical transportation.
represent a comparatively new field of apthe electric car service would spell disThis leads us to a very common piece plication.
aster, except to those relatively few inof apparatus, namely, the electric motor.
The above is only a very incomplete
dividuals who could have their own equip- This has come into use so gradually, and
presentation of the direct possibilities
ages. IHow few appreciate that the rapid
which would occur in case there was a
with so little ostentation. that we almost
growth of suburban districts has been
feel that it has always been with us. Yet. complete cessation of all electrical activiconsequent upon electric railways. Auto - in less than one generation. it has revoluties. Many of the special applications of
busses and "jitneys," or some other form
tionized all kinds of manufacturing estab- electricity such as electro- chemical, electroof gasoline engine equipment, might fur- lishments and industries. Take the elec- metallurgy, electro- fusion. etc.. have not
nish a solution eventually, but then. how
tric crane for instance, shat would the even been touched upon. and yet great inabout the electric spark for ignition?
great industrial works of the present time dustries have been built upon them. The
Again, let us consider interurban car
(Continued on page ,056.)
do without this particular application of
.
Prepared exclusively for The Electrical Experimenter.
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THE
GEORGE SIMON OHM.

MARCH, 1916, MARKS HIS 128TH
BIRTHDAY.
(Born 1787 -Died 1854.)
In 1827 Dr. George Simon Ohm, a German physicist, rendered a great service to
electric science by his pamphlet containing
his theories that the flow of electricity was
governed by certain fixed laws. It explained what is accepted and known to -day
as "Ohm's Law," and the "Ohm" is now
universally employed as the unit of resistance in an electrical circuit. This law
states that 7 he current varies directly as
the elcetro- motive -force, and inversely as
the resistance of the circuit. Like all great
inventors. Ohm was ahead of his time, so
his ideas were ridiculed by great and small.
He was the son of a thrifty locksmith,
of keen intelligence, and was born March
16, 1787. George Simon Ohm started his
career in the village of Erlangen, Bavaria,
as a helper in his father's shop. He inherited a love of mathematics from his father,
a man of studious disposition. The parents
early recognizing the latent talent in their
son, accumulated enough money to send
George to college. Owing to lack of funds,
he was compelled to forego his schooling
a few years later. He then reluctantly
turned to teaching in a primary school.
George Simon Ohm, After Whom the "Ohm,"

Unit of Resistance, is Named.
This sudden financial stress did not daunt

the Young locksmith student one bit. He
filled in most of his spare moments studying. but it must not he thought that he gave
up all outdoor pleasures. Unlike Ampre,
he was popular among the students and
professors and joined in all the social life
and athletic games.
In 1817 George Simon Ohm was appointed professor of mathematics in the
Jesuit Gymnasium at Cologne. The following year he published his famous "Elements of Geometry." He resigned a few
years later and went to Berlin, where he
became interested in electrical experiments.
Ohm then pushed his researches in the footsteps of Galvani and Volta. the results of
which were embodied in a pamphlet called
"The Galvanic Circuit."
About 14 years after publishing his
theories, when he was in the midst of his
wonderful career, Ohm was awarded the
Copley medal by the British Royal Society
in 1841. For a time thereafter professional jealousy reduced Ohm to a condition of comparative poverty, but regardless of this he continued the course of his
investigations. The International Congress
of 1881 gave Ohm's name to the unit of
electrical resistance, and so his name came
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
Electricity Renders Safe Impregnable.

By George C. Denny.
Electricity. the adroit crook's most for- has made a complete turn. These devices
midable enemy. is forever beating him at
become necessary when the safe is placed
his own game. It moves silently and quickin a niche in the wall or surrounded by a
lattice work, as shown in the illustration.
ly, strikes when least expected and, landing him behind the bars. prevents him from
This manner of placing the safe effectively
obtaining his much- desired haul. In a re- prevents its motions from being followed
volving safe, the subject of a recent patent,
which appears to be
the latest invention
for foiling the expert cracksman, the
unknown medium
plays the leading role.
By continuously turn nmg the safe. which
may be made still
m o r e impenetrable
and secure by placing
it in an enveloping
sheath, electricity will
render his drills and
other tools of this
ineffective
against it and. moreover, prevent the use
of an explosive as
by pouring it in the
cracks in the safe or
in a hole bored for
that purpose, as is
usually done. T h e
motion of the safe
and sheath, too. will
attach to it so many An Electrically Protected Safe That Constantly Rotates, and if
Tampered with Gives a Code Signal on the Sign
uncertainties that the
Outside the Building.
ambitious
yeggman
and the safe or sheath from being worked
who might smilingly tackle the job. were
upon. The lattice work is also wired, so
the safe at a standstill, would soon turn
away for an easier one with less risk.
that any tampering with this structure
That the motion of the safe may not be would cause the sounding of an alarm.
A street sign with a number of lights,
slowed down or stopped. over -load and
secretly wired to the safe and placed outunder -load cut -outs are provided which are
side, would, by the alternate lighting of the
acted upon by the motor which turns the
lamps, caused by a commutator on the mosafe and which runs at a regular and predetermined speed. When one of these cut- tor shaft, inform a watchman that the safe
was intact at the completion of each revoouts is placed in action by an over- or unlution. Another novel method of protecder -load on the motor, a signal is promptly
tion would be to place the safe in a wingiven that the safe is being tampered with.
dow. and the revolving thereof, besides
To indicate the position of the safe door
attracting attention and acting as an advera bell mounted in a certain place on the
tisement, would insure the safety of its
sheath is struck, or a light placed in the
contents.
proper position energized when the door
class
CLASSIFIED!
The applicant for the post of second

wireless operator seemed somewhat dense,
but otherwise appeared to be a clean -cut
chap.
I suppose you are a single man ?" asked
the port operator during the conversation.
"Er-er, no, sir," he stammered; "I'm
twins."
chine. This motor, which sells at a nominal price, does not have to be attached or
screwed fast to the cabinet of the talking
machine in any way, but simply rests on the
shelf of same. On the lower end of the
motor shaft is secured a friction pulley,
which by frictional contact with the disk
platen of the phonograph drives it at the
A MOTOR
THAT OPERATES ANY

DISK PHONOGRAPH.
One of the latest electrical motor productions brought out by a New York concern
appears to solve a very important problem
which has long confronted the owners of
a Victrola or other disk -type talking ma-
to be one known to all electricians in every

part of the globe. Wherever you find the
volt chasing the ampere around the circuit, there also will you encounter the
"ohm." who bucks their onward rush with
all the strength he possesses. Ohm's law
written algebraically, C = E over R,
E
(C
has been adopted as the emblem
This Unique Electric Motor Drives Any Disk

Style Talking Machine. Does Not Mar
the Cabinet.
of the National Electric Light Association,

one of the most powerful scientific organizations extant to -day.
proper speed. The regulator on the talking

machine can be employed in the usual way
for varying the speed of the record.
- -),
R
March, 1916
THE
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
621
RADIO AMATEURS TO RELAY

MESSAGE OVER U. S. ON FEB. 21.
President Wilson 'Phones Message to Boys' Club
be relayed from Rock Island Arsenal, Illinois, on Feb. 21. This radiogram will
be delivered to 9 X.E. by the U. S. Army
officer in charge of the arsenal station.
Owing to the fact that Feb. 22 is Washington's Birthday the message will be partly military in nature and also in keeping
with the spirit of the day, which is dear
The Boys' Club, located in New York

City at Avenue A and Tenth street, had
what might be called, without a doubt, a
"large size" evening on Jan. 17 last, when
Another radio M. S. G. (message) will
to the heart of every loyal American.

It will be sent out on a Q. S. T. by
many stations- special and amateur. It
will be up to the many stations listening
in to pick up the M. S. G., as the list of
sending stations, their time and wave
length will be given in the final instructions.
Each Governor and Mayor of every
State throughout the United States will
receive this message. Arrangements have
been completed with the Boy Scouts of
America to assist in delivering it wherever
possible, and suitable ceremonies will be
held at Bunker Hill and Mt. Vernon by
these coming citizens of the U. S. A.
Valuable assistance has already been
given by the various local and national
radio clubs. The A. R. R. L. have promEvery wireless
ised their assistance.
amateur in the country is requested to
"talk" this over with his favorite relay
station. Telegram blanks will be furnished
each receiving station later by 9 X.E.
N. A. A. (Arlington) has promised to
assist in this great undertaking, the same
as it did during the Rotary relay message
sent broadcast on Dec. 31 last, by sending
out a warning to all amateurs to "keep
out," after the N. A. A. routine report of
Feb. 21, 1916.
We all owe our thanks to Capt. Bullard,
who has given us every assistance. All
are requested who may be assigned the delivery of this message in their respective
States or cities to deliver it, no matter
where your man may be. Yours is a perfectly legitimate mission and you have no
cause to fear anyone-just land your man
and give him the telegram.
9 X.E.
Yours for a great success,
[The Rotary M. S. G. of Dec. 31, 1915,
was received in Texas and Utah. All
States between these received the radioAlso Niagara Falls to Washington,
Dagram.
. C., and all cities between received it.]
UNIQUE ELECTRICALLY
LIGHTED TRAFFIC SIGNS.
The
accompanying illustration
depicts
Mt. Vernon, O., Makes Use of Portable, Electric

Lighted Traffic Signs.
the unique and also inexpensive form of

electrically lighted traffic signs which have
been erected at the four entrances to the
the youth of America.

only the first of the
that all ought to feel
bring us our papers.
I hope this may be

signs of friendship
for ti e boys who
My sympathy has
Photo Cop,rlgbt
In?
IoterNnonl
Film Service.
At the Boys' Club, New York City, When President Wilson Talked to Them Over the 'Phone
from Washington.
over 200 newsboys who were campaigning

for a half -million -dollar fund for the erection of clubhouses listened to a talk by
President Woodrow Wilson in the White
House at Washington through the medium
of a long- distance telephone and a number
of multiple receivers.
The boys were so delighted by the President's words of encouragement that they
cheered him to an echo over the 'phone,
and he was highly pleased by this ovation.
The lads who heard the President had been
invited by the club from the streets of the
East Side of New York; many of them
were newsboys with hands blue from the
cold, with torn clothing and heavy, ill fitting shoes. They were gathered behind
desks arranged in a large square in their
gymnasium, their begrimed faces glowing with the enthusiasm of the moment,
their hearts beating furiously as they listened for the first words of the President's
talk. All of these boys are to be beneficiaries of the campaign carried on to
raise the sum of $500,000 for new clubhouses in Greater New York.
This was the President's address: "I
am very glad to have this opportunity to
address a few words to the boys. I hope
with all my heart that you will have success in raising this fund to be devoted to
always been with the newsboys. Please

give them all my very best wishes."
Behind the boys who held the receivers
were several hundred other members of
the club. The smallest lads were given the
preference at the receivers, but while the
President spoke many receivers were
passed back into the crowd to give others
an opportunity to hear. The doors of the
clubhouse were closed and locked at 8
o'clock. Outside the street was black with
youngsters who could not gain entrance.
They took the cheering up after the President had talked and for several minutes
Avenue A was filled with lusty shouts, the
like of which had not been heard in that ;locality in many a day.
Long live the telephone, the annihilator
of distance and the gift of science to mankind which has made it possible for gatherings such as this to hear and enjoy
speech by such men as President Wilson,
although they may be located hundreds or
even thousands of miles away. It is now
a common occurrence for club diners in
New York to listen to speeches made in
San Francisco, and vice versa. For these
occasions special equipment is installed by
the local telephone company, including a
sufficient number of multiple receivers, so
that each guest can hear the speech.
public square of M. Vernon, Ohio. As

noted from the illustration, these signs
read, "Keep to Right." These words
are visible to traffic in either direction, both
night and day. At night there are two 25watt tungsten lamps suspended from
brackets above the sign on either side of
same, so that it can be read at a considerable distance.
The upright standards supporting the sign
and tungsten lamps are constructed from
1 -inch
conduit. .Above the lamps there
extends a 10 -foot piece of % -inch conduit,
through which the feed wires for the lamps
are run. These wires are connected with
the over-head 110 -volt circuit.
Prior to the erection of these signs,
which, by the way, may be moved about,
it was necessary to keep two or three
policemen on duty at the center of the intersections in order to prevent collisions.
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NEW WIRELESS TO ALASKA.
For years the only telegraphic communication with Alaska has been by way of the
Sitka -Seattle and Valdez -Sitka cables. The
growing commerce between Alaska and the
States has resulted, as stated by H. Brown,
commercial superintendent of the Western
Union Co., in the establishment of an alter nate wireless route by way of Astoria, Ore.,
which furnishes a telegraphic connection
with a number of important points in
Alaska.
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THE
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
Electricity Fills Important Rle in Modern Automobile

THE automobile of to -day is rapidly
coming to the point where everything in the operation of same will

be controlled by a series of push buttons.
We light the headlights, start the motor,
or blow the horn by merely pushing the
proper button, and now by means of the
device illustrated at Fig. 1 we even shift
the transmission gears. Instead of the
usual wrist strain and noisy grating of the
gear teeth that used to accompany any
change of speed we merely select our
speed, push the button and a touch of the
clutch pedal does the rest.
This system is operated entirely by electricity and all the gear shifting done in
the gear case by means of magnetic solenoids energized from a storage battery.
Each of the solenoids is connected to its
respective control button, mounted on the
steering column, and a master switch is
controlled by the clutch foot pedal. The
switch here illustrated has three speeds
armature is connected to the driving shaft.

The motor field is stationary and its armature, like that of the generator, is
rigidly connected to the driving shaft as
illustrated in Fig. 2. Thus it is evident
that the generator field is revolved at engine speed, and both generator and motor
armatures revolve at wheel shaft speed.
The motor and generator are direct current machines; the motor being series
wound, while the generator is shunt wound.
This arrangement necessitates the revolution of the generator brushes at the same
speed as the field. In order to deliver current to the brushes of the motor they are
connected to slip rings, this same device
being used for making connections with the
field.
The complete system operates as follows:

For cranking the generator is energized by
current obtained from storage batteries,
causing it to act as a motor, thus starting
the engine in the same manner as the corn-
._
Some Late Electric Developments in Automobile Gear Shifting and Driving. Stars
in Fig. i Indicate Electric Push Button
Controller, Also Foot Pedal Control.
forward and one reverse, which is sufficient for most ordinary work.
The operation of this apparatus is as
follows : When the proper button is pushed
it closes the circuit to the solenoid, which
will throw the gears into the required position. The clutch pedal is depressed and
when released closes the master switch,
which throws an enormous current into
the solenoid for a mere fraction of a second. The change of gears is accomplished
so quickly that they mesh cleanly without
a clash or any damage. This saves both
the driver's temper and the cost of stripped
gears.
It will be thought that nothing more
could be devised in connection with the
gear transmission, but in Figs. and 3
we show a transmission mechanism which
does away entirely with the necessity of a
gear shift and yet gives a finer regulation
of speed. R. M. Owen & Co., to whom
we are indebted for the illustrations, call
their car when equipped with this device
"The Car of a Thousand Speeds."
This system of electrical transmission is
as unique as it is flexible and consists of
a generator, motor, storage batteries, resistance coils and controlling switches. The
generator field is rigidly connected to the
crank shaft as shown in Fig. 3, and the
merciai motor starter now extensively employed. For starting the car a resistance
is connected across the field of the generator, and as the magnetic flux builds up
the field exerts a torque on the armature
and turns the driving shaft and consequently starts the car. The resistance in
the field is then cut out and short circuited,
thus more current flows in the fields iii creasing the flux and exerting a greater
torque on the armature which accelerates
the car. The generator is constantly producing current due to the difference in
speed of its field and armature. This current is led into the motor, which exerts a
torque on the driving shaft and helps the
generator to drive the car. To further
increase the speed resistance is switched
into the motor circuit, thus throwing more
current through the field of the generator,
which thus tightens its grip on its armature and decreases the slippage between
the armature and the field. Successive resistances are cut in until practically there
is no current drawn from the generator.
The motor is then cut out of circuit and
the generator armature feeds the fields
only. The generator now acts as a magnetic clutch, the current necessary to enis produced by a slight slippage be. ergize
tween ite armature and field which amounts
to about I0 per cent. This slippage is

sufficient to generate enough current to
transmit 40 or 50 horsepower through the
apparatus with high efficiency.
This may not seem possible, but it must
be remembered that the slippage between
the generator's field and armature has been
decreasing as the car is accelerated, so that
the relative speed of field to armature is
small when this connection is made. With
this small relative speed the armature reaction is not great enough to break down
the torque. In this condition a point of
equilibrium is reached where the slip is
just sufficient to generate enough current
to maintain the magnetic grip. The operation is analogous to that of the induction
motor, in that an increase in load is balanced by an increase in slippage. If a
grade is encountered the slip increases and
because of this a greater torque is exerted
on the driving shaft, due to the additional
current generated.
All these operations are controlled by an
extra lever situated on the steering wheel,
thus eliminating the clutch pedal and gear
levers. There is no flywheel, as the generator field acts as such. A mechanical
brake is also provided, but this is not used
except when it is necessary to bring the
car to a sudden or dead stop. If the controlling lever is thrown to the neutral position when the car is running at high speed
a resistance is thrown in series with the
motor, which develops a torque that tends
to stop the car. This brake will not bring
the car to a dead stop as its braking
power depends on the car's motion, but it
is very useful in keeping down the speed.
The storage batteries are charged from
the motor, which contains an auxiliary
field that furnishes current to the batteries
when it is on high speed. These batteries
are used for lighting purposes:
With these rapid advances in the electrical equipment of automobiles we may
safely predict that the car of the near
future will not only be started, lighted and
its speed controlled by electricity, but it
will be steered by this willing servant of
man. It will require no more effort to
drive a powerful racing car than it does to
call a waiter. The control of these machines. will be so simple that a five -yearold child can handle one with ease.
NEW ELECTRICAL MANICURE.
Los Angeles ladies are having their nails

manicured by electricity. It's the latest
method of beautifying the hands. Pink
powders and polishers are unnecessary on
milady's toilet table, for the same electricity
which has been harnessed for great industries does its little turn in milady's boudoir
and polishes dainty fingers.
Mrs. F. A. Scott, of Los Angeles, who
conceived this latest device for manicuring
and beautifying, declares it trims, files,
cleans, smooths and polishes the nails in a
most sanitary, businesslike way.
B- r -r-r! and one's nails are filed and
cleaned by a little whirring machine. A
faster revolution and the nails are polished_
with a shine that won't come off-a shade
pinker than seashells. A third pressure of
the button, a louder b -r -r-r and a splash of
toilet water, and the work is done. Why
don't someone invent a machine to give
the male of the species a shave, a massage
and a hot towel automatically, and finally
to release the "hat" without the everlasting
"tip!"
Do you enjoy this magazine? If so, tell
others. If not, tell us. Remember we
publish it to please our readers.
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THE
March, 1916
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
C>23
11
Marvels of Modern Physics

By Rogers D. Rusk
Assistant Instructor in Physics, Ohio Wesleyan University
r T manjustshouldimportant
that the scientific
know about the stumbling
SOME MISSING LINKS.
is
as
blocks of science, as that he should

have a well ordered knowledge of the facts
and laws already determined.
Man has perplexed his mind with many
difficult questions. In the physical field
alone he has asked himself : Is space infinite? What constitutes matter? How
does gravity act? What is electricity?
Etc., etc., ad lib., ad infinitum.
Ages of weary labor have been expended
on these problems with the result that we
are hardly nearer the direct answers than
we were before. Some of the blanks seem
likely never to be completely filled, but at
least we know more extensively and accurately concerning them and the phenomena to which they are related.
Most of the puzzle questions of the
scientists have not been practical and
'worth while, however. It has hardly been
500 years since scientists were loudly
wrangling over such frivolous and absurd
questions as, "How many angels can stand
on the point of a needle ?"
It was in the midst of these absurdities
that Roger Bacon made his remarkable
prophecy in the thirteenth century, in
which he predicted the coining of the
steamboat, railroad and aeroplane. His
prophecy is the more remarkable coming
from such an age, but unfortunately he
added that the fountain of youth would
be discovered and the baser metals changed
into gold. Like perpetual motion they have
always proved to be the phantom at the end
of the rainbow.
To -day, excepting, of course, the absurd
and impossible, there are still many missing links in our chain of knowledge.
Some years ago Physics was defined as
"the science of matter, ether and motion."
These terms at once suggest to our mind
three of our big Unknowns.
The last two of these will be treated of
in this article, while the subject of matter
and its constitution will be taken up separately later.
With reference to motion, the different
kinds are pretty well known and understood. Of course many perplexing questions can be asked such as: "How can
the top of a cart wheel move faster than
the bottom ?" and, "Can Achilles ever overtake the tortoise ?" but these are more
mathematical than physical problems.
Two of the forces which cause motion,
however, are much less well understood.
They are gravitation and magnetism.
Isaac Newton is popularly accredited
force must have been recognized as a common fact long before his time. What
Newton really did was to discover the universal law by which the force acted, and
not the force itself.
This law -the universal law of gravitation- states that : "Every body in the universe attracts every other body, with a
force that varies directly as the product
of the masses and inversely as the squares
of the distances."
This, of course, was a startling statement of the fact that the force we commonly term gravity is in reality a universal
force acting between all bodies, and that it
is only because the carth is so very large
that it does not fall to the apple instead.
For a long time it was the pet dream of
the more fantastic minded to discover a
force of "negative- gravity" which would
counteract or neutralize gravity itself, but
the discovery of such a force seems quite
far away indeed.
Newton's' law of gravitation brought out
many interesting experiments. The sun,
Fig. x.
The Famous Cavendish Experiment
for Determining Relative Gravity Values.
moon and earth have each been weighed

(a seecmingly difficult task) by an application of this law. If in the diagram, Fig.
(1) "A" represents the sun, "M" the moon
and "B" the earth, while "a" and "b" rep-
Illustrating Mechanically
Sphere
Containing Opposite Electric Charges.
3.
resent their respective distances of 93,000;

000 miles and 240.000 miles, then the ratio
between the relative pulls of the earth and
sun upon the moon works out to be about
120
Fig. I. Diagram Showing the Relative Pull

the Earth "B" and Sun "A" Upon the
Moon "M.
This makes the sun approximately
54
300.000 times the mass of the earth.

Now to find the absolute weight of any
of the bodies, the weight of one must be
fig.l
o
with the discovery of the attraction which

causes bodies to fall towards the center of
the earth. Notwithstanding the familiar
story of Newton and the falling apple, this
)fit
is
Fig.
4.
Mechanical Analogy of Electric Strain

a Charged Leyden Jar.
Existing in
;uspendcd by a thin silver wire. The

amount of twist of the wire was then a
measure of attraction between the spheres.
Many theories as to the nature of the
force of gravitation have been presented,
but the only theories which seem at all
reasonable or possible imply the existence
of some invisible and intangible medium
which exists throughout all space. and permeates all matter ; which exists between the
heavenly bodies, beyond the limits even of
any atmosphere.
In following this line of thought we are
treading exactly in the footsteps of the
older scientists, beginning with Newton.
Little of a definite nature was done with
referencc to the establishment of such a
theory until 1678, when Huyghens, perceiving that light traverses a vacuum unimpeded, decided that it must have some medium to travel in or on. Also. as light
comes from the sun, and even from the
most distant stars. this medium must indeed be infinite in extent. Earlier theories
of light liad miserably failed, but Huyghens
formulated his theory that light is nothing
material, but that it is a wave motion in
some invisible medium, which medium we
call the ether.
Wonderful to relate, this theory, with
the exception of a slight modification along
electro- magnetic lines by Clerk Maxwell
and others, is the accepted theory of today.
Fig.
-.
Cavendish's apparatus, in order to double'

the effect, two large spheres were used, and
likewise two small ones. These are represented in Fig. 2, and the small ones as
shown were connected by a light bar and
found before the proportion can be formed.

This was done by Cavendish in 1798 in
his experiment which has since become
famous. He definitely measured the attraction between a lead sphere 12 inches in
diameter, weighing 350 pounds, and a
smaller sphere two inches in diameter,
weighing one pound and ten ounces, and
also the attraction of the earth for same.
The previous problem was really repeated
by Cavendish substituting two lead balls
of known weight for the sun and moon.
Thus the earth with its thirteen billion
billion pounds was actually weighed. In
The development of our theory of the

ether has been the biggest unifying factor
in the history of modern physics. It has
brought the different branches of physics
in close touch, and paved the way for
wonderful future progress.
There is little more to say concerning
gravitation until we have considered the
ether further.
Is the ether material or not? Matter is
that which occupies space, but the ether
does not occupy space in the ordinary sense
of filling space. It is intangible and imponderable. therefore we say it is not matter; but on the other hand if matter is that
which exists. and has certain physical characteristics, then ether may well be classed
as matter. The horns of the dilemma are
obvious.
Some years ago the ether was characterized as continuous (not composed of unit
particles), infinite in extent, infinitely elastic, frictionless and without weight.
Sir William Thompson, however, made
the interesting calculation, dependent on
the displacement of a particle of ether in
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THE
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 19t6
Baron Mnchhausen's New Scientific Adventures

By Hugo Gernsback
IF
there is one thing that annoys

me, it is a nosey reporter. To
be sure, they are harmless folk,
are reporters, and suave and well -mannered as a rule, too. But somehow their
eyes always appear to me as gimlets
The Cities of Mars

justed the Selenium Vapor Enforcer, and
turned once more the knobs of the coupled
inductance balancer to make sure that I
was tuned in for 90,000 meters -the wave
length used by Baron Mnchhausen.
The chime had sounded its last stroke.
In another second the dear old gentleman's
voice would greet me as usual.
Have you ever wished to "show off" to
your friends or to your relatives and the
"show off" failed to materialize? Have
you ever experienced the cunning feeling
.tf an icy cold wave racing up and down
your spine, to be followed immediately by
a hot blast up and down the self same
spine? And has the perspiration broken
out all over you at the contemplation that
the "show off" was a fizzle? Yes? If you
have, you know exactly how it feels.
At 11.05 p. m. I began to wonder why
it was so hot in the room. By 11.10 p. m. I
was taking a Turkish bath. By 1120 p. m.
I calculated that my private temperature
must have gone up to somewhere near 269
Fahrenheit, rising steadily all the while.
By 11.30 p. m. I wasn't sure whether I
preferred calling an ambulance or jumping
into the ice covered pond in front of the
I. M. ALIER MAKES
STUPEFYING INVENTION.
RECEIVES SOUNDLESS, VOICELESS, MESSAGES FROM MARS.
ALLEGED HERO, MUNCHHAUSEN,
SPEECHLESS WITH SURPRISE.
MUNCH'HAUSEN SAYS HE
AIN'T SAYIN' NOTHIN'! l
And so on, and so forth. The article
was written so excruciatingly funny that I
and their noses as huge corkscrews, but

then those are the characteristics of the
tribe, and really they can't help it. It
is their business to drill holes right
through your mind, and once their corkscrew noses have dug themselves into your
confidence they pull and pull till something
comes up. A reporter can always dig news
had to laugh myself, despite my rage. But
out of you, even if there's no news tc oe
had. All of which might be of interest :o
the laugh froze to ice when my eyes had
passed over the line where Snickles had
you, and then again it might not. A' any
written ironically:
rate, the editor of the Yankton Bugie, who
"Undoubtedly Mnchhausen was asleep
has heard about Mnchhausen, sent a reporter to my laboratory in order to "write
at the switch!"
me up" and to find out if Baron MnchWith one bound I was out of bed and
hausen was fiction or truth. Not that it
was racing madly down to my Wireless stawas the first time that this particular retion barefooted. I gave one look at the
porter had called in vain. For 1 have a
lightning switch in the corner of the room
deep- seated aversion against the Bugle,
and almost collapsed:
which aversion includes everyone from the
The switch was grounded and had been
editor down to the job press. Hence I
grounded since noon of the previous day!
wasn't "in" to reporters heeetofore. But
For you may know that the Fire Underon this occasion the reporter, who is a live
writers nowadays require wireless stations
one, succeeded in running the blockade. He
to have lightning switches in order to pro"made up" as a water meter inspector, and
tect the building from lightning. Thus
as both the water meter, as well as my
when your station is not in use you simply
house.
wireless station, are located in the basement
connect the aerial to the ground by throwMnchhausen simply didn't "call." What
of the house, he had but little trouble in
was wrong? Why had he failed me for
ing the switch, and no damage can be done
"torpedoing" me. Once established in a the very first time, just when I could least
by a thunderbolt. Not only that, but in this
chair there was nothing to do but to subafford it? For the first time since I knew
condition the aerial becomes really a first
mit to his tortures.
him I felt bitter toward him. What had
class lightning arrester.
Of course, he did not believe that there
Sad to relate, however, certain idiots are
happened?
was such a thing as Mnchhausen, who
And there was Snickles with a sarcastic
apt to forget to throw the switch over when
was supposed to live on Mars just now and
grin spread all over his 'bird-like face, mak- trying to receive messages, I being among
who was supposed to send nightly wireless
ing biting remarks all of the time.
them that evening. For when the reporter
messages to earth, which are relayed to me
"Maybe the ether gave out, what ?" he
called so unexpectedly I forgot all about
from the moon by an alleged relaying plant
mocked. Or: "Maybe Mnchhausen has a
the switch and never bothered to look
located there.
around to see in what position it was.
Martian frog in his throat and can't talk !"
However, the reporter was willing to ob- Or else: "Isn't it possible that the mesMnchhausen had called, of course, of
tain first hand evidence for his paper, and
this I was certain. The message, however,
sage became lost in transit? In that case I
if I did not object very much he Mould
would suggest that you put an ad in the had flown from the aerial directly to the
stay till 11 p. m. in order to "listen in."
ground, never entering my receiving instruBugle's Lost and Found co
To strengthen the argument he pulled out
ments Lost and lost forever! And my
That was the last straw. He didn't
some two for 50c. Perfecto's (reduced to
thoughtlessness had made me the laughing
finish the sentence and he didn't wait to
40e. Saturdays only at Frank Levoy's cigar
stock of the town on top of it! It was
take his hat either. He went out like a
store on Main street). As my Nargileh
maddening. Right then and there for the
blue streak, with me at his heels. But
wasn't working for lack of proper ammuninext ten minutes I had what my little sister
reporters, among other accomplishments,
tion that evening, the argument proved
very appropriately terms as a series of
must be good runners. He is. At any rate,
convincing and I bade the reporter, whose
I did not catch him. Disgusted and in a
rather violent "conniption *fits!"
*
* * * *
name was Bill Snickles, to make himself
white rage, I went to bed.
at home. I explained to him all the good
That evening promptly, as always,
My ruffled feelings were not particularly
points and qualities of
Mnchhausen
"called,"
my wireless, and after
He did not waste much
the second Perfecto I
time in preliminaries, but
ANY of our astronomers have noted from time to time that went right to the point:
was willing to let him
photograph the station.
my dear boy,
immense sandstorms frequently sweep over the face of the I "Alger,
He called up the- office
can't begin to tell you
for the staff photograPlanet Mars. As such storms seem to cover vast areas it would how wonderful this
pher, and after the flashMars is with all
appear
that
the sand must of necessity be rather light to float in the thin planet
light had been taken it
i t s marvelous inhabibecame time to adjust
Martian atmosphere. For this reason, it is reasonable to suppose that the tants. Flitternix and myt h e instruments.
I n
self are as in a trance
another three minutes sand is extremely fine -dust in other words. But how can intelligent half of the time. Our
Mnchhausen would be beings live permanently in an atmosphere loaded with fine dust? This brains simply cannot digest all the thousands of
calling. I had placed an
extra set of 'phones on instalment advances a new idea how the Martians may make life bearable wonders we see around
Snickles' head and I
us every minute. For a
on their desert planet.
could see that he was
poor untrained human
breathing hard with sup
mind 'to be suddenly
pressed excitement. I
transplanted into a civismoothed next morning when my young lization hundreds of thousands of years
had keyed him up to such a pitch
brother brought me a copy of the Bugle ahead of terrestrial civilization is no easy
that when my chime began striking the
while I was still in bed.
matter. At times we are positively numb
first stroke of eleven he jumped clear
Snickles had certainly outdone himself. with astonishment and the more we see and
out of his chair. But I smiled a very
superior benevolent smile at him, as a The whole town would choke with merri- learn the less we feel we know. Every new
mnit when they would read the account, marvel opens up a dozen new unfathomable
' father .,. tiles at his uncomprehending babe.
there was no doubt about that. The headI then leaned back comfortably, toyed a
avenues, each one equally puzzling.
"But to proceed. Yesterday I explained
bit with the Harmonic Ultra- Amplifier, ad- lines were enough:
Copyright, 1916, by H. Gernsback.
Ail rights reserved.
THE
rMarch, I916
to you how we had our first Martian meal

at our host's residence and how we experienced that gaseous food that you don't
need to chew, is vastly more nourishing
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
earth and Mars will have frozen down to

the bottom. The vegetable kingdom will
have ceased long before that and the
animal kingdom, dependent upon the vege-
"It was found that
what we saw. But Flitternix, his mind full

of astronomical observations, called my attention to the heavens and I followed his
command reluctantly.
the ordinary desert dust did not usually rise higher than goo feet above the surface of the planet.
buildings and structures on Mars, with few exc tions, are located goo feet above the ,round. . .
and satisfying than solid food. It does

not overload the stomach as do solids and
the digestion is vastly improved. The gases
liquify, of course, in the stomach, but the
latter itself never becomes distended. Besides, the Martians, trained rigidly from
earliest childhood, know just how much
gaseous food they can assimilate. This, I
understand, is one of the reasons why the
average Martians live over 150 Martian
years, which is 300 terrestrial years.
"After dinner we were conducted to the
roof of our host's mansion, where we made
ourselves comfortable in the large transparent chairs scattered around beneath a
cool, green, silky- appearing canopy. As
I mentioned to you previously, the Planet
Ruler's mansion resembles somewhat a
colossal cathedral. The roof is about 250
feet from the ground and the entire structure rotates slowly around on its axis. This
is the reason: While the Martians are enlightened enough to have no religion whatsoever, they know what we have known
for some time, namely, that life on all
planets is absolutely dependent upon the
sun. Extinguish the sun to -day and all the
planets throughout our planetary system
from Mercury down to Ncptune will become dead worlds. Without sunlight the
rivers will cease flowing within three
weeks. Within six months all waters on
table kingdom, will die even a more rapid

death. In less than two years the last
surviving human on any of our planets
will have ceased living. There can be no
organized life as we know it without the
direct influence of a live sun.
"While the Martians are by no means
sun worshippers, they nevertheless have a
deep- rooted feeling for our luminary. This
is strikingly illustrated by the fact that the
Planet Ruler's mansion is constructed in
such a manner that powerful machinery revolves the entire structure silently during
the entire Martian day; the first rays of
the morning sun thus shine into the Ruler's
private rooms, and as the sun keeps on
rising the house keeps pace and thus the
entire day till the last sun ray creeps over
the western horizon, the Ruler's windows
are bathed in sunlight. During the night
the house does not revolve.
"The day we were on top of the Ruler's
mansion was still ur first nay on Mars.
It was then in the early afternoon, after
lunch time, as mentioned before.
"Down below we looked upon the 'city,'
which seemed to be laid out in form of a
vast semi -circle, as far as we could ascertain. To the west we could just glimpse
one of the water ways.
"We stepped to the balustrade and
peered down, completely stupefied with
625
For this reason all
"'You will observe,' said he. pointing at

the sun, 'that it appears quite a bit smaller
than when seen from the earth. It also
does not appear ellow- white, as it looks
to terrestrial inhabitants. You will note it
has a rather reddish hue; that is because
we are now a good bit further away from
it, a matter of over 60,000,000 miles further than on earth. In other words, we
are now twice as far away from the sun as
we are on earth. But you must have observed how warm it is everywhere on Mars,
as far as we have visited it, and that the
day appears fully as bright, if not brighter,
than on earth. Naturally you will wonder,
for on Mars, as well as anywhere else in
the world, certain physical laws hold good.
Thus heat and light diminish inversely as
the square of their distance, in other words.
a 16 candlepower lamp two feet away gives
only one-quarter the light (four candlepower) of the same lamp if seen at one
foot away. Heat acts in exactly the same
manner. Then why is it that the day is as
bright, and the heat as great as on earth,
although we are twice as far removed?
According to the physical law just mentioned Mars should only receive four ninths of the light and heat from the sun
as does the earth. Why does it receive
more? Early astronomers on earth rea(Continued on page 658.)
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ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
LEAGUE
HONORARY MEMBERS
9ffe RADIO
9/AMERICA
NIKOLA TESLA,
CAPT. W HG. BULLARD. U S.N.
DR.LEE DE FOREST.
PROF. REGINALD FESSENDEN.
Manager,
Il.
Gernsback
How to Organize and Conduct

the advent of The Radio
League of America, the details of
which organization were given in
full in the December, 1915. issue of The
Electrical Experimenter, there has beet.
opened up a wider and more promising field
than ever before for the formation of
subsidiary or local radio clubs throughout
the country. Given the proper spark of
enthusiasm, there is no city or hamlet too
small in the whole United States but what
it could support one or more such radio
WITH
clubs.
Possibly you, as a radio enthusiast. even
though you may not have a very elaborate
wireless station (either for receiving or

transmitting. it matters not), have often
thought it would he a fine idea if you
could band together several other similarly
interested ersons either from an experimental, scientific or amateur standpoint.
I
Preliminaries.
radio club or society there are

several methods which may be employed to
aid the formation of such. One of the
first things that can be done is to. write a
letter to the manager of the Radio League
of America stating briefly your intentions
and desires, at the same time asking for the
names and addresses of any other radio
amateurs in your particular locality. Upon
receipt of this information you can then
either visit the experimenters personally or
a very good scheme
is to write each a
letter, explaining your
ideas and suggesting
a date for a meeting
at which the matters
pertaining to the formation of a local
radio club can be
talked over.
To start
as aforementioned, is the rules of order to

he followed in forming the organization.
It may he said that many small clubs do
not go in for the deeper legal rules usually
governing such bodies. The appointment

of an inspector or engineer as one of the
officers, together with the president, vice president, secretary and treasurer (the two
latter officers are very often combined)
suffice for all practical requirements.
It is a very good idea to select a capable
member to act as consulting engineer. and
whose duties shall cover the visits to each
member's station for the purpose of checking up his wave length. deficiencies in operation of the apparatus, etc.
Maintaining Interest in the Club.
Once the radio club has been formed, it
is not always an easy matter to maintain
the interest in same by the members. A
good leader in any event will help to overcome this trouble to a large extent, but of
course he must be aided in every way by
the other officers of the club. One of the
first important things to be done when starting a new organization is to select for the
first few meetings, at least, some particularly good wireless or allied papers. They
advisedly should not be of too technical a
nature, as it may discourage some of the
younger members or others who are not so
Radio Club
letter of the proper sort, addressed tt
such men. will invariably result in thee

acceptance of your proposition. It will bt
readily seen that a greater impetus will be
given the club if such speakers are engaged
at least for the first few meetings. A case
in point is the Radio Club of America, with
headquarters at New York City. This organization has been coming to the front
very rapidly in the past two years. Many
of the speakers at the monthly meetings are
some of the leading instructors and engineers in the wireless profession; men
who also address meetings of the Institute
of Radio Engineers, which body is, of

course, the foremost scientific radio organization in the world, counting among its
members the leading wireless engineers and
scientists of all countries. The office of
the secretary of the Institute is at 233
Broadway, New York City. The monthly
meetings are held on the first Monday of
each month in Fayerweather Hall, Columbia University, New York City, at 8 p. m.
This Institute publishes its proceedings,
containing the more important articles presented at the various monthly meetings,
four times a year; that is to say, the proceedings come out quarterly and form a
most valuable addition to any radio operator's or engineer's library. The dues for
an associate membership are $4 a year,
and so far the Institute has managed to
publish its proceedings and defray its
other incidental expenses with but little
extra financial aid
from a few of the
members.
It is not intended
to dwell upon the
features of such an
In some cases
extensive body as that
such organizations
now under discussion,
are formed and many
but it may be said
details of the work
that while the interare finished via wireest among the memless, as, for instance,
bers has flagged at
when the "organizer"
different times, notahas a radio transbly several years ago
mitting and receiving
owing to the great.
station so that he may
shake -up in the busicall up other amaness affairs of sevteurs by iting their
eral commercial wirecall numbers in the
less companies, etc.,
regular Wireless Call
it should be said that
books. Still another
those managing the
scheme which can be
affairs of this organifollowed out in many
zation have always
such cases. and also
kept in mind the
at an insignificant
point previously mencost, is to insert an
tioned, i. e., that it is
advertisement in your
best to obtain the
The Very Fine Radio Equipment of the Minnesota Wireless Association, Minneapolis, Minn.
local news2aper, statInsert Photo Is That of Miss Mine Mengelkoch, a Radio Enthusiast, Who Often
services of the very
Operates the Set Here Shown.
ing that the adverbest speakers and lectiser woul like very much to have all far advanced in the science. A good sug- turers in this line whenever possible.
those interested in experimental wireless
gestion in this direction is, whenever posThe small radio clubs just forming,
telegraphy call at his residence on an
sible. try to obtain the services of an inhowever, need not feel discouraged if they
appointed evening for the purposes set
structor in radio operating and engineer- cannot obtain a speaker of prominence or
forth.
ing from a local school or college, who in
great learning to address them, as in many
One of the first things that has to be conmost instances will be only too glad to instances there are one or more energetic
sidered after a response has been had to
make a short address at any time, before and capable radio men among their own
such an advertisement or other campaign
such an organization.
members who will probably in many cases
THE
March, 1916
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
erator appointed, and also when occasion

prove better as leaders for such bodies of
youthful experimenters than a more mature demands it, someone who shall be responsiindividual of more advanced and profes- ble for the proper maintenance of the
wireless set.
sional inclinations.
It is best to choose a fairly good wireless
Club Dues.
Speaking of club dues, this is an impor- transmitting and receiving set, which can,
tant point. As many of these societies meet of course, be had at all prices imaginable,
say from $10 up, and even for a lesser
at the members' houses, there is then no
amount when the club is a small one.
rent to be considered. The smaller clubs,
of course, can run
along quite nicely
with but a small budget or expense, except that necessary
for buying stationery,
having cards or literature printed, etc.
For the younger
clubs, composed of
members between the
ages of P. and 15,
the dues should not
reach much above 25
cents a month. But
with clubs made up of
older members than
those just mentioned
and having club quarters for which rent
must be paid there
will, of course, have
to be a higher monthly due levied. Most
of the larger organizations have an entrance or initiation fee
of perhaps $1, but
this, of course, will
have to be considered
and worked out by
the officers in charge
of Atlanta. Ca.,
of the affairs of the Excellent Wireless Ex hibit of the Atlanta Radio Club, Accomplish.
a "Live" Organization Can
club. This factor will
vary in the different localities and with the
In this direction we would like to call
different classes of members.
the reader's attention to the excellent
photographs reproduced here and in other
Investing in the Club.
forthcoming issues of The Electrical ExWhile it is not desirable in any event to
perimenter showing what can be accomwork hardships upon the members of the plished by a good, "live" amateur wireless
radio clubs, it should be borne in mind by organization.
the officers of such that the organizations
In the first illustration we wish to menenjoying the greatest popularity are those tion the excellent wireless set owned by
in which the members are very vitally and
the Minnesota Wireless Association. of
personally interested. This comes to the point
Minneapolis, Minn. Particularly in this
of having each member invest in the club.
connection we wish to call attention to the
which may be brought about by bringing the
excellent work accomplished on this outfit
propositions before the organization at one by Miss Aline Yengelkoch, whose picture
of the regular meetings. A great many of
is observed in the upper right corner of
the societies to -day have excellent wireless
the illustration of the station. Miss Men sets maintained at the club quarters and. gelkoch is very enthusiastic about wireless
of course, in this instance the rooms are
telegraphy and is said to be the youngest
invariably open every day, or at least every commercial woman operator in the United
evening, so that those members who so
States, she having just received a first -class
sire may come to the rooms for prac'
Government radio operator's license. She
or training in the handling of tilt. rac1.o can transmit and receive messages at the
apparatus. There should be a chief op- rate of 35 words per minute and, moreover,
=
widely read on the subject of radio telegraphy.

This is a good matter to keep in mind in
club affairs. Do not forget your sister or
girl friend who may have scientific inclinations. Get her to join the club, as there is
a wide field open, indeed, for wireless experts, and the excellent work of Miss Mengelkoch before cited, as well as that of
several other women
operators, proves that
she can engage in this
field as successfully
as in any otl,er.
While on the subject
of amateur wireless
clubs that are doing
big things, we would
call attention to our
illustration which represents the excellent
wireless exhibit conducted by the Atlanta
Radio Club, of Atlanta, Ga. The address of the vice president of this club,
R. A. DeVore, is 19
Second avenue, Oakhurst, Atlanta, Ga. It
is really wonderful
to contemplate the
achievements of this
organization,
which
was started but little
over a year ago. It
has received many
congratulations on the
exhibit which it arranged and which
formed a part of
an Example of What
the recent Electrical
Show held in Atlanta.
The exhibit attracted great attention. One
of the most interesting features, perhaps,
was an exact replica of the first Marconi
wireless set, complete with induction coil
and coherer. Near this was a complete
sending and receiving set of modern type,
owned by member of the club, with which
bona fide radio messages were received and
transmitted. The visitors to the show were
given popular lectures by members of the
society on the theory and practice of wireless telegraphy. and, together with practical demonstrations, they were made to
appreciate the rapid strides made in radio
work the past few years.
The Electrical Show was held on the
ground floor of a large office building, upon
the roof of which was erected an aerial,
the height of which was nearly 200 feet
and the total length 400 feet.
Another point of interest was a table 5
by 15 feet, completely covered with send(Continued on page 664.)
is
REVISED LIST OF AMATEUR RADIO CLUBS
Akron Radio Club. 760 Damon place, Akron. O.

Secretary, A. A. Crum, Radio department, G. T.
& R. Co., Akron, O.
Amateur -Scientists, Public School 66, room 256.
Secretary, Harry Fienberg, 124 Amboy street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Amateur Marconi Radio Association, 619 Fifth
avenue, Troy, N. Y. Secretary, D. Malcolm Williams, 1627 Seventh avenue, Troy, N. Y.
Bradentown Radio Club, Stockbridge avenue,
Bradentown, Fla. Secretary, Hughson Hurlebaus,
439 Main street, Bradentown, Fla.
Carrollton Radio Intercommunication Club,
Fifth Street Puhlic School. Secretary, Stuart W.
Pierson, 219 Maple avenue, Carrollton, Ill,
Chicago Wireless Association, room 1010 Lake
View building, 116 South Michigan avenue, Chicago. Secretary, Frederick D. Northland. 24 Scott
street, Chicago, Ill.
Colorado Wireless Association, 600 Y. M. C. A.
building, Denver, Col. Secretary, L. P. I-tough,
600 Y. M. C, A. building, Denver, Colo.
Cranford Radio Club. Cranford. N. J. Secre.
tary, Russell Damon, Arlington road and Madi.
son avenue, Cranford, N. J
East Night High School Radio Society. Woodward High School. Secretary, C. El. Fender,
Woodward High School, Cincinnati, O.
Fall River Radio Association, Technical High.
School. Fall River, Mass.
Secretary, Lawrence
Phelan 6 Rodman street. Fall River, Mass.
Hawkeye Radio Association, Secretary, A. B.
Church, Lamoni, Ia.
Inter -City Radio Association of Allentown, Pa..
Y. M. C. A. building.
Secretary, William J.
Kreis.
Junior Radio Club, Gregory street, Pensacola,
Fla. Secretary, Oliver Williams, Pensacola, Fla.
Philadelphia Radio Association, 4810 Germantown avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Secretary, G. S.
Ballantine, 4810 Germantown avenue, Philadelphia, Pa.
Radio Club of the Polytechnic Institute of
Brooklyn, 85 Livingston street. Brooklyn, N. Y.
Secretary, R. G. Wehle, 85 Livingston street,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Radio Club of Union College, Union College.
Schenectady. N. Y. Secretary, Edwin A. Schah behar, 242 Union street, Schenectady, N. Y.
Rockaway Radio Club, 296 Washington avenue.
Rockaway
each, N. Y. Secretary, L. Wagerer.
The Talo Club. New York City. Secretary, El-
627
ward T. Dickey, 1649 Amsterdam avenue. New

York City.
Technical Wireless Association, Washington, D.
Secretary, Edwin D. Powell, 908 Kennedy
C.
street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Wireless Association of Central Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, Pa
Secretary. D, H. Zorger, 406
Kelker street, Harrisburg, Pa.
Yorkville Radio Development Association. 73
East End avenue, New York City. Secretary.
Joseph L Cermak, 73 East End avenue, New Yore
York City.
Notice:
To ensure proper entry of club
registrations in our revised monthly list be
sure to send us at once the data outlined below.
Such information should reach us not
later than the 28th of the month for entry in
the succeeding Issue of THE ELECTRICAL.
EXPERIMENTER.
Name of Club
Location (street and city)
Founded
No. of Members
Meeting Date
Power of Club Set, if any
Call Letter (licensed')
Dues and Initiation Fee
Secreary'. Name and Address
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THE
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
T
New 500 Watt Military Radio Pack Set
THE wireless sets used for military
purposes, and particularly those now

in use by the United States army,
consist of the very best instruments that
can be purchased. These sets must work
under every possible condition. The accompanying illustration shows one of these
The condenser bank for this 500 -cycle

transmitting set is composed of six condenser units of practically .002 micro-farad
each. The resulting capacity of the whole
bank, after the condensers are connected in
series -parallel, is .013 micro -farad.
The step -up transformer, of the resonance type, is of the open-core
pattern ai.d is mounted within
the case, 'ack of the micarta
panel containing the measuring
instruments, etc. Silk -enameled
magnet wire is used in wind-
ing the secondary of same,

which is of the dry form, not
requiring any oil for its insulation.
Various transmitting
wave lengths may be quickly
arranged for by means of calibrated inductance control handles and scales mounted on
the front of the upright panel
of the set. A regular Morse
key is perceived at the right
of the cabinet
The receiving set is very
compact and may be observed
resting on the drop front of
the transmitter cabinet, at the
left of the illustration. The
head 'phones are the well known adjustable -magnet type
supplied to the United States
army and navy, and in which
the distance between the pole pieces and the diaphragm may
be varied as required for different strengths of signals by
Extremely Compact Soo Watt Military Radio Set.
means of an adjusting screw at
extra sturdy pack outfits, which at the the back of the receiver case. The receiving
set is a beautiful piece of apparatus, which
same time combines extra high efficiency
in both the transmitting and receiving includes a Pyron detector. The primary coil
ranges attained, as well as in small space of the loose coupler is wound with 170 turns
of No. 22 enameled copper wire
occupied.
These sets are of the portable style,
divided up into two sections, one
of 10 turns and one of 150 turns.
equipped with generators of the 500 -cycle
alternating current type fitted in a separate These are suitably connected up
to switches, so that any combinacase, so that it is thoroughly portable and
may be carried on separate trucks. The
tion of turns, from one to maximum, may be obtained rapidly:
cases are unique in construction, consisting
The whole receiving set is inof a substantial wooden frame or base, so
to speak, which is covered both on the installed in an oak cabinet with
side and outside with a 1 -16 inch layer of
hard rubber top and end, upon
gray sheet fiber. This is glued to the wood
which the switch points are
under hydraulic pressure. The cabinets are mounted. It also contains a seprotected by hard fiber angle strips riveted
ries condenser for short wave
on and further protected froi.i damage by
lengths, but which unit is noriron bumpers at the corners.
mally short- circuited by a special
The apparatus, such as voltmeters, amswitch. The secondary is also
meters and hot wire meter, as well as transadjustable as to the inductance,
mitting inductance control handles, etc., are and as it slides out of the primary
all mounted on the micarta panel. The
cabinet its graduated tubular
quenched spark gap of special design, percovering indicates the percentceived at the base of the panel, is cooled
age of coupling. Photo courtesy
by a small electric fan placed behind it. so
Wireless Specialty Apparatus Co. New Loose
as to blow a draft of air directly over the
A NOVEL RADIO INDUCTIVE
gap. The gap plates rest in micarta guides.
TUNER.
Their sparking surface. which is at the cenSince the introduction of the loose coupter, is of pure silver. This surface measures 3-64 of an inch in thickness, with a ler there have been few, if any, radical
changes in the design of same. The change
diameter somewhat larger than that of the
from sliders to tapped coils was so slight
metal plates supporting them and on which
they are soldered. The silver is then spun as to make very little improvement, so it
remained for a radio engineer of a later
over and riveted down.
day to devise the apparatus shown herewith.

The old type of inductive coupler was
adjusted in steps, which did not give very
close tuning, and the presence of large
amounts of unused wire created the bugaboo of all previous tuning apparatus, namely, "dead -end" effects, which absorb considerable energy and destroy the efficiency
of the apparatus. To offset the above defects it was the general practise to use
variable condensers to secure accurate tuning, and many complicated switches were
devised to prevent the dead -ends. The
coupler illustrated herewith does not require any taps or variable condensers, all
the wire on same being in use at all times.
A brief resume of the principle of this instrument will not be out of place.
The primary consists of two coils, one
permanently fixed in the box, shown in the
illustration, and the movable one shown at
the left. These two coils are wound to
have an equal amount of inductance, but
in opposite directions, so that when the
movable coil is slid entirely into the fixed
coil the sum of their inductances will be
zero, because they oppose and counteract
each other.
The same principle is used in the construction of the secondary, which consists
of two coils shown protruding from the
end of the box to the right. These coils
also have the same amount of inductance,
and they also counterbalance each other
when the inner coil is entirely within the
outer coil. It will be apparent that when
withdrawing the inner coil the exact balance
of the two inductances is upset and the
circuit will possess an inductance depending
upon the relation of the two coils. By this
simple means it is possible to adjust the
active inductance in either circuit, thus
Coupler, Adjusted Without Sliders or Switches
doing away with all taps or sliders.

The secondary coils may be moved inside
of the primary coils, so that by varying the
inductance relation between the two sets it
is possible to vary the coupling.
The many advantages of this apparatus
will now be readily understood, for it gives
March, 1916
NEW ELECTROLYTIC INTERRUPTER ELECTRODE.
All improved form of positive electrode

or anode for electrolytic interrupters has
been perfected by a well -known New York
experimental supply house. The tube is
shown in the illustration herewith. It consists primarily of a specially designed porcelain tube, which earries a thread at its
upper end, intended to screw into a porcelain cover. A metal rod made of a special
alloy passes down through the interior of
the tube, and the point of same protrudes
through a small orifice slightly larger than
the rod at the base of the tube proper, as
perceived. The metal wire point rests on
a porcelain bridge, as illustration portrays,
so that excessive current will not be drawn.
Any electrolyte which may find its way
into the interior of the tube by working in
around the metal rod will be ejected
through three small perforations in the wall
of the tube just above the porcelain skirt
formed on the tube about two- thirds of the
way up, as perceived.
It is claimed that this marks a great advance in the design of such devices and
actual laboratory tests have demonstrated
that for operating wireless coils, X -ray
coils and open core transformers up to one
kilowatt capacity there is nothing superior
to it. It will work on either A. C. or D. C.
circuits at 110 or 220 volts potential and
on any frequency. The key may be held
down for periods of one -half hour or more
and the interrupter will work regularly and
without undue overheating. An interesting
point is found in the fact that the lower
end of the rod during operation wears
away to a perfect sharp point. The rod
which is consumed slowly in operation is
fed down automatically by gravity. It offers a practical solution of the power transforming problem constantly confronting the
wireless and electrical experimenter, especially where he desires to utilize the commercial power circuits to operate his spark
ELECTRICAL
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AN UNDAMPED WAVER.
great deal of speculation has been
made during the past two years by the majority of amateurs in regard to the reception of undamped waves emitted by the
powerful radio stations about the globe;
practically all the long distance transmission records have been accomplished only
by the use of undamped waves.
The ordinary radio receiver is deaf, so to
speak, to the undamped waves, so other apparatus had to be developed to receive
them. Although various detector devices
have been invented for this purpose, none
have proved superior to the oscillating
audion detector. This produces "beats"
which are created by the use of properly
designed inductances and condensers linked
up to the audion circuit.
One of the latest receivers for undamped
waves which employs the audion as a generator of "beats" is herewith illustrated. A
large loose coupler is seen resting on top of
the cabinet. The case contains four variable condensers which are provided with
long insulating handles, the pointers of
which move across the dials on the face of
the instrument, as perceived in the illustration. The purpose of these handles is to
prevent capacity effects due to the operator's body. The cabinet also contains the
necessary inductances, the values of which
can be changed by means of the jack and

plug system the jacks being located on the
front of the board, as can be clearly seen
in the illustration.
With the loose coupler herewith shown
in connection with the variable condensers,
OVER -ALL EFFICIENCY IN RADIO

TRANSMITTING STATIONS.
waves. Claims have been made for much

higher efficiency in such apparatus, partieularly for quenched spark sets when this
value has been mentioned as reaching 75
per cent., but these claims have not been
substantiated. This acknowledged authority points out that it is probably correct to
say that the properly designed quenched
spark transmitter's efficiency may reach a
figure of 50 per cent.
He believes that it will not be far wrong
to consider that i.1 a fairly good, modern
Several very vital figures are given in

Dr. J. A. Fleming's new treatise, entitled
"The Wireless Telegraphist's Pocket Book."
We reproduce herewith an interesting
chart as there given, covering the various
losses in the apparatus constituting a typical transmitting set of the spark gap type.
It is pointed out in the treatment of this
subject to Dr. Fleming that, while these
values as here reiterated are of consider-
New Loose Coupler and Variable Condenser

Cabinet Known as an "Undamped Waver,'
and Intended Especially for Receiving Con
tinuous Wave Signals.
wave lengths up to 15.000 meters can be

readily obtained.
EFFICIENCY CHART FOR U. C. L. RADIOTELEGRAPHIC EXPiRIMENTAL PLANT,

WITH 5 mm. SPARK GAP
(From tests by Dr. J. A. Fleming, at University College, London.)
Rotary input,
2620 watts
Rotary losses
Rotary output,
1481 watts
Transmission losses,
71
watts
Delivered to condenser, 445 watts
Primary oscillation circuit

losses, 351
watts
1139
Transformer input,
800
watts
Choking coil losses,

610 watts
watts
Transformer resistance
losses, 302 watts
Transformer iron
losses, 53 watts
Choker
efficiency
57:
ransformer efficiency =56%
efficency=21%
watts
Antenna resistance losses,

16 watts
efficiency=
57%
Oscillation generator
Delivered to antenna,
94
Rotary
Radiation.
78 watts
Antenna efficiency=
83%
Efficiency from transformer intake to
radiation =10%
able value as an over -all consideration.

in respect to the over -all efficiency of modern transmitting sets, utilizing quenched
spark gaps, etc., it may be a great deal
higher.
mproced
Electrolytic Interrupter
Electrode Recently Brought Out.
Drop
The
Metal Rod Cannot
Through the Tube, Owing to a Por-
celain "Bridge" Formed as Shown.
coils and the like, and where he desires to

utilize direct current on an open core trans-
former. Such interrupters are not adapted

for operation with closed core transformers.
In comparing the power radiated,
viz., 78 watts, with the power given to the

step -up transformer, i. e., 800 watts, it is
seen that for this particular transmitter the
over -all efficiency is but 10 per cent., approximately. In the case of a well -designed
spark transmitter the over -all efficiency
might be raised to from 20 to 25 per cent.;
that is to say, that almost one -quarter of
the power given to the step-up or exciting

transformer would be radiated as electric
type spark transmitter, with queiched spark

gap or gap equipped with an air blast,
the power radiated from the antenna can
be as much as 20 or 25 per cent. of that
given to the exciting transformer, but it is
not usual to find such high values as these.
In order to realize such radio transmitter
efficiency, however, great attention must be
paid to the construction details of the condensers and also to those of the primary
oscillation circuit and of the spark gap, as
well as to the earth connection proper and
to the construction of the antenna, in order
to avoid undue resistance losses in these
most vital parts of such a station.
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ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
The Evolution of Wireless Telegraphy

THE evolution of signaling without
wires has been an interesting one.

Since the earli,est.dawn of reason man
has found it absohitely necessary to transmit
important intelligence through space. Particularly in case of war between the various tribes quick intercommunication was
desirable. As the fleetest runner, as well
as the speediest rider, were soon found
wanting, methods were naturally sought to
outdistance both. In the illustrations here
observed we have endeavored to show the
principal modes of signaling without wires
utilized in the various stages of the world's
history.
Perhaps one of the first mentions is made
in the Bible, when the Israelites were led
out of Egypt and through the wilderness
by a cloud of smoke by day and a pillar
of fire by night. Possibly one of the first
methods of signaling across an appreciable
distance of a few miles was that involving
the use of fires kindled on the hilltops or
other promontories as depicted in Fig. 1.
In this way it was quite possible to communicate intelligence accurately, although
not very rapidly, to be sure. This scheme
was first used in very ancient times.
The method of signaling shown at Fig. 3
is that employed at quite an early date. but
notably by the North American Indians.
This consisted in building a fire on a hill
or mountain whenever possible, so that a
column of smoke or a series of smoke
puffs, could he sent up, and in this way
communication was established between
tribes. It was this method that was often
utilized by the Indians when making war
on the white settlers in America. The
fire was made to smoulder by the use of
wet sticks or leaves. The Indians were
quite proficient in making fires producing a
prodigious amount of smoke, which could
be seen for various distances, depending.
of course, upon the height of the hill upon
which the fire was built, but a range of
ten to fifteen miles was undoubtedly common in those days with this method of
wireless communication.
Fig. 3 illustrates a little known yet very
effective method of transmitting intelligence, which is attributed to certain tribes
of Indians in South America : it has been
described by returning explorers at different times. It may be expressed briefly
as "drum beating," but the drum is no ordinary one. It consists of a hollow log,
or a log made so by burning out the
interior. Over the end of sane is stretched
the hide of an animal, which is pulled very
tightly and bound by thongs. The log is
then suspended, as perceived in the illustration, so as to exert the maximum resonating effect as the signaler beats the head of
of the drum with a stick provided with a
wooden head, or in some cases with a stick
having at its extremity a ball formed from
a piece of hide and loaded with a round
stone. We have been credibly informed
that this method is in successful use at
present, messages being actually transmitted
(using relay stations) over a distance of
300 miles almost every day.
Wigwagging is still in use to a great extent throughout the world, especially in the
army and navy, where it has proved invaluable in many instances. This mode of
signaling, which usually consists of wagging a flag or semaphore arm in different
positions, representing the various letters
of the alphabet, was employed at quite an
early date. The illustration at Fig. 4 shows
the semaphore arm as made use of for
sending such signals over great distances.
In the wonderful campaign of Napoleon
carried out through France, Germany and
Russia numerous messages were trans-
mitted without wires in this way. In one

case, it is said, that such a message was
transmitted in a few hours' time from
Moscow to Paris. Of course, this distance
was not negotiated by one semaphore only,
but the message was relayed from signal
station to signal station, much in the same
way as wireless messages are relayed now
from ship to ship or from one ship to another and thence to shore, etc.
It is quite surprising how well sounds
are carried through the earth itself, especially in rocky soil. Signals were transmitted in this way at quite an early date.
At Fig. 5 the Indians are seen making use
of this method of intercommunication. The
scout, for instance, tapped a rock. partially
buried in the ground, with another stone.
At a surprisingly long distance away this
sound could be heard by the Indians, whose
hearing was extremely sensitive, by placing
the ear to the rocky ground. Times without number the approach of men on horseback was heard in this way by the Indians,
so that it was often very difficult for the
United States troopers to conduct anything like regular warfare, as the savages
would hear them coming several miles away
and thus be able to circumnavigate them, or
girt to some little known hiding place.
A mode of signaling known to most of
us. but one which dates back to the days
of the first locomotive, is that making use
of several distinct blasts of the steam
whistle as portrayed in Fig. 6. Engineers
to -day use this scheme for calling train
crews and also for communication with
other trains. One, two and three blasts of
the whistle have different meanings assigned to them, etc. Locomotive whistles
are often used for a signal of distress when
the engine happens to be located near a
large fire or when a wreck has occurred.
In the latter case the whistle is usually
tied down, so as to blow steadily until help
comes, but at other times it is intermit :ently tooted.
Signaling wirelessly by means of a reflected ray of sunlight, is illustrated at Fig.
7.
This method makes use of an instrument known as the Heliograph. It has
been adopted by practically all army signal
corps. This arrangement may be utilized
without the aid of sunlight, wherever a
sufficiently strong source of illumination is
acetyavailable, such as that produced
lene or electric light. Some of the army
searchlights now built are provided with a
shutter arrangement, similar to that fitted
on the heliograph, so that long and short
flashes of light may be sent out corresponding to the dots and dashes of the Morse
telegraph code. Rapid signaling is thus accomplished, as it is possible to manipulate
the heliograph shutter as speedily as the
common telegraph key and sounder. A
probable range for such devices as this
may be put down as three to four miles ordinarily. but in most cases it is used for
establishing communication between different signal squads or army posts at
Signaling by this
shorter distances.
method can, of course, be carried on over
a considerable range, and the more powerful the searchlight or other source of illumination utilized the greater the range.
We come now to the final method of signaling covered by this article on the evolution of wireless telegraphy, which is indicated at Fig. 8. As is well known, for
this method of intercommunication there
is invariably utilized a large size antenna
or aerial, consisting of a number of wires
supported by highly elevated masts. The
illustration herewith shows roughly the
appearance of the trans -Atlantic wireless
telegraph station of the Marconi company
located at Wellfleet, Mass. This method of

signaling without wires has entirely transcended the dreams of wireless telegraphy entertained vaguely by the great
scientists and engineers of even two decades ago. Wireless telegraphy in a practical
sense and for commercial requirements has
only been a reality since the year 1900,
but to -day it has been developed to such
an extent, involving the use of very high
powered stations, that wireless messages
may readily be propagated over such distances as 5,000 miles. This is mentioned
to show what has been really accomplished,
but this is freak work. Generally speaking, common ranges for moderate long distance radio telegraphy is 2,500 to 3,000
miles. There are a few stations working
over such distances as 4,000 miles. Marvelous indeed has been the onward and
triumphant march of science in the realm
of intelligence transmission. Where and
when will these wonders of science stop?
VIA "SAYVILLE" TO BERLIN.

The Telefunken station at Sayville, L. I.,
is one of the most powerful in the world,
flashing messages nearly 4,000 miles direct
to Nauen, near Berlin.
Located near the ocean and dropped in a
mosquito -infested field, the great Telefunken station sprawls over 100 acres. A
mile away it looks like a huge spider web,
with all its slim poles reaching into the
air, interlaced with slender wires. At the
gate a watchman is on guard, and all along
the way to the building are posted danger
signs.
The little low building is rigged on every
side with towering poles-antennae as they
are called. Five hundred feet high they
stand -almost as tall as the Washington
monument. From these wires radiate the
electric waves that leap across space to
Germany. Great blocks of cement, big as
corncribs, are set in the ground and to
them are anchored the guywires.
Inside the low, one -story building, squatting at the foot of the towers, are 18 men
working. Fourteen of these are censors
for the United States Government, as for
several months the navy has been in control
of the Sayville station. Every message
must be sent through them and received
through them. The Telefunken employes
operate the plant, but all messages have to
be submitted to the Government censors.
The message is flashed across the Atlantic at the rate of 25 words a minute, but in
case of necessity it can go up to 40. The
messages go to a small town near 'Berlin
called Nauen, where they are placed on a
land wire and forwarded to the capital.
The charge for sending a message to Germany is 53 cents a word from anywhere
near New York. The 3 cents is the
price of the land wire to get it to Sayville.
As soon as the key is touched in America
the message is in Germany, the time occupied in crossing being only the fraction
of a second. In fact, the message could
go around the world seven times in a
second.
Every message is censored before it goes
out. A Government officer sits there with
a blue pencil and if he suspects the message
has another meaning than what is on its
face he returns it to the sender; or he
may paraphrase its meaning, saying the
same thing in different words, which would
of course upset the code message, if it contained one.
On an average 100 messages a day go
out of Sayville for Berlin. Most of these
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For Explanatory Text, See Preceding Page.

ELECTRICAL
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EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
The Reception of Long Damped and Undamped Waves*

By Thomas Appleby
ALTHOUGH it is not generally known
there are at least three stations in
this section of the country (Philadel.
plia, Pa.) now using undamped waves for
transmission. Two of these stations gen-
Figs.
Two Forms of " Tikker" for Receiving Undamped Waves.
and
z.
erate the undamped waves with the oscillating arc; while the third makes use of a
high frequency generator.
In the ordinary spark station two frequencies are used, one being the radio frequency which determines the wave length
and the other the audio frequency which is
produced by the rotary or quenched spark
gap, and this determines the pitch of the
spark as heard at the receiving station.
In an undamped wave transmitting station there should be no audio or spark frequency, as the oscillations which determine
the wave length are generated by a high
frequency generator of 50,000 cycles or
more, or by an oscillating arc which is more
or less silent in operation.
When an undamped wave is tuned in at
the receiving station and an ordinary crystal detector used there should be no sound
in the telephone receivers, as the radio frequency is entirely too .'fig! for the human
ear. There are exceptions, however, for we
can plainly hear the Tuckerton station with
a crystal detector, even though they use the
high frequency generator; and not only do
we hear the actual sending, but we can also
hear the reversed sending caused by the
compensating wave, due to the manner in
which the key is shunted around a few
turns of the helix. However, the signals
received in this manner are very faint, compared to the great strength of the signals
when a tikker is used.
In order to lower the frequency of the
current set up by the undamped waves; or,
in other words, to produce an audible frequency, it is necessary to break up the in&ming current at the receiving station.
This may be accomplished in two ways:
FirstNby*the use of a tikker, which consists
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in its simplest form of a rotating gear
wheel with a spring held against the teeth;

the pitch of the signal being determined by
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of Pennsylvania, Sept. 24, 1915.
Association
the speed of the tikker wheel (Fig. 1).

Another form of tikker would consist of
a revolving commutator, such as is used on
small motors, with two copper brushes bearing on the sections and arranged so that
the circuit is constantly made and broken
by the passing sections of the commutator
(Fig. 2). The absence of .toise in this form
of tikker makes it more desirable than the
first. An ordinary electric buzzer may be
provided with an extra set of contacts well
insulated from the buzzer itself and used as
a ticker (Fig. 3). All of these break up
the incoming signals into a lower or audible
number of vibrations, which can be easily
heard in the receivers.
It is not absolutely necessary to use a
crystal detector along with the tikker, bat
is advisable, as the signals come in much
louder.
The circuits for use with the tikker and
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ceiving
"Tikker"
Circuit.
in Re-
detector are similar to the ordinary receiving circuits. The tikker may be connected
in various places in the detector circuit with
nearly equal results. It operates satisfactorily when in series with the detector, in
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5.
series with the 'phones, across the stopping

condenser, across the variable condenser, or
even shunted around the secondary coil.
The second method of lowering the undamped wave frequency is by means of the
heterodyne effect, as discovered by Prof.
R. A. Fessenden.
When two piano strings are tuned to
slightly different tones, a third tone, or
beat,' as it is called, will be heard. The
piano tuner does not listen to the tone of
the strings when tuning a piano, but listens
for the "beats," which occur when the two
strings are slightly out of tune. The nearer
the two strings approach the same tone, the
slower or lower the beats become. When
the strings are considerably out of tune, the
beats are very rapid and produce a high
tone of their own.
In much the same manner we produce
' ibeats" in the receiving circuit.
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odyne effect. We set up oscillations in the

receiving circuit which are slightly different
in number than those of the incoming wave.
The result is "beats," and the nearer we
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quency the lower we will make the tone of

our "beats." If the incoming frequency is
100,000 per second, and we generate 99,000
oscillations per second in our receiving circuit; the difference between the two, or
1,000, would be the frequency or tone of the
beats (see Fig. 5). This would sound like
the whistle of 1,000 sparks per second, as
produced by the 500 -cycle quenched gap.
Oscillations may be set up in the receiving circuit by means of a near -by oscillating
arc, or by use of an oscillating audion as
used in the ultraaudion or Armstrong circuits (see Figs. 6 and 7).
Tuckerton station (W.G.G.) makes use
of a 'sigh frequency alternator and sometimes the arc for generating undamped
waves. Sayville now uses the oscillating
arc and Arlington also uses the oscillating
arc at times to work with NBA.
Tuckerton can be heard on about 8,500
meters wave length; Sayville is on about
9,000, and Arlington on about 5,000 to 7,000
meters, considering undamped waves.
Tuckerton and Sayville work between 7
p. m. and 2 to 3 a. m.; as a rule, they work
for about one hour each, Tuckerton shutting down while Sayville is working, and
vice versa. Arlington tr,.nsmits at times
during the evening, and often during the
day time.
We have received all these stations on
our 300-foot, two wire aerial, in West Philadelphia, although at present we only use
half of this length, or 150 feet. The loading coil in series with an ordinary loose
coupler consists of a tube four inches in
diameter and 12 inches long, wound with
No. 24 B. & S. enameled wire. A 43 plate
variable condenser is shunted around both
the loading and loose coupler primary coil.
In the detector circuit we use a 48 plate
variable condenser across the secondary
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which is wound with No. 30 B. & S. silk covered wire. We found, however, that the
43 plate condenser was unnecessary in the
detector circuit and when removed the signals could be tuned in just as strong, pro-
March, 1916
THE
vidcd tight coupling was used. Of course

we do not receive efficiently with this arrangement, as the aerial is not balanced for
these waves, but simply oscillates, due to
Fig.
Hook -Up for Reception of Undamped

Waves with "Tikker," Including Loading Coil Cut -Out Switch.
8.
forced oscillations, and sets the loading coil

loose coupler primary coil and shunted condenser circuit (which is actually tuned to
the desired wave length) oscillating. The
detector circuit also probably oscillates, due
to forced oscillations from the primary circuit (see Fig. 8).
We are now constructing the proper loading coils to load up all the circuits until we
have resonance. The above arrangement is
so simple and can be secured with such little additional apparatus that the average
amateur will probably be inclined to give it
a trial. The signals from Tuckerton, Sayville and Arlington are strong, but when
resonance is secured they will be many
times stronger.
We are also constructing some loading
coils for use in receiving the foreign stations working on as high as 20,000 meters.
Petrograd, Russia, is said to use 20,000 meter waves, as are some others. One of the
new Marconi stations in New Jersey can be
heard testing some evenings on 18,000 meters. They use an audio -frequency or spark
system and the crystal detector is all that is
necessary. A wireless authority in New
York City, and another in Washington,
claims that the 20,000 -meter foreign stations
can be easily received on a 150-foot amateur
aerial, and to the experimenter who has
tired of listening to the ordinary short
wave stations the writer would advise that
he get busy and tune in the long wave stations, especially the undamped waves.
THE GROUND LEAD AND

ITS PROPER USE
By Electron.
Not one radio amateur in a hundred
Fig.
2.
Diagram of Ground Switch Change-Over

for Radio Receiving Set.
aware of the possibilities of increasing his

range that lie in his ground lead. It may
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
be properly insulated and grounded, yet
they overlook the benefits that may result

from a little time and energy spent in
making the few changes suggested in there
short paragraphs.
First we will consider its length ; the
shorter it is the higher the amperage that
is induced in the secondary circuit, and,
correspondingly, the longer it is- within a
certain limit -the higher the voltage in the
secondary circuit.
Just why this is will be apparent by
glancing at Fig. 1, which shows roughly
diagrammatically the voltage and amperage
characteristics in the open aerial circuit.
We will consider a vertical aerial set into
oscillation by an incoming wave. When
this aerial is swinging in resonance with
the incoming wave the induced voltage is
greatest at the top and lowest at the bottom or ground connection. Hence, according to Ohm's law, the reverse is true
of the current, which is lowest at the top
of the aerial and maximum at the ground.
Going one step further, imagine the receiving set connected in at a point in the
circuit indicated at A (Fig. 1). The cur-
fo/%
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Unique Switching Scheme for Adjustable Con Ill

denser.
plates are arranged as shown in the dia f

gram and are connected to four two -point
switches. The condenser plates can be o"
tinfoil, separated by paraffin paper for re
ceiving or put on glass with some shella
for sending types. The whole should bi,
placed in a box, with the switches outsid)
in any convenient place. One more two'1
point switch and 32 more plates can b.
added and the capacity is doubled.
Care should be taken not to put all th
switches to the right, as it will short -circus
the other instruments.
Contributed by
C. J. FITCH. I
Curve
Vollage curve
10
JO
40
dficro-amperes
Fig. t. Approximat' Graphical Relation of Current and Voltage in Antenna.
'
rent here has c'- mparatively large ampere

value and a comparatively small voltage
value therefore amperage predominates in
the energy induced in the detector circuit.
this condition is best for detectors acting
on the thermo- electric principle, such as
galena, and the signals will of course be
comparatively loud.
The opposite tends to be the case when
the set is connected at a point in the circuit indicated at B. Here the voltage predominates and the voltage in the detector
circuit will be higher than in the previous
case. These conditions are ideal for sets
utilizing the audion. for instance.
The above explains the theory. and now
we will consider the application of these
effects to practise. It is practically impossible to' change the connections as mentioned in the foregoing, but two alternatives remain.
One method (A) that can be utilized to
good effect is to install two ground leads,
with a switch to change from one to the
other. One of these leads should run as
straight as 'possible to the ground connection and the other should possess an inductance, which may consist of about 75
turns of No. 24 C. C. magnet wire wound
on a core 4 inches in diameter.
The other method (B) is to install a
D. P. D. T. switch to enable one to throw
the load coil from the aerial to the ground
SIMPLE VARIABLE CONDENSE

SWITCH.
The following is the description of

variable condenser switch which will worl
on either sending or receiving types. Thy
fig.1
63
TUBULAR VARIABLE
DENSER.
COW,
This condenser may be constructed al

most entirely of parts to be found abou
the average amateur workshop. The di;'i
mensions may be varied to suit conditions
but the author has found the followin f
dimensions most satisfactory: Length o"
outer tube, 51/ inches ; diameter of outer..
tube, 4 inches ; length of inner tube, 531
inches ; diameter of inner tube, 3% inches
A wire soldered to the bottom make
connection with the outer tube, while con,
nection with the inner one is made to
means of a slider of phosphor bronz
which presses on the brass red as shown it
the illustration.
A layer of Empire cloth, or oiled linen
is secured around the inner cylinder by i
thin coating of shellac, or, better, beeswax
The uprights are composed of oak and,.
finished with shellac. The base is bes I
made of slate. This instrument possesse
great ease of adjustment, and there is n
possibility of a short circuit.
Contributed by
EARL E. NEWLIN.
Groove
turned au/ i) lathe.
Home -Made Tubular Variable Condenser.
lead. It is understood if you only us

mineral detectors it is unnecessary to hav
two leads, and if audions are used ex
elusively connect the load coil in the groun
lead permanently.
The diagrams appended show the con
nections of the switches for the use o
those who use both the audion and miner
detectors as receptors.
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FFICIAL LIST OF LICENSED RADIO AMATEURS NOT TO APPEAR IN ANNUAL GOVERNMENT CALL BOOK
TILL SEPTEMBER, 1916.
Amateur Radio Stations Licensed by the Bureau of Navigation During the Month of November, 1915. (Continued.)
r-Call
signal.
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IS
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SECOND DISTRICT.
Call
signal.
8HL
Power,
kilowatts.
Owner of station.
Location of station.
Summerville, Chris. ... 4 Jones PI., Yonkers, N. Y
Teets, Albert S.
Hillside Ave., Peekskill, N. Y
Weller, William W.... 982 Linton Ave., New York, N. Y
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8CN
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8 VU
8AMB
8IU
8PE
THIRD DISTRICT.
3KR
KS
S
KH
KT
)IK
KV
KW
LV
Anderson, Rch'd J..

Ault, Arthuri K
Bernhard, William ..
Don Bosco Institute.
Elder, Luciu W
2510 26th St., N. Wildwood, N. J.

1152 Columbia Ave., Baltimore, Md.
2119 Fairmount Ave., Baltimore, Md,
507 S. 9th St., Philadelphia, Pa
407 Wayne Ave., Wayne, Pa.
Geiglcin, He;Iry S...

Griscom, Samuel B..
McDowell, A. P., Jr..
Mehring, Charles, Jr
Podemski, Paul
Samaha, Edv and F
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Carpenter St., Philadelphia, Pa
41
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414 Retly St., Harrisburg, Pa

1602 Beulah St., Philadelphia, Pa
2
8JG
80W
8L0
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2583 W, Fayette St., Baltimore, Md.

32 Walnut St., Salem, N. J
SJH
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Oriental St., Atlantic City, N. J
8VA
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EIGHTH DISTRICT.
Owner of station.
Blake F. B.
Boardman, Thos. H....

Burton, James F
Eaton, Floyd W
Fisher, George C
Goodrich Harry ......
Kane, Vim. C., Jr
Koch, Frank .,.
Kohnitz, Harvey F
Lord Harry R
Mitchell, Edward H
Nabring, Franklin .....
Newbold, James L.....
Nichols Raymond B.
Vonder'haar, Elliott ..,
Ziska, Alfred
Power,
kilowatts.
Cattaraugus, N. Y
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813 Lincoln Ave., Port Huron, Mich
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345 Whitman Ave., Bloomsburg, Pa.
1
olvay, N. Y
1901 Milton Ave.
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546 Utah St., Toledo, Ohio
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443 North Ave., Girard, Ohio
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221 Reservoir Ave., Rochester, N.Y.
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3402 Highland Ave., Cincinnati O..
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104 Maple Ave., Plymouth, Mich.
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531 Beach Ave., ambridge Spgs, Pa.
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539 Main St., Findlay, Ohio
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52 Foster Ave., Norwalk, Ohio.
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111 Orchard St., Solvay, N, Y
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Cattaraugus, N. Y.
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123 Valencia Ave., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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7704 Brinsmade Ave., Cleveland, O..
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FOURTH DISTRICT.
IBreck, Charles
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;Coleman, Jess B
Mount, Robt. H
Logan Ave., Atlanta, Ga
NINTH DISTRICT.
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9WL
9NO
9WN
9KB
FTH DISTRICT.
811
17th St., Temple, Texas
Pineville,
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SIXTH DISTRICT-None.
9W0
Bierbach, Werner
Coquilette, Glenn E
Ferdinand, Harry P
Forbes, Henry C
Garrett, Sherman
Kelley, Eugene V
655 S. Delaware Ave., Milwaukee.

117 Hutchins St., Woodstock
1815 School
Ill...
St.,
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Rockford, Ill..,,..
3532 11th Ave. S. Minneapolis....

504 W. Wash. St., Champaign, Ill...
1311 W. Maple Ave., Independence,
Mo.
2023 Talbott St., Indianapolis, Ind..
2705 Highland Pl., Indianapolis, Ind.
9WI
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Silverton, Ore,
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Nell, Edward, Tr
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511 Terry Ave., eattle, Wash
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Reeder, Vern Ir
9G
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324 N. I St., tacoma Wash
1
9SV
Ruzek, Oscar E...
Flat Rock, Mich.
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111 E. 48th St., Portland, Ore
K
9WM
Smith, Stanley
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1552 E. 61st St., Chicago, Ill
4745 11th Ave.,
V
.E., Seattle, Wash
Smith, Wallace W
9IM
13 Eastover Park, Louisville, Ky.
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Deep River, Wash.
IN
9W1.
1218 Lafayette St., Ft. Wayne Ind
Struver, Harold W
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Snohomish, Wash.
D
Taferl Electric Co
9CIS
W. Jefferson St., Louisville, Ky
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7856 Stroud Ave., Seattle, Wash
u
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Teetor, Macy O
Hagerstown, Ind.
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1215 Hudsn St.,Pt Townsend, Wash
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Thomas, Carroll W
9WK
746 16th St., Milwaukee. Wis
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1316 Columbia St., Seattle. Wash
W
Zimmerman, Clinton J 117 S. Washington St., Buquoin, Ill
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9FY
Nom-Hereafter, all power will be stated in kilowatts instead of watts. All stations using power up to and including 500 watts will be rated as .5 kilowatt
ions; all stations using power above 500 watts up to and including 1,000 watts will be rated as 1 kilowatt sta ions. This will be carried out in the List of
lio Stations of the t nited States, 1916 edition.
SEVENTH DISTRICT.
If
Adams, Alit.; 1 L.
Cavender, Hr. ward M
Cook, Richar.l H
Gale Charles W
Kraft, Vincent I
Nelson bilkko
Noel, Lionel S
O'Dell, Chari ss M
Rasmussen, \ ggo P
Willis, Cecil D
Amateur Radio Stations Licensed by the Bureau of Navigation Durin
the Month of December, 1915.
FIRST DISTRICT.
all
gnal
Allen, George
Bailey, Philip
\Z
3A
31(
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3J
3L
3V
3T
3C
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3Q
30
3D
3F
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1G
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3V
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Owner of cation.
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Barker, Gilliam D
Bates. Roger 'r
Beattie, Robent.
Bent, Arthur .'.
Bliss, Donald FI
Brackett, Walter F......
Brockington, Harry G...
Burke, Henry M
Campbell, Joni A
Carr, Albert I
Coolikoff, Jacob
Clark, Charles V
Crie, Oscar H
Crosby, Leslie W
Donahue, Frank J
Donnelly, Gcc:ge F.....
Eddy, James I'
Engel, Richard B
Fitch, Clinton
Frank, Louis C.
Goularte, Manuel L.....
Gould, Clyde 8.
Graves, William S
Guilmette, Edward J....
16 Bacon St., Waltham. Mass

64 Washington St., Middletown, Conn.
19 Channing St., Newport, R. I
184 Pine St., Wollaston, Mass
21 County Road, Everett, Mass
84 Commonwealth Ave., Boston, Mass
12 Dcan St., Attleboro, Mass
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1048 Julia St., Elizabeth, N. J.

40 Oakwood Av., Up. Montclair, N. J.
206 High St.. Brooklyn, N. Y
30 Center St.. New York, N. Y.
85 N. 120th St., Rockaway Pk., N. Y.
135 Waverly Pl., New York. N. Y
423 4th Ave. Neward, N. H
156 N. Arlington Av.. E. Orange, N. J
324 Reid Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y
18 Spruce St., Bloomfield, N. J...
1464 Seabury Pl., New York, N. Y...
237 Prospect St.. E. Orange, N. J
125 High St., Nutley, N. J.
3W1-1
3AAJ
3AEM
3ADA
30H
3AAG
3WI
3ADL
3AKE
3MT
3RO
3MZ
31V\V
350
3UB
30A
3UE
3QE
3NR
3AAP
3V0
3QA
3AAC
3AAP
3OR
30Q
3WG
4CZ
4CY
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Power
kilowatts.
62 Chestnut St., Albany. N. Y
511 Ave. A., Bayonne, N. J
142 N. 15th St., E. Orange, N. J.
97 W. 34th St., Bayonne. N. J .
185 N. 16th St., East Orange, N. J
1017 South Ave.. Westfield, N.
122 Guion Ave., Richmond Hill, N. Y
82 17th Ave., Newark, N. J
Ruhlmann. Ernest R
Jr
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THIRD DISTRICT.
30J
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Schaefer, Regnell C
Smith, Clarence B.,
Squire, Milford
Wak, Henry.
2AQ
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2CQ
2UY
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Mulligan, Harry G
Oliver, Geo. E
Pruden, Harold M
2J
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9 Fairlee St., Somerville, Mass

8 Decatur St., Worcester, Mass.
112 Broadway, Chelsea, Mass
25 Pierce Ave., Beverly. Mass
Owner of station.
2GO
2UV
2JP
SECOND DISTRICT.
Adams. Earl F
Atwater, Charles K
Bergner, James A.
Booth, Sherman F
Byrne, William
Carruthers, David
Foster, Dudley E
Fricke, Wm. B
Garity, \Vm. E
Haight Russell P.
Katz, Frederick.
Lockwood, Nelson W
McClintock, Ralph W
Call
signal
24 Maple St., Stoneham, Mass

69 Lincoln St., Laconia. N. H.
59 Chatham Road. Everett, Mass.....
Castine, Maine
12 Elmwood Road Swampscott, Mass.
32 Whittier St.. Lynn. Mass
South Meriden, Conn
489 Common St., Belmont, Mass
35 5th St., Medford, Mass
o2 Cottage Pl.. Waterbury, Conn
21 Summit Ave., Brookline, Mass
R. F. D., Fairhaven. Mass
123 Hamilton Ave., Lynn, Mass
Sunapee, N. H
343 Mason St., Woonsocket, R. I.....
28 Norcross Ter., Lynn, Mass
Hallett, Charle, E
Hertz, Wm. F. C., Jr.... 57 S. Water St., New Haven, Conn
71 School St., Sanford, Maine
Keyes, Perley ii:
26 Abbott St., Beverly, Mass
Lynch, Sherm:sa AN
'64 Cutter St., Melrose, Mass.
McHenry. Albert T
Thomaston, Maine.
McKinney, Roscoe H
34 Webster St., Allston, Mass.
Mercer, W. R v
144 Lawton Ave., Lynn, Mass
P
Mooradian, Arum
28 Wensley St. Boston Mass
Murray. James J
Nickerson, Ed, sr W.... 16 Atlantic Ave., Beverly, Mass
2 Winthrop, Danvers, Mass
Pope, Donalo II
Prescott, Earle M....... 6 Lincoln St., Stoneham, Mass
8 Cedar St. Wakefield, Mass
Reid, Ralph A.
Berlin, Conn
Seibert, Leroy G
349 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Sherman, Jose;lI E.
A.
124 Beech St., Roslindale, Mass
Simmons, Minot
15 Lincoln St., Arlington, Mass
Snow, David F
19 Lincoln St., Stoneham, Mass
Stevens, Charles L
394 Riverway, Boston, Mass
Stevens, Louis \V
Taylor, Fredetf: W...... 30 S. Main St.. Attleboro Mass
E
72 Wyman St., Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Turner, Edwin
30 Hastings St., Cambridge, Mass....
Wallace. Wm. II
32 Nelson St., Dorchester, Mass
Wells, Herbert a
37 Peck St.. Attleboro, Mass
Wetherell, Fred L.
Peterboro, N. H
White. I. Davis
SECOND DISTRICT.
Power
kilowatts.
Barron, John H., Jr.....

Berkeley, Kenneth H....
Blair, C. Drewry.
Booz, Walter N.
Bott, James M
Bryan. John D
arroll, Louis, Jr
arnell, Albert H., Jr
Ellis. Edmund K
Enslin, Louis R.
Gardner, Wm. L
Gravely, Willis T
Jodry, Ray S.
Keller, Paul A
Kupp, Clarence L
Lamb, Roland H
Lentz, Arthur F
Lindauer, Herman E
ng, Perry H.
Maul, Gilbert E
Roehm, John A
Schall, John R.
Stevens, Lewis D
Swartz, French V
agner, Laurence E
alker, Donald R
Welke, Paul L
Worley, Robert A.
3022 Abell Ave., Baltimore Md

3422 Center St., N. W., Wash., D. C
1804 Hanover Ave., Richmond. Va
237 W. Pine St., Wildwood, N. J
1011 W. Cumberland St., Phila., Pa...
1927 S. Salford St.. Phila., Pa
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S. New Jersey Av., Atlantic C., N. J.

129 S. Penna. Ave., Atlantic City, N. J.
Bethesda, Md
1731 N. 21st., Phila., Pa.

1612 N. 4th St., Harrisburg, Pa
854 Main St.. Danville, Va
Quincy. Pa
13th St., and Lehigh Ave., Phila., Pa..
451 Lincoln Ave., Pottstown, Pa
1131 Gorsuch Ave., Baltimore, Md....
18 Fairview St., West Catasasqua, Pa.
409 Piedmont Ave., Baltimore, Md..
133 Runnymede Ave., Wayne, Pa.....
Chatham, N. J
666 Union St., Lancaster, Pa
1318 Turner St., Allentown, Pa
5224 Delancey St., Phila., Pa
26 S. N. J. Ave., Atlantic City, N. J..
6077 Allman St., Philadelphia, Pa.....
552 Kohn St., Norristown, Pa
39 S. Stricker St., Baltimore, Md
940 Carteret Ave., Trenton, N. J
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FOURTH DISTRICT.
4DD
4DA
4DB
4DE
4DC
Ashley, Robert C
Cooper. Frank P
Emory University.
Fogarty, John J
Lesley, John L
Moore. Thomas H.,
Peer, Emmitt E
738 4th Ave., N., St. Petersburg, Fla..

717 S. Edison St., Tampa, Fla
Oxford, Georgia
707 Azeele St.. Tampa. Fla.
114
Hyde Park Pl., Tampa. Fla

Spring St., Pensacola, Fla
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Jr... 321 N.
419 Duval St., Jacksonville, Fla
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FIFTH DISTRICT.
SDN
5BO
SDP
5DM
Collins, Wm. A
Floyd, Preston M., Jr
Geren, A. Blanchard
Reid, Kenneth M
Volover, Wm. H
6GA
6DV
Andrews, Gaylerd
Bales, Edward M
Bascom, Carleton V
Bertin, Edwin
Birkeland, Andrew
Carter, E. Stewart
Clark, John H
Curtis, Burbank
Davidson. James D
Deardorff, Ralph W
Duffey, Guy H
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328 Arabella St., New Orleans. La

213 E. Blvd., Baton Rouge, La
1815 W. Gary St., Shreveport, La
1001 Columbus Ave., Muskogee. Okla
624 Eastside Blvd.. Muskogee, Okla
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S XTH DISTRICT.
6EW
6BE
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6JP
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6D.,
6CF
6DE
6RD
(To be continued.)
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4734 Shattuck Ave., Oakland, Cal.

1006 N. Main St., Napa, Cal.
1020 E. 27th St.. Los Angeles, Cal
917 Ave. A, Coronado, Cal
22 Fairmount St., San Francisco, Cal

1639 Formosa Ave., Los Angeles, Cal
316 E. 55th St., Los Angeles, Cal
519 E. 9th St., Long Beach, Cal
462 W. Grand Ave., Pomona, Cal
202 Cypress Ave., Santa Ana, Cal

1622 W. 24th St., Los Angeles, Cal
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The Use and Construction of

By
WHILE most experimenters are familiar with the measurements commonly made in radio work, not
many understand the measurement of "dec-
Decremeter
Milton B. Sleeper
The handle in the center is for the

variable condenser. At the right is the
switch, represented in the diagram of connections by the numbers I, ', :j, 4, 5, G.
though it is far better to keep all the parts)

inclosed, this instrument will work as well
if the essential parts are made according
to the drawings, but mounted on a plain
I'
base.
The
Variable
denser.
Con-
The condenser is o
the rotary type an
ut about
capacity.
Icetter in
to buy a
than to
!0005 mfds.
It is much
most cases
condenser
make one1
ilowever. the homemade one described
here will be satisfac
tory if the instruc lions are closely followed. A list of part:;
is given to help the
builder in getting th
material ready. From
perfectly flat No. 2
gauge aluminum
Front View of Finished Decremeter.
Fig. I.
rement." Since the sharpness of the radiated wave depends upon the decrement (or
damping), this value must be measured if
the tuning characteristics of a transmitter
are to be predetermined or made known.
To reduce the interference as far as possible, the law requires
that the logarithmic
decrement shall not
exceed 0.2.
Several
kinds of decremeters*
Below the switch are binding posts for
connecting any suitable 'phones. Across the

top is arranged a slider which projects
through the slot in the hard -rubber front.
The damping decrement can be read directly from the scale. If it is desired the
sheet, cut out 1('

pieces 21/ x11A, inches.
These are for the,
rotary plates. On tw
mark out the shape"
of the plates asI!!:
shown by 17 in Fig
Clamp the stack
of plates between two blocks of wood
the marked pieces on the outside. Usiit
these as a guide, cut along the liner
with a fine hand jig -saw, well lubri.
cated with kerosene. Drill the holes foi
the shaft, too, while the plates are stil
;
have been developed.

but the one described
here is the simplest.
This type was first
used by the Marconi
Co.: the formula on
which its operation
depends is due to V.
Bjerknes. The construction of the instrument will first be
taken up; then its
use.
Construction
of
Decremeter.
the
Fig. 1 shows the

front of the instru-
ment, while Fig. 2

gives the connections.
At the left of the
front view is the detector. Any mineral
is suitable if it holds
its adjustment well.
Fig.
5.
Rear of Decremeter Switch Board, Showing Slider, Change =Ober Switch, Etc., in Position.
This decremeter was actually built and

checked against a standard instrument.
With a
little care a faithful duplicate can be constructed.
-EDITOR.
decremeter can be calibrated at the Bureau

of Standards, Washington, D. C., but if the
decremeter is carefully constructed it will
be accurate enough for all purposes. Alwww.americanradiohistory.com
clamped. From rectargles 3xl% inches cut

out the nine thin stationary plates and tht
two thick ones, acccording to the draw
ings. Drill the holes around the edges, but
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to the front of the case. The threaded

washers, 9, are to hold the rotary plates in
do not drill the holes for the bearings in

the thick plates. If there are any burrs on
the plates, rub them off with emery cloth.
Washers can usually be purchased. They
must be between 0.063 and 0.062 inches in
thickness. Test each one with a microm-
position on the shaft. To make sure that

both sets of plates have been tightened up
the same amount, try the edges of the assembled rotary plates against the assembled
March, I9tu
shown. The connecting wires have been

omitted to make the drawing clearer. Fig.
5 shows the condenser in position on the
back of the hard -rubber front. The connection wires are left out in this drawing
also.
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3.
eter. In drilling the bearings, 14 and 15,

clamp them to the thick plates and drill
the holes in all of them at the same time;
otherwise the bearings will not be in alignment, and the plates will touch. Now tap
the holes for the screws, 7, which hold the
bearings to the thick plates.
When the stationary plates are finished
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Details of Decremeter Variable Condenser Parts.
Finally, slip the rotary

plates between the stationary ones, put the
bearings on the shaft, and screw them
down in place. When it is time to put the
condenser on the hard -rubber front bend
the spring, 1, to a bow shape. It belongs
on the shaft between the front and the
handle. This spring, pressing against the
turns
2610/rIS-.r
tap
/tap
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The Inductance Coils.

The inductance coils and contact slider
are depicted in detail in Fig. 6. Wind the
long coil, 32, with No. 22 double cotton
covered copper wire. By soldering a piece
of copper foil to the bared wire take taps
at the 26th and 52d turns. Wind the smaller coil with 26 turns of No. 22 double cot-
stationary ones.
0/e
26 turns
re
qr
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hol.
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Fig.
6.
go on the screws 8
to
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Inductance Coils, Slider, Rod and Scale for Same, and Other Details.
ssemble them on the screws, 8. The ends

f the pieces 11, which have the smaller
keep the plates
the ends with the larger holes are

Iior the screws 7, which hold the condenser
;
t/7ictr,
/6
holes,
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fi
handle, will hold the plates in any position.

The nuts, 6, hold the plates from being
pulled out of alignment by the spring. In
the side view of the assembled instrument,
Fig. 4, the complete condenser is clearly
ton covered copper wire. The completed

coils are shown in Fig. 4 as they appear
when held in place by the straps 40.
Be very careful in laying out the scale 45.
Divide the 8 -inch space into 100 equal parts.
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rMarch, 1916
This makes a place for the narrow part of

the slider handle, 34, to fit in. Solder the
contact, 39, to the bottons
of the tube. Now fasten
the handle to the slider
by means of escutcheon
pins or small rivets, put
through the holes in the
handle and the side pieces
42.
Fit the pointer, 36,
tightly in the Bole of the
handle. Be sure to put
the completed slider ou
the rod. 44, before bending
the rod in the shape indicated 'by the drawing.
Make sure, also, that the
contact is on the right
side of the rod.
These parts finished, we may
Then make the divisions for the decrement

readings as given in the table below:
Number of Graduation Marks on the Scale with

Decrement Readings.
leery.
DecrcDeerenient:
men:.
Scale.
Scale.
nient.
Scale.
I
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
0.378
0.344
0.314
0.292
0.272
0.258
0.242
0.230
0.220
0.210
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
..
0.2 00
....0.194
....0.186
....0.1811
....0.174
....0.168
....0.162
....0.158
....0.154
49
50
55
60
65
70
80
90
100
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ELECTRICAL
....0.15'1
....0.146
....0.123
....0.110
....0.104
....0.096
....0.082
....0.07.2
....0.064
'Legal limit.
When the scale is in position on the

hard- rubber front move it until the pointer
is on the zero mark, when the slider contact is on the 26th turn of the larger ink
637
sired on cupboards, little closets and shop

doors to keep out undesirable parties. The
fly.
start constructing the changeover switch.
[fit
Fig.
End View of Decremeter with Cabinet Board Removed.
4.
the sec-
common method of opening these locks is

to use secret contacts, such as two nails, the
circuit being closed by a coin or niece of
metal.
The lock herewith described has many
of the advantages of the above, but is in
the forni of a combination and can be
opened by no one save those who know
the prearranged setting of the lock.
The materials needed are 3 switch levers,
30 contact points, 1 push button, 2 or 3
good dry cells and an electric door opener.
The circuits and wiring diagram are shown
in Fig. 1. A, B and C are the switch
levers. Ten contacts are used per switch
and arranged on a 1 -inch board, 81/zx4%
inches. After the levers and contacts are
arranged the combination is to be decided
upon and hooked up accordingly. In the
illustration the combination is 6-3-1. It
will be seen that unless switch lever A is
on contact 6, switch lever B on contact 3
and switch lever C on contact 1, it will be
impossible, upon pushing the button, to
open the door upon which the electric lock
D is fastened. A great variety of combinations can be had. it being possible to arrange 1.000 different settings with the
scheme illustrated.
The appearance of the finished device
will be as shown in Fig. 2. It should be
screwed, or preferably, bolted, to the door
upon which it is placed. All wiring is
of this paper on the

"instruction of a dccremeter
ond part
Ile. Sleeper explains how to

use saute for measuring wave
length, decrement, etc. Don't
miss it!-Ed.]
WAVE LENGTH
DAMPING.
AND
It is a little known fact that

the Government pays little or
no attention to a highly
damped wave under 200 meters,
whereas it reprimands and
punishes amateurs who use a
wave length in excess of 200
Pig. z. Wiring Diagram for Parts of Decremeter.
meters. Select the lesser evil
ductance. This must be done carefully if to avoid fines. However, for maximum
the meter is to be accurate.
range the decrement should be kept down.
LIST OF PARTS.
Drawing
Number
1
Name of Part
2 Pointer for handle

3 Washers to hold connection wires
4 Connection piece for bearing
5 Screw for making connection to No. 4
6 Nuts to adjust plates.....
7 Screws to fasten bearings to outside plates
7 Screws to fasten No. 11 to front of case
8 Screws to hold stationary plates together; goes in No. 11
to hold rotary plates

rotary plates
Pieces to hold stationary plates to front
9 Washers
10 Shaft for
11
12 Separators for fixed plates

13 Separators for rotary plates.
14 Bearing nearer front of case
15 Bearing at back
16 Handle
17 Rotary plates
18 Outside stationary plates; fasten bearings to
19 Inside stationary plates
x p4 gauge
/16 diam.
them
Nuts to screw on either side of No. 30

Pointer for handle
Switch contacts
Spring to go under handle
Washers for connections
25 Pins to stop contacts.
26 Screws to hold No. 31 to front of case.
27 Screws to hold connections.
"x 1 4" diam.

."x 134" diam.
"x 13.f" diam.
25 gauge, 21/" diam.
16 gauge, 3" diam.
25 gauge. 3" diam.
Hard rubber
Hard rubber
Hard rubber
10 Aluminum
2 Aluminum
9 Aluminum
1
1
1
34"x 1 /16" diam.

1 "x
, 24 gauge
1 "x34" 24 gauge
1/32"x 52/16" diam. 5 -32" hole
34 "x 1 /16" diam.
Y ", 8-32 thread
", 8 -32 thread
't 8-32 thread

y"" diam.
s x 13t diam.
34 "x 2 5/16" diam.
11 "x 34 diam.
x3' diam.
2
1
12
2
2
6
4x
2tx 3'x 1/432"
1234' x 534'x 3/16"

1134 "x 435
3x 34
11/ 16 "x34,
2
2
2 10/16 "x 414' x3"
To assemble the slider, first solder the
To
opposite sides of 38 solder the pieces 42.
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Handy Electric "Combination" Lock for Drawers, Tool Boxes, Etc.
AN ELECTRIC COMBINATION
LOCK.
Oa
IIII
.ed?
Hard rubber
Mahogany
Mahogan
Mahogany
A secret electrical lock is frequently de-
Os
Brass, round head

Brass
Seasoned wood
Brass
Celluloid
2"x 3 diam.
11 "x34"x3"
9 "x 34"x 1/64"
so
fig. 2
Brass
3/16' , 6-32 hread

34"x 3i "x 1/32"
1245, "x 2
.!
Os
Roo ddrav
Brass
Brass
Brass. round head
Brass
Spring brass
3f "x 3 /i6 "x 3/16"

3' x 34" 24 gauge
to front of case.
Well-seasoned wood
dbw
Brass
Hard rubber
i"
42 Pieces to hold slider handle

43 Core for small coil
44 Slider rod
45 Scale
46 Front of case
47 Back of case
48 Top and bottom of case
49 Ends of case
OQ
Hard rubber
Hard rubber
Hard rubber
x 9/16 "x
1 x3g sq. i.d. 3/16" sq. o.d.
34/x 1/ 16" diam.
5/16' ,2-56
-56 th ead
38 Support for slider handle
Brass
Spring brass
Spring brass
Brass
Brass
Brass, round head
Brass, round head
Brass
obi
oyf
os
2 Brass
29 Handle.
30 Movable contact holder
31 Stationary contact holder
32 Core for large coil
33 Screws to fasten coil holders to case
34 Handle of slider
35 Tube for slider
36 Pointer for slider handle.
37 Screws to fasten slider rod to front of case
Brass
/3ry' x b/16" diam. 9/64 hole 2 Brass

1 Brass
13/16 "x 34 "x 24 gauge
1 Brass
y ". 6-32 thread
2 Brass
8-32 thread
5/16 ", 8 -32 thread
6 Brass
5/16", 8-32 thread
3 Brass
3 Brass
1". 6-32 thread
/32"x 34' diam. 8.32 T
2 Brass
1 Brass
23f ", 8-32 thread
3,4''x 3/16" diam. 8-32 and 6 -32
3 Brass
thread
1 /16 "x1.364" diam. 9/64 "hole 30 Brass
5/32"
hole
9 Brass
1 /16"x34
diam.
8-32 thread
28 Shaft
Spring brass
34
21
22
23
24
piece 38 on the middle of the tube 35.
34
20
39 Contact for slider

40 Coil holders
41 Screws to hold scale
y
9/16'
1
Material
Pieces
Size
Spring to go on shaft under handle.
taken to the inside of the door to prevent

anyone meddling with the circuits.
Contributed by
A. R. DARLING.
THE
638
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
An Electro -Magic Skull

By
MOST readers of this journal are undoubtedly familiar with the "rapping skull" used by stage magicians, but are possibly doubtful as to how
it really works. Several of these schemes
Fig.
z.
Circuit Arrangement for the Mystic Skull.
have been developed by different workers

in the field, and one of these is herewith
described in detail.
The general principles upon which this
trick works are as follows: A sensitive microphone, A (Fig. 1), of the carbon ball
type, is connected in circuit with a relay, B
(see also Fig. 2, D), and its armature circuit is linked with a motor, C, and battery.
Upon the motor shaft a proper circuit
breaker is placed and the latter is connected in series with a powerful electromagnet, D', actuating an iron armature, E,
which is connected to a rod, F, operating
lever G, which is fastened to the (balanced) lower jaw of the skull, as perceived. Now, when you speak or produce
any sounds near the instrument, the microphone will be disturbed, operating the relay, which will connect and work the motor, and in turn the circuit breaker. Consequently the electromagnet D' is put in
operation andSthe result is that the jaw is
pulled up by the action of the rod F, actuated by the magnet. When the current is
released the slightly overbalanced weight
of the jaw will cause it to drop back. The
arrangement herewith shown will only
cause a double rap of the jaw, but the
number of them may be varied by increasing the number of segments on the circuit
breaker.
The writer will unfold the details of his
apparatus and thereby the experimenter
will be enabled to build such a device for
amusing his friends. It is certainly very
amusing to witness the astonishment of the
visitors when the skull is operated.
The constructional details of the individual apparatus are shown in Fig. 2. The
electromagnet "A" is made to size, as perceived, and is fully wound with No. 22 B.
The circuit
& S. copper magnet wire.
breaker "B" consists of a disc revolved by
a motor and which makes contact with a
brass strip located at the bottom of the
base, as depicted. The relay "C" is made
of two bell magnets actuating an iron armature carrying a contact point which coacts upon a second point, as seen. Connections for the various parts are shown in
drawing "D." Practically any kind of re-
homer Vanderbilt
lay can be advantageously used. The transmitter is of the supersensitive type and
which can readily be made by following the
instructions given in the November, 1915,
issue of this journal on page 333 in an
article entitled "How to Build a Dictaphone." After these various instruments
are made they should be properly arranged
as portrayed in Fig. 1 and connected as
shown in "D," Fig. 2. The instrument is
now ready to be used. The only thing necessary to operate the jaw of the skull is to
talk or blow a whistle, which will affect
the transmitter and in turn the jaw, thereby causing it to rap very mysteriously.
In conclusion several points may be mentioned which if followed will make the ap-
paratus work and appear much more professional. Firstly, the contact disc had
best be geared up to the motor, so that it
makes about one revolution to 20 or more
of the motor shaft. Again, the skull should
be arranged so that it may be picked up
from the stand and shown to the audience.
At Fig. 3, "E," is indicated how a separa
ble rod joint, X, may be contrived, enabling
the operator to remove the skull easily for
inspection. An indirect electrical method is
the best way in which to actuate the jaw.
At Fig. 3, "G," is perceived how the electromagnet D may influence magnetically
an iron disc, X., joined to the movable
jaw, as usual, by a lever or wire. This
These latter schemes are merely suggestions that may be used to give the apparatus a professional appearance. A final
word; it is absolutely necessary to mount
the cabinet on a solid support, otherwise
vibration will cause it to operate of its own
Pivot
/teight.r
Jku//Jow
Lever rod
Tob/etop)
Jorr
/ron disc A
fig. 3
rig. 3. Details of Jaw Actuating Mechanism
accord and spoil the whole illusion.
VALUE OF RADIO TO VESSELS IN

DISTRESS.
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Assembly Details of Mystic Skull in

Cabinet.
permits of minute inspection by the audience. Again, the effect can be attained by
placing an aluminum ring in the jaw (properly balancing the jaw to make it work
easily) and an alternating current electromagnet, by induction, will repel the ring
(and hence the jaw also) whenever it is
energized.
During the fiscal year 1915 the radio inspectors of the United States Navigation
Bureau reported 26 cases of vessels leaving
our ports whic'i met with accident or disaster, requiring the use of wireless to summon assistance. Four of these were from
fire; 12 were from running ashore, stranding, or getting into an ice jam; 3 were
from the breakage of machinery; 4 resulted
from collisions; 1 from shifting of cargo; 1
vessel was storm -battered and waterlogged ; and 1 was torpedoed. Excepting
in the case of the "Lusitania," which was
torpedoed, the assistance thus rendered resulted in but two lives being lost. Since
the close of tie fiscal year the following
disasters have occurred:
On Sept. 13, 1915, the Fabre Line steamship "Sant' Anna," bound from New York
to Naples with 1,700 Italian reservists and
crew aboard, caught fire in mid -ocean and
all persons on board were saved. The
S O S call 'brought the steamship "Ancona"
to the assistance of the disabled vessel and
600 persons were taken off. The "Sant'
Anna" then proceeded to port, convoyed by
the "Ancona," and the entire 1,700 passengers and crew saved.
Six days after the "Sant' Anna" disaster,
the Greek liner "Athinai," bound from
New York to Piraeus, caught fire in mid ocean and was abandoned by the passengers
and crew, numbering 470. The call for assistance was answered by the steamships
"Tuscania" and "Roumanian Prince"; 341
persons were taken on board the "Tuscania," the remaining 129 being taken off
by the "Roumanian Prince." The vessel
was entirely destroyed.
The use of radio apparatus on vessels
carrying passengers, or with 50 or more
crew, is now accepted as essential to the
safety of those on board, and the report of
the "Athinai" shows conclusively that many
persons might have been lost and perhaps
the cause of the disaster never known had
not this vessel been equipped with radio
apparatus.
ri
March, 1916
THE
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
How to Build a Photophone

Those who arc experimenting with
selenium will find this manometric flame
very useful in their research work. It can
be employed in transmitting wireless telephone messages by the use of a light beam
the center of the back fur securing a brass

tube B. This tube should be well soldered
on the back and is used for transmitting
the gas to the tip. Another tube C of the
same size is secured on the bottom of the
case, and this a l s o
should be soldered,
and is connected to
an acetylene gas generator by means of a
rubber tube. The
diaphragm is next
provided, which consists of goldbeater's
or pig's bladder skin
of very light quality.
First the latter is laid
across the case with
its cover removed
and the skin is then
tightly stretched
across the edge of
the box, and finally
the cover is placed
over the diaphragm.
This is firmly pressed
into its proper place.
The edge of the cover
is next soldered a 11
around the case in
order to make it perfectly gas -tight.
Having finished all
this, a hole is made
in the upright wooden
Fig. I. The Completed Photophon,.
standard 10 inches
acting upon a selenium cell. It can also from the bottom and 2 inches from the
be successfully employed in recording voice side. The tube B is now carefully inserted
sounds by the addition of a revolving mir- through this hole and firmly held in place
by applying some sealing wax around the
ror.
The complete apparatus as shown in Fig. tube. An ordinary acetylene gas tip is procured and placed over the end of the tube
1 was built by William J. Hammer, of New
York. A selenium cell is placed behind the as observed.
A small selenium cell is now placed in
flame -tip as perceived and is connected in
back of the flame tip. This is held in
series with two batteries and 'phones, as
photograph shows. In Fig. 2 the con- position by means of two brass strips,
structional details are given. The very which are screwed on to the hase by wood
first thing to build is the stand, which conscrews. Two binding posts are next
sists of two strips of well- seasoned wood placed on the upright support and these are
of either oak or mahogany. It should be connected to the cell, which in turn is conmade of 3/4-inch stock, and the details of nected in series with a telephone receiver
and several batteries, as the photograph
same are given in both figures.
The most important apparatus of this depicts.
The experimenter who is not familiar
outfit is the instrument A, which causes
variations in the flame at the tip, and this with the working principle of this instruis made from an old shoe blacking can. ment will .find the following simple exThe can is first thoroughly cleaned by ap- planation quite satisfactory: At first, when
the gas enters the chamber, a
.se/eniumcei/\
straight flame is produced at
the tip; but as soon as one begins to talk near the diaphragm
,acety/Pne,burner
Con
at A the volume of gas is int40
terrupted, and consequently the
SR/i7 diotrorA
flame is varied in brilliancy,
this being directly proportional
to the intensity of the sound
against the diaphragm. Therefore the change in the voice
/'ubbertubing
will be reproduced in the flame,
and in consequence will affect
the sensitive selenium cell,
which then operates the telephone receiver according to the
Bicycle
variation of resistance. As
oce/y/ene
this is governed by the gas
generator ME
flame, therefore the voice is acMEI
MEN
curately duplicated at the receiver by merely talking against
/O
the skin diaphragm. Of course,
it should be understood that
the selenium cell can be placed
Fig. z. Details of Photophone and Assembly.
at any distance from the flame,
plying hot water and a rag; after this is
light will be required. This principle, greatdone a 1 -inch hole is made in the cover, as
ly enlarged upon, as by using an electric arc
seen in Fig. 2. This can be made by
lamp, has enabled speech to be transmitted
for several miles; one record attained by
either drilling or else sawing it out with a
jeweler's saw. A A -inch hole is drilled in the late Herr Ruhmer having been 14 miles.
639
RHEOSTAT FOR SMALL MOTORS.
This rheostat is composed of a baseboard, eight hardwood blocks and a strip

of wood for the top piece, used as a binder.
The blocks are % inch thick, 1'/, inches
wide and 4 inches long. A hole is made
through both ends of the block, through
which one end of wire is passed. The
wire is then wound around the block, taking care to wind it evenly and leave about
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Parts and Assembly of Rheostat for Controlling

Small Motors.
Put the wire

Mc inch between each strand.
through the opposite hole and clip it off,
leaving just enough wire so that connections may easily be made. This step is
shown in Fig. 1.
When the eight blocks are wound mount
them at the rear on the base -board ; cut in
the design shown in the drawing, the rear
measuring 9 inches from A to B in Fig. 4.
Screw the strip to each one of these blocks
as shown in figure. The switch may be
made of suitable metal 3 inches longs
inch wide. At one end glee half of a spool
When completed it
as shown in Fig. 2.
should look like Fig. 4.
The connections are made as follows :
Coil Nos. 1 and 2 are connected at the bottom, Nos. 2 and 3 are connected at the top,
and so on to the end. The leading -in current is connected at pole H, and so on to
J, while the leading -out wire is made fast
to pole I.
The switch arm is moved over to he first
contact point, which starts the current
through wire A down through coil 1, up
coil 2, down coil 3, up 4, and thus through
Wiring Diagram for Rheostat Resistance Units
and out wire G. Should this offer too

much resistance, move the switch to contact 2, which sends the current through
wire B, up through coil 2, down 3, up 4, etc.,
and thus out wire G.

The contact points and binding posts may
be made or bought at very low cost.
JACK CRANDALL.
Contributed by
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ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
This department will award the following monthly prizes: FIRST PRIZE. $3.00: SECOND PRIZE, $2.00; THIRD PRIZE. $L00.
The idea of this department is to accomplish new things with old apparatus or old material, and for the most useful, practical and original idea submitted
For the best ideas submitted a prize of $3.00 will be given; for the second hest
to the Editors of this department, a monthly series of prizes will be awarded.
idea a $2.00 prize, and for the third best a prize of $1.00. The article need not be very elaborate, and rough sketches are sufficient.
will make the me.
chanical drawings.
FIRST PRIZE $3.00.
SECOND PRIZE $2.00.
THIRD PRIZE $1.00.
A SIMPLE DOOR BELL ALARM.

An easily made switch for ringing a bell
to let me know when anyone opens the
door of my shop is here described.
A metal strip (A), preferably of copper, should be bent into a small circle at
the middle to fit over the doorknob bar.
A small bolt will draw it up tight around
this bar at (B). Place between the prongs
and fasten to the door a metal strip (C)
and the device is complete.
By connecting a battery and bell as
shown a slight turn of the knob either way
will throw one prong or the other against
(C), completing the circuit and ringing the
bell.
USING WINDOW -LATCH AS A

SWITCH.
POST CARD PROJECTOR.

The materials required for this device are
two electric lamps and two sockets. Also
two pieces of tin 5x5 inches, "B" ; two
strips of tin 1x4 inches, "C," bent as
shown two small hinges, "D" ; a lens having about 5 inches focal length, "E," and
some pieces of hard wood.
From the hard wood construct a box II
x51Yzx51/2 inches, as shown in illustrations.
Then put the lamps, reflectors, lens, door
with post card holder and hinges on same
an i conne't lamps with batteries. To operate put the postal or other picture in holder,
close the door and take the machine into a
dark room. Then hang a curtain 7x5 feet
on the wall and focus the lens.
Contributed by
ARTHUR PAUL.
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A window -latch can be used as a single pole, single -throw switch by connecting
your wires as shown in the diagram or by
Door- /rt7ob
C sing Window Latch as Burglar Alarm.
Beii
e--e
connecting the wires as on an ordinary

single -pole, single- throw switch. The latch
may be of any metal. This is useful for
closed -circuit burglar alarm circuits.
Contributed by BERNARD COHEN.
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A SOMEWHAT DIFFERENT ELEC-
TRIC BELL.
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The bell herewith illustrated is very simple, but a few words may make its construction clearer. It differs from the ordinary style of bell in that it has a hinged
armature instead of a spring one. The
clapper holder A is made from a piece of
heavy copper. A hole is drilled and tapped
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METHOD OF THREADING HOLES

IN CARBON AND OTHER
MATERIALS.
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"A catalog, two binding posts and a

buzzer."
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one Perm//
focu.sing.
DRY CELLS SHOULD BE DATED.
Contributed by C. REX GILBERT.
"I hear, old man, that you are going in

wireless. What have you got toward
for
it ?"
J'J't/q
Home-Made Post Card Projector.
Electric Call Bell Attachment for Door Knobs.
THE INITIAL STEP.
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ref/ec%r
Small lobe /n
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The following is a suggestion for threading holes in pieces of carbon and other
material without taps. Bore a hole in the
carbon a little deeper and with a larger
diameter than the length and diameter of
the screw you intend using. Then nick the
edge of the hole with a file or saw. Melt
sufficient lead to pour into the hole, and
while the lead is still in a molten state insert the screw. When the lead has hardened the screw may be removed with a
screw -driver.
Contributed by
PHIL TAUB.
An Electric Bell of Radical Des gm
to take an 8 -32 brass machine screw. A

further hole is then made in the base into
which the screw will fit very tightly. Before putting the clapper holder on a brass
Dry batteries are useful for many experimental purposes, but have the disadvantage of giving no external indication of
being ruts down. It is a good plan, therefore, to label each cell with the date on
which it was put into use. This is especially useful in connection with electric
bells, for if a defect occurs one must suspect either the bell, the battery or the wiring. If the battery is seen to have been
in service for a long while, it will be advisable to try a new cell rather than spend
much time testing the wires or adjusting
the bell.
H. J. GRAY.
Contributed by
nut should be put on the screw for conIn
venience in making the connection.
operation the bell works as follows: \\Then
a current flows through the magnets the
armature is drawn up against the pole
pieces which actuate the clapper. When the
clapper strikes the bell the arm of A should
just barely be clear of the armature, thus
breaking the circuit. The armature drops
back before the clapper and when the latter
drops the circuit is again completed.
SELMER WICK.
Contributed by
THE
March, 1916
AN ELECTRICAL WATER LEVEL
INDICATOR.
A novel forni of electrical water level
gauge is described by a writer in Power.
This arrangement is particularly adapted
to gauge the depth of water in shallow
pans or reservoirs, where, for instance, the
total depth is only 5 inches froni'the overflow outlet to the bottom of the pan. A
float of the usual type was tried, but found
to be impracticable. As the illustration
shows, a 200 -watt, 2 -coil A. C. transformer
was connected with a pair of lamps, which
were in turn connected in multiple to the
water level in the pan. The terminals in
EXPERIMENTER
HOW TO MAKE A PARABOLIC

REFLECTOR.
\\'hen making up electric bicycle headlights, etc., amateur mechanics are in need
641
electroscope that has been charged with

electricity of known sign, either positive or
negative. When the charged body which is
to be tested is brought near to the instrument the leaves diverge more widely if the
sign is the sanie, or collapse if it is opposite.
The usual method of giving the initial
charge to the electroscope by induction is
inconvenient, 'because the induced charge is
of opposite sign to that of the charging
body. By use of the device shown in the
illustration either a positive or negative
charge may be given direct, and, while
strong enough for the purpose, there is no
risk of tearing the gold leaves by overcharging.
Tronsf
Parabolic Reflector Made from
Canopy.
4C-supply
fE
Unique Water Les el Indicating Scheme.
the tank were a pair of arc lamp carbons,

one having been adjusted to make contact
with the water just before the pan became
dry. One side of the transformer was
grounded as perceived. One of the lamps
was red, while the other was left plain; a
red light indicating overflow, while a white
light denoted safe water level. No light
indicated no water in the tank.
Y
ELECTRICAL
SHORT DISTANCE TELEPHONE.
Chums can communicate with each other

very easily, using the following system,
provided the distance between their houses

is not much over 200 feet or so.
Connect the following apparatus according to the diagram: B', electric bell; Sw.
S. P. D. T. switch; R, 75-ohm telephone
receiver; B', batteries; P, push button; G',
ground (connected to water pipe) ; L', line
or wire running from one house to the
other.
Operation : When the phones are not in
i
.
PI
l\
..
/%
Brass Fistur.
of a parabolic reflector, which can be mad,

very easily as follows:
Procure from any dealer in electrical supplies a brass fixture canopy of the size
required and cut off part "A" as shown in
illustration. Part "B" will then serve as
the reflector. Then polish the interior and
proceed to silver -plate same. A silver plating fluid can be made by dissolving 1
ounce nitrate of silver in 12 fluid ounces of
soft water and adding 2 ounces cyanide of
potash. Mix this with enough fine whiting
to make it the consistency of thick cream,
and with a piece of clean rag or cotton
apply same to the polished interior of
your reflector. Let it dry and brush off
the whiting and you will have a good, silver- plated parabolic reflector.
Contributed by GEO. NIEDERHOFF.
A SAFETY CHICKEN -COOP.
If one has a chicken -coop and is troubled
with chicken thieves, he may avoid this by

constructing a safety coop.
Take an abundance of wire screen and
surround the coop with it. Fasten it to
the ground so that it is firm. Then take
another screen of the same length and
fasten it to the ground so that it is about
1 inch away from the first screen. Take
batteries and a bell and connect them with
the screens as the diagram shows. Whenever a thief comes to eliminate some of
your fowls, he brushes up against the outside screen or leans against it, and thereby
closes the circuit, ringing the bell which
may be located at any desired place.
Contributed by
J. 'MARCHETTI.
(The author of the above doesn't state
what happens when a strong wind blows or
when a 'non-burglar" accidentally leans
against the fences! Ed.)
il
Miniature Static Generator for Exciting Electroscopes.
A thin brass tube A closed at one end is

attached to a glass handle B with a little
elastic glue or other non- conducting adhesive. A broken "thistle" funnel with the
stem cut short and closed in a blowpipe
flame makes a capital handle. The open
end of the tube must be rounded, or what
amounts to the same thing from an electrical point of view, turned in so that the
sharp edge is inside. This must be lined
with fur. the skin side of the fur being
secured to the metal with glue. A smaller
metal tube C, similarly rounded at the open
end, is secured on the end of a glass rod
D, which serves as an insulating handle.
Mark the large tube "positive" and the small
one "negative." The small tube should be
kept inside the larger one when not in use.
If quickly withdrawn both become oppositely charged, and either may be used for
charging the electroscope or for any other
purpose requiring a very weak charge of
known sign.
H. J. GRAY.
Contributed by
UNIQUE TELEGRAPH SYSTEM.

I thought that it might be of interest to
some readers to know that around Spo-
0
1
A Simple
Short Distance Telephone Set.
use place the blade of switch on L. Now

if you wish to talk to your friend push the
button P several times and then throw the

blade to G. Your friend, hearing the
bell, also throws his blade to G and
says, "Hello!" through the receiver R, and
you hear the reply in your receiver. (This
being used both for transmitter and receiver.)
When the conversation is over the blades
of Sw. must be thrown back to L, making
the line ready for calling again.
Contributed by JAMES R. HOPKINS.
Pressure Against Outer Screen Rings Bell of this

Chicken Thief Alarm.
EXCITER FOR CHARGING ELECTROSCOPES.

It is often necessary to test the polarity
of an electrostatic charge by means of an
elegraph System Utilizing Three Sounders and

Common Battery.
kane, Wash., some of the farmers use the

wire fences for private telephone lines.
The following connections were used by
three of us boys on a telegraph line. In
the diagram herewith, S.S.S. are sounders,
K.K.K. the keys, F.F.F. the ground connections, and B is a battery of either wet
or dry cells. The chief advantage of this
is that there are no switches, also it is an
open circuit system.
Contributed by
JOHN
B.
MOORE.
Shaking the transmitter will 'oftentimes

improve the enunciation on the telephone.
.
THE
1642
FUSE
BATTERY
FOR
CIRCUIT.
While a fuse block is not essential for

a battery circuit, there is a certain satisfaction in following out the general plan of
large power stations, where a properly proportioned fuse is quite indispensable. The
illustration shows a simple fuse block that
can be made by any experimenter, the fuse
itself being quickly renewed when necessary.
The several parts are mounted on a block
of wood A that has been well impregnated
by soaking it in melted paraffine wax. Two
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
AN ELECTRIC IGNITER.
This apparatus is intended for the experimenter who does not possess a spark
coil with which to ignite fireworks or
chemicals at a distance. First wind two
small magnets with No. 20 D. C. C. wire
/ron Arm.
Yee
Test/ude
fblch/orate
and .rogar;
iL109/le/J
=f
March, 1916
pleting the circuit

sounded.
Contributed by
and
the
alarm
is
WILLIAM WILLIAMS.
A HANDY A. C. GENERATING SET.

I give herewith brief description of a
useful A. C. electric generator which can
be made from the parts of an old telephone. Referring to the diagram A is a
telephone magneto, B a telephone induction coil to step down the high voltage of
the magneto to that of small motors, bat
tery lamps, etc. One of the secondan
l'seful Electric Igniter Subject to Remote Control.

and make an iron armature with a spring
Tinfoil Fuse and Block for Battery Circuits.
'
bolts B, B, are passed through the underside, the holes being countersunk to accommodate the heads. The bolts may be an inch
apart, and serve to hold a strip of tinfoil
C, two brass washers shown at D being
used to avoid tearing the foil when tightening up the nuts E, E. The strip of foil
should be of uniform width, except at the
ends, one-eighth inch or less being sufficient for the middle portion. If a small
strip of glass F can be cut from an old
negative or microscope slide and let into
the wood between the bolts it will be an
advantage.
H. J. GRAY.
Contributed by
TELEGRAPHS
MILES.
BUZZER
brass arm and a clip on the end of the

armature. This clip holds the test tube
from overturning. When clip is released,
gravity upsets the tube which contains a
few drops of sulphuric acid. This falls on
a mixture of potassium chlorate and sugar.
Take equal amounts of sugar and potassium
chlorate. This mixture ignites and sets fire
to a fuse.
Contributed by
ROBERT CHANDLER.
MOTOR RAISES AND LOWERS

WINDOW CURTAINS.
A unique device for raising or lowering
Small A.C. Generating Plant with Transformer.
wires of the coil is connected to the con

tact D, the other to the magneto frame.
The primary wires are connected to the
binding posts EE. The base is of wood
and should be of a suitable size. If the
generator is run by a motor small induction coils can be operated nicely.
Contributed by
AN EXPERIMENTER.
A SIMPLE BURGLAR ALARM.

This simple burglar alarm can be attached to any door with very little trouble.
A string, B, is fastened to the knob, A,
by winding it around the knob a few times
then tying. The string is then attached to
a switch, C, which makes a circuit with the
contact when the knob is turned.
Contributed by
CARL HANCOCK.
TWO
In the October issue of your magazine

article where an English
experimenter had sent messages over water
pipes for one- quarter of a mile. He used a
I noticed in an
Raising Window
Shades
by
Motor.
a number of window curtains has been

adopted by a large W.stern school, says a
.swding
Telegraphing by Buzzer.
sensitive galvanometer to receive signals

with.
My method is cheaper and more efficient.
I use a common buzzer and an ordinary
75 -ohm telephone receiver. Both gas and
water pipes are used, and the danger of a
short -circuit by using only water pipes is
averted.
Connect the instruments as at A. The
signals come in exactly like wireless buzzes.
The farthest distance we ever tried was
114 miles, and the signals came in loud and
clear.
We also tried this method along the railroad tracks. B, and it worked over a distance of two miles.
B. SCHUMM.
Contributed by
writer in the Electrical World. As perceived, each curtain has a cord secured
to same, and these all pass over a series of
pulleys down near the floor, and the cords,
in turn, pass to the motor- driven drum, as
indicated in the illustration. In this way
a few turns of the motor will lower or
raise the curtains, according to the direction
in which the motor is driven. These refinements are not, of course, practical in the
ordinary house or hall, but in school or
other buildings where there are a large
number of windows which are to have their
shades repeatedly changed during the day
this scheme should find considerable favor.
AN AUTOMATIC "FIRE" ALARM.
This device is very practical for giving
an alarm of "fire" in any room or shop.
It works on the same principle as the fuse;
Burglar Alarm Employing String to

Doorknob and Switch.
REPAIRING
Electric Fire Alarm Using Sealing Wax Fuses.
a bit of sealing wax being used to break
the circuit. With very little heat, the wax

is melted, the steel spring then snaps
down on the conductor terminal, thus cornwww.americanradiohistory.com
SMALL
LAMPS.
Connect
TUNGSTEN
Don't throw away your burned -out flashlight bulbs. If the bulb itself is not cracked
or broken connect it across the secondary
of a % or 2 inch spark coil and close the
primary circuit for an instant, not longer.
When you test your lamp on a battery circuit you will find that the two ends of the
filament have been welded together and the
light is as good as new.
(This does not always work, but it is
worth trying.-Editor.)
Contributed by
C. M. CROUCH.
THE
March, 1916
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
Shellac, 5 parts of Turpentine, 100 parts of
best Spirits.
10. For Russet Leather Ilaruess. -Mix
together
part of Point Oil, 3 parts of
Common Soap, and heat up to 100 F., then
add 4 parts of Oleic Acid and 1% parts of
Tanning Solution (containing at least 1 -I6
of Tannic Acid.) Stir until cold.
1
S. G.
EMERGENCY BLUE -PRINTING.
EDITED BY'S:GERNSBACK
Under this heading we will publish every month

useful information in Mechanics, Electricity and
Chemistry. We shall be pleased, of course, to have
our readers send us any recipes, formulas, wrinkles,
new ideas etc., useful to the experimenter, which
will be duly paid for, upon publication, if acceptable.
FORMULA NO. 19.

Blackings and Polishes for Leather Harnesses, Etc.
L Harness Blacking. -Melt together 2 oz.
of Mutton Suet, 6 oz. of Beeswax. Add 6
oz. of Sugar Candy, 2 oz. of Soft Soap, 2''
oz. of Lampblack, 112 oz. of Powdered
Indigo. Mix thoroughly and add
of oil of turpentine.
14
pint
Recently I had occasion to make a blueprint drawing in a hurry, but found I did
not have either a frame or the blue -print
paper large enough for the work at hand,
so the following kinks may come in handy
for some readers of your magazine. To
make the frame I took down a picture
from the wall and removed everything except the glass and frame. I then screwed
four pieces of spring copper on it as shown
in the drawing. The size of the picture
frame was 16x20 and, having two backs
for the regular 8x10 photographic frames,
I fixed them up as shown.
This frame
proved to be very serviceable and filled the
requirements which were needed.
To make the blue -print paper proceed as
follows: Obtain a fairly good grade of
drawing paper (Rives or Saxe paper, if it
2. Harness Blacking. -Melt together 4 oz.

of Gelatin, 3 oz. of Gum Arabic, % pint
of Water. Add when dissolved 7 oz. of
Molasses, 5 oz. of Fine Powdered Animal
Charcoal. Heat gently, stirring all the
time until the compound is of proper consistency when cold. Must be kept corked.
3. Polish for Carriage Harness. -Dissolve 3 sticks of black sealing wax in '/>
pint of Alcohol and apply with a sponge.
4. French Blacking
to
-%
7. Vaseline Harness Composition.

oz.
of Prussian Blue in Powder, 4 oz. of
Lampblack, 2 oz. of Molasses, 2 oz. of Soft
Warm and mix together in

a mortar. Then add 6 oz. of Vaseline, 5
oz. of Ceres, 1/a oz. of Yellow Resin. Melt
together and add sufficient turpentine to
give proper consistency. Mix thoroughly.
8. Oil for Farm and Team Harness.Melt 3 lb. pure Tallow, but do not heat it
up to a boil; then pour in gradually 1 lb.
neatsfoot oil, and stir until the mass is
cold. If properly stirred, the two articles
will become thoroughly mixed and the
grease will be smooth and soft; if not well
stirred, the tallow will granulate. Add a
little bone black for coloring.
9. Lacquer for Harness.-5 parts of
Colophony, 1 part of Lampblack, 2 parts of
Mastic, 5 parts of Sandarac, 20 parts of
Castile Soap.
A GOOD
SILVER WASH.
Take 1 ounce of pure nitric acid, 1 silver

dime (or, better, a Canadian five -cent piece,
which is also silver) and 1 ounce of quick -'
silver. These ingredients are now placed
in a glass vessel and left until they are
completely dissolved. Then add a pint of
water and next enough powdered whiting
to make the whole into a powder. This
silver wash may be used on brass, copper,
German silver, etc.
CEMENT FOR ATTACHING GLASS

TO METAL.
Take about 2 ounces of a thick solution

of glue and mix with it 1 ounce of linseed
oil varnish and 1/i ounce of pure turpentine.
This mixture is next boiled in a covered I/
crock and is then ready for use. The articles after being cemented should be clamped
together for several days to allow the cement to set properly.
A GOOD
SOLDERING SOLUTION.
Procure about 5 cents' worth of muriatic s.

acid and add as much pure zinc as it will
dissolve. If a little rain -water is added it
will somewhat improve the mixture. The fi
articles to be soldered should be thoroughly
cleaned of every trace of dirt. The soldering solution is next applied with a wire
brush to the cleaned surface. With this g
solution the solder will stick every time.
t
Contributed by
WM. A. CA\WLEY.
.
SILVER PLATED PENNIES.
Restore Soiled
Harness.-Take 41, lb. of Stearine in thin

sheets. Mix with 6% lb. of Turpentine.
Heat in a water bath, during continual
stirring; then add 3 oz. of Animal Charcod, place the whole in another vessel and
stir so as to prevent its crystallization. It
must be warmed when using and rubbed
on with a cloth as quickly as possible, giving it a very thin coat, and when nearly
dry polish with a silk cloth.
5. Waterproof Harness Paste. -Put into
a glazed vessel and melt over a fire 28 oz.
of black resin, when dissolved add 3 oz. of
Beeswax. When this is melted remove
from the fire and add % oz. of fine Lampblack, % drm. of Prussian Blue in Powder.
Stir well together and add Turpentine,
enough to form a thin paste. Allow to
cool. Apply with a sponge and polish
with a soft brush.
6. English Ball Blacking for Harness.
1 oz. of Lard, 1 oz. of Beeswax, 8 oz. of
Ivory Black, 8 oz. of Sugar, 4 oz. of Linseed Oil, 2 oz. of Water. Melt the wax
and stir in the other ingredients, and when
cold roll into balls and use.
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In a solution of mercuric nitrate place a

cent so that the coin will be completely
covered by the liquid. A chemical reaction
immediately takes place ; the copper. having I
a greater affinity for the nitrate than the
mercury, forms a copper nitrate, causing 1
the mercury to he deposited on the cent,
which gives it a silver- plated appearance.
If mercuric nitrate cannot be bought it
can easily be made by dissolving a small
globule of mercury in a little concentrated
nitric acid. warming, if necessary, to start
the reaction.
Contributed by
PAUL JENKINS.
'
Making an Emergency Blue -Printing Frame of

Large Size.
can be obtained), and cut down to the

required size. Next make up a blue-print
solution as follows
Solution A.-Water, 2 ounces ; potassium
ferricyanide (red prussiate), l20 grains.
Solution B.-Water, 2 ounces ; ammonia
citrate of iron, 140 grains. (Any proportion of the above can be made.)
:
When they are thoroughly dissolved, mix

and filter, and always keep in a clean bottle.
Be careful not to let too much strong light
act upon this solution.
The best way to sensitize the paper is to
work by an orange light similar to the light
used in bromide printing in photography.
Float the paper on this solution until it lies
perfectly flat. Do not take it out of the
solution carelessly. but slide it out by grasping two corners, sliding it over the surface
of the water. If it is desired to keep some
of the paper for future use this can be done
by rolling it up, with the sensitized surface
on the inside, and keeping in a tin box free
from light.
If any part of the above instructions are
not clear I shall be very glad to try and
explain anything in doubt upon receipt of
a self- addressed envelope.
Contributed by
A. WILSDON.
To Remove Oil Stains from Leather.

Cover the spot with Spirits of Sal-ammoniac; allow it to act for a short time,
cleaning with clear water; repeat until
the spot is removed, taking care not to
affect the color of the leather.
HOW TO CUT BRASS AS WELL AS

GLASS IS CUT WITH A
DIAMOND.
With a quill pen dipped in a strong solution of alcoholic corrosive sublimate (careful; strong poison) draw a line on the
brass. After letting this dry. go over the
line with the pen dipped in nitric acid. >I
Then the metal may be broken as glass is
cut with a diamond.
Contributed by
JOHN SCHMELZEIS.
MISCELLANEOUS FORMULAS.
A good metal polish may be made as
follows : Take wood alcohol, 3 parts ; aqua

ammonia, 1 part; prepared chalk, 1/ part.
Apply the polish with a flannel and when
dry wipe off. Shake the polish before using
to get the chalk stirred up.
Carpet soap can be made as follows:
Three small bars of good white soap, 2 gal- 4
Ions of water, 1 10 -cent bottle of household ammonia. % box of borax and 10
cents' worth of tartar. Dissolve the soap
in water on top of stove; then add other
ingredients. Let boil 10 minutes and then I
remove from the stove.
A silver plating for steel can be made as
follows: Lunar caustic, 11 parts ; sodium
hyposulphite, 20 parts; sal ammoniac, 12
parts ; whiting, 20 parts, and distilled water,
200 parts, mixed together. Before applying t
the silver plating to the article clean off all
grease.
SAUL MARCUS. .i
Contributed by
1
THE
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ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
March, 1916
Our Amateur Radio Station Contest is open to all readers, whether subscribers or not. The photos are judged for best arrangement and efficiency
of the apparatus. To increase the interest of this department we make it a rule not to publish photos of stations unaccompanied by that of the owner. Dark
photos preferred to light toned ones. We pay each month $3.00 prize for the best photo. Make your description brief. Address the Editor,
AMATEUR RADIO STATION CONTEST.

Monthly Prize, $3.00.
This month's prize winner.
LAKE PARK RADIO CLUB.
The accompanying illustration portrays

some of the apparatus in use at the main
station of the Lake Park Radio Club at
Des Moines, Iowa.
ARTHUR CHURCH'S PROGRESSIVE WIRELESS STATION.

I present herewith photograph of my
wireless station. The transmitter consists of a 1 -K. W. Thordarson transformer and line protector, moulded condenser, rotary spark gap and hinged type
oscillation transformer.
The receiving set consists of a special
loose coupled tuner of my own design and
construction, three variable condensers and
fixed condenser, audion detectors and E. I.
Co. "Government" type 3,000 -ohm receivers.
A pair of Brandes superior 'phones are
also seen in the photo. A special switch
on the left end of the cabinet throws the E.
I. Co. .01 M. F. variable condenser either
in series with antenna circuit or across the
primary winding of receiving transformer.
Arthur Church
and His Excellent Radio Sending and

Receiving Set.
RADIO
TIME
SET
MACKEY.
OF
J.
B.
About seven months ago, after having

read several interesting articles in The
Electrical Experimenter on wireless and
wireless time receiving stations and being
a jeweler, I became very much interested
in a wireless time receiving station.
Our city gave me permission to attach
one end of my aerial to the water tower,
which is 110 feet high. This tower being
275 feet from my store gives me an aerial
253 feet between spreaders (I used four
wires in aerial). My store is a two -story
building, so I only had to erect a 70 -foot
mast to make it 110 feet at that end. Now
comes the interesting feature to the jeweler. On top of this mast that stands 110
feet high over my store I installed a 500watt Ruby electric light. I made a little
attachment that you may notice in the
Radio Station of the Lake Park Radio Club.
The aerial is of the "L" type and contains four wires. We can receive the following stations easily: Ames, Iowa State
Teachers' College, East and West High
Schools, and we also hear many near -by
amateurs.
The following gentlemen hold office:
Roy Smith, president; French Holebrook,
vice-president; James R. Allen, treasurer;
Kerby Moran, secretary.
LAKE PARK RADIO CLUB,
Per James R. Allen, Sec'y.
Des Moines, Iowa.
RADIO
STATION OF
BARE.
CHARLIE
Herewith are presented illustrations of
my wireless set and myself. I am using a

one-half kilowatt, closed core transformer
at present, with a quenched spark gap of
my own make. The detectors are also of
my own construction. My switchboard is
placed 40 inches from the wall, thereby allowing space behind it for tools and mate-
rials necessary for making repairs. The

aerial consists of four stranded wires, each
:i feet long and 70 feet high.
A Mignon vario- selective coupler is sometimes used with very good results, but is
intended especially as a portable receiver
in which capacity it is admirable indeed. I
am using a multi-audifone equipment, and
the received signal strength at this station
is simply wonderful. N.A.R. comes in at
noon loud enough to be read with 'phones
off
distance of over 1,500 miles. W.H.K.
and several other stations are audible at
times 40 feet from 'phones. Regular communication is carried on with various stations within 300 miles.
Two aerials are employed; one for 200
meter work and the other for longer wave
length.
The latter is 300 feet long,
stretched from a 100 -foot mast to a 60foot pole at the station. I hold a second
grade commercial radio operator's license
and my official call is 9.W.U.
ARTHUR B. CHURCH.
Lamoni, Iowa.
-a
Well Arranged Station of Charlie Bare.
I am also carrying a line of wireless supplies in my office and use my station extensively for demonstrating.
Mt. Carmel, Ill.
CHARLIE BARE.
Wireless Time Station of J. B. Mackey.
picture, which I attached to the pendulum

of my regulator, making a contact every
time the pendulum swings back and forth,
flashing the time out to the public in perfect synchronism with the time signals
given out by Arlington (N. A. A.). The
last minute preceding the hour of time the
light is made to burn continuous by means
of a two -way switch, going out absolutely
on the hour. This feature of wireless time
has proven a big advertisement for me, and
I believe it will for any jeweler. People
in a neighboring town about five miles
away are able to get correct time regular
as it is flashed out. This method of transmitting time has been reported as far as
15 miles from my store. Many people on
the streets, when the time is being given,
stop and compare their watches to the
J. B. MACKEY.
second.
Uniontown, Ala.
THE
March, 1916
WIRELESS
STATION
WUENN.
OF
ROY
I am submitting herewith a description

and photograph of my set for the Amateur
Wireless Station contest. The transmitting
set consists of 11/2-inch and 2 -inch coils,
helix, rotary and stationary gaps, two condensers (one a Leyden jar condenser and
the other a glass plate type, connected together) and a key. The receiving set has
a De Forest rotary variable condenser,
Blitzen variable condenser, sliding plate
condenser, variometer, tuning coil (800
meters), transformer (3,000 meters), transformer (5,000 meters), two fixed condensers
and three detectors, galena, commercial silicon and Radioson detector. The aerial consists of six strands on 12 -foot spreaders. It
is of the inverted "L" type, 150 feet long,
suspended between a 60 -foot pole and one
on top of the house.
Complete Radio Set of Roy Wuenn.
I purchased some of my instruments

from the large wireless station that was at
Michigan City. I have received many long distance station signals, having caught baseball scores sent from New York to Chicago.
I shall be glad to communicate with anyROY WUENN.
one within my range.
Michigan City, Ind.
Radio Experimenter Talks 600 Miles on
1,320 Watts.
F. M. Corlett, wire chief of the Automatic Tele-
phone Co., at his home at 1101 East Eighth street,

Oak Cliff, Texas, recently talked by wireless to
the Christian Brothers' College in St. Louis. Mr.
Corlett has a regulation wireless apparatus erected
in his back yard which he has but recently completed.
Mr. Corlett talked to St. Louis, a distance of
600 miles, with 1,320 watts of energy, which is
considered unusual.
Radio engineers generally
figure 10 watts to a mile, which would have given
Mr. Corlett a range of only 132 miles.
He picks up_ the time signals from the station
at Arlington, Va., and often "listens in" on powwows between the United States transport "Buford" and some Gulf of Mexico neighbor,
ELECTRICAL
EXPERIMENTER
THE IONIZED UPPER AIR.

The theory that the upper layers of the
atmosphere are ionized and therefore conduct electricity, first suggested by the late
Professor FitzGerald in 1893, has been extensively utilized in recent years to explain
the law of decrease of the intensity of radiotelegraphic signals with distance. In an
article in the Revue gnrale des Sciences
Professor H. Nagaoka, of the University
of Tokio, attributes this ionization to two
causes. The first is the ultra -violet light
of the sun, which he believes is capable of
ionizing the atmosphere down to aLout 40
kilometers from the earth's surface. The
second is the stream of electrons emitted by
the sun, which, owing to the magnetic fields
of the sun and the earth, describe paths
far from straight and account for tl.e ionization of the upper atmosphere at night.
The greater height of the reflecting layer
at night and the consequent reduction in
the number of reflections of the waves at
the ionized layer and at the earth's surface
account for the better transmission of signals at night. The under concave surface
of the ionized layer above a station at
which the sun is rising focuses the waves
from the west near the surface of the
earth, and so gives the good signals at
dawn. A similar focusing of the waves
from the east occurs at sunset. The effect
of solar eclipses is explained in the same
way, and Professor Nagaoka points out
that as the period of an electrical oscillation on the sun is 6.5 seconds, there should
be a corresponding period in the stray signals at terrestrial stations. He hopes
radio -telegraphic observers will succeed in
detecting this period exactly. This opens an
interesting field of experiments for the amateur interested in such work.
Amateur News
cussion were Mr. Pacent, vice -president of the club,

and Mr. Greeley.
At the December meeting Mr. William Dubilier
delivered a paper on the "Construction and Opera ion" of his well -known direct -current vibrating
nterrupter.
Radio Club of America Meeting.
Several interesting papers were delivered at a

recent meeting of the Radio Club of America,
held at Columbia University, New York City, Mr.
Emil Simon, a noted radio engineer, read a paper
on Professor Pupin's testimony in a wireless suit
between the Marconi and the Telefunken Companies. He expressed his ideas lucidly on the whole
subject.
Due to the present patent litigations, no discussion was permitted after the paper was read. Chairman George Elty, one of the engineers who installed the radio telephone apparatus at Arlington,
described the system and methods involved in this
wonderful radio engineering achievement.
He
stated that the received wireless telephone message
was amplified and then brought back to N. A. A.
on a line.
Mr. Sadenwater, radio inspector, described a
method and gave a circuit for using a regular
audion receiving set as a wireless telephone transmitter and receiver and he proved with this circuit
that a distance of over a quarter of a mile can be
readily covered, utilizing an ordinary audion bulb.
The diagram of the connections is herewith reproduced and it consists of an ordinary Armstrong
hook -up, with a telephone transmitter connected in
series with the ground lead. It should be understood that the audion must oscillate before it will
transmit any current. By placing a short circuiting switch around the transmitter it is possible to
receive messages with the same circuit.
Mr. Whitting, president of the Worcester Radio
Club, of Worcester, Mass., described in a very
simple manner the exact effects that take place in
a complete radio transmitter employing a quenched
spark gap.
Among the members who participated in the dis-
(i45
MAX CLINCH A RADIO ENTIIUSIAST.

As I am a regular subscriber to The
Electrical Experimenter I take this opportunity of tendering photo of my station
and myself for entrance in your amateur
station contest.
Max Clinch Enjoys His Wireless Outfit Thoroly.
My aerial is of the "L" type, 300 feet

long, 6.5 feet high, composed of four strands
of antenium wire, spaced 21/2 feet apart.
My receiving set consists of Murdock
receiving transformer, variable condenser,
crystaloi detector with cohering inductance,
fixed condenser and 2,000 -ohm Brandes
'phones.
My transmitting outfit includes a New
York spark coil, spark gap, condenser, key
and 12 batteries.
I have no trouble in getting Key West
and can hear Arlington 20 feet from
'phones. I get most of my ideas from
The Electrical Experimenter and could not
afford to be without it.
MAX CLINCH.
Lakewood, N. J.
University of Pittsburgh Reopens Wireless Plant.
The University of Pittsburgh department of

electrical engineering reopened its wireless plant for
public communication recently.
With the cooperation of the Radio Society of Western Pennsylvania, the wireless work during 1914 and 1915
was satisfactory and a number of interesting experiments were carried on. The plant is similar
in design to the immense Government station at
Arlington near Washington.
An extensive program is being prepared for
the spring. A number of experimental tests are to
be arranged with long distance stations. A plan is
being arranged whereby many university stations
throughout the country will be organized into a
radio society.
A large correspondence was carried on with
amateurs during the past season and it is expected this service may still be continued. The following program has been inaugurated and will
be in force Wednesday and Saturday nights until
further notice:
7.30 -7.32- General call to all stations, call Q. S.
T. signed Pitt; 7.32. 7.50 -Athletic results; 7.50-8
Items of interest to the public (12 words per min.
ute); 8 -8.10 -News items at speed of 20 words
per minute; 8.10 -8.30- Special tests.
Scientific
Hook-up for Talking Wirelessly with Audion.
RADIO CLUBS
ATTENTION!
We are always pleased to hear

from young Edisons and Radio
Clubs. Send a write -up of your
Club with photos of members and
apparatus to -day to: Editor "Amateur Gossip" Section, The Electrical Experimenter, 233 Fulton St.,
New York City.
Organized
Hoboken, N. J.
Class
in
West
A Scientific Class has been organized in School

No. 4, West Hoboken, N. J. Anthony Marino is
president. The staff of research workers are John
Saldavini, George Matterichi and John Reinert.
We would be very pleased to correspond with similar organizations. All mail should be addressed to
Anthony Marino, 511 Traphagan St., West Hoboken, N. J.
MEETING OF Y. M. C. A. RADIO
CLUB OF VINCENNES, IND.
The Y. M. C. A. Radio Club of Vincennes held

its first meeting at the Y. M. C. A., Tues.
day, Nov. 30, and was well attended. The club
has a very able instructor, who has worked as an
operator on the Great Lakes. The following officers
were elected: Walter A. Horner, first operator and
president; John W, Surbaugh, second operator and
secretary; Clinton E. Simpson, third operator and
treasurer.
All radio correspondence from radio organiza.
tions and interested Individuals should be addressed to the secretary, 912 Broadway. Those
wishing to confer with the president will find him
at 1225 North Second street.
4TE5tPTENT S
Novel Electric Arc Lamp.
(No. 1,159,383; issued to Richard
Holsten, assignor to SiemensSchuckertwerke G. M.
B. H.)
Electrical arc lamp employing for
the lower electrode a suitable cup shaped chamber A, into which a continuous and properly regulated
stream of fine particles such as pure
carbon (or any desired mixture of
carbon with other substances which
emit a
strong light, such as metallic salts and the like), are fed.
The arrangement is apparent from
the illustration. The changing length
The indications are given on a

D.
curve drawing, electric voltmeter E,
which may be specially calibrated to
indicate results in "horsepower" direct.
Holder for Crystal Detectors.
(No. 1,162,765; issued to John J.
Gliegan.)
An improvement in wireless mineral detectors giving great ease of

adjustment by virtue of the ball
joint support of the vertical pillar,
carrying the cat-whisker contact. The
horizontal arm is also pivoted so as
to be adjustable to any position desired. The contact wire can thus be
swung up, down, or sidewise, also
shown. The best feature is that of

the control switch.
ElectroHydraulic Gun.
(No. 1,167378; issued to Rollie
Calvin Hill.)
This patent covers the use of
water or other fluids in combination
with an electro- magnetic propelling
mechanism for the ejection of projectiles from a cannon. The patent
describes a double solenoid arrangement whereby a switch can be
thrown so as to push or pull an iron
plunger within the solenoid. When
pulled backward, it sucks in the
liquid from a tank 15 and when the
solenoid is switched to the firing position, the plunger is rapidly propelled forward, simultaneously closing a check valve in the suction pipe
14, and ejecting the projec ile 17, by
virtue of the sudden, rise in the hydrostatic pressure thus obtained.
forward and backward.
cial construction of the coherer tube.

The granules when lifted by the
magnet coil 5, will be dropped again
unevenly, thus conducing to the reg-
ular and reliable resetting of the

device. A constant and sharp critical voltage value can be obtained
with this improved coherer it is
claimed.
Electric Hand Lantern.
(Na 1,163,887; issued to Charles
Heavy Current Microphone.

(No. 1,165.255; issued to Charles D.
Herrold and Emile A. B.
Portal.)
A clever design of water cooled,
heavy current microphone is here

This patent covers the
depicted.
arrangement for utilizing a multitude of water cooled chambers on
the end of each of which there is
mounted the usual microphone

chamber with carbon grains, etc., 4.
These microphone uniti are all secured to a common metal diaphragm
3.
The various water cooling sham.
hers are so piped that water enters
into the first one of the group and
F'p !
of the arc controls a magnetic clutch

which feeds the pulverized carbon
from a hopper E through the medium of a worm M. The metal salts
may be injected separately through a
hopper D, controlled by the magnet
IV.
F.
Burgess, assignor to C. F.
Burgess Laboratories.
An ingenious electric lantern attachment suitable for use with
standard dry cells is here shown.
The inventor provides a small rheostat in the end of the handle at 17,
to protect the lamp when first used
on a fresh cell. 23 is then thrown
in contact with the shell 19, leaving
tbe resistance in series with the
lamp.
As the battery begins to
lose its energy the switch is pushed
into a vertical position and the lamp
burns direct. This attachment can
be adapted for use on two dry cells
with a strap around them.
A very interesting patent.
.6
Electrical
Horsepower
for Engines.
Indicator
(No. 1,159,769: issued to Walter IL
Ilolistein.)
In electrical forni of steam engine
indicator for ascertaining the horsepower developed is covered in this
patent. It appears to be quite feasible and a distinct advantage in this
line. As perceived from the illusthen passes consecutively throughout
the entire number before it leaves
the transmitter. The design should
prove efficient if the size of the
diaphragm 3 can be kept down within normal limits.
Pr;
An Electric Fly- Catcher.

(No. 1,165,712; issued to Frank
Rea, assignor of one-half to
Arthur M. Sheakley.)
Another electric fly- catcher is
here shown which involves the use
of a small fan of special design.
-The metal chamber about the fan is
of peculiar shape and terminates in
a metal wire cage 13.
The apparatus may be plugged into any lamp
socket and consumes but little current. In service the flies or other
Telephone Cord Guard.
(No. 1,164,563; issued to Oadville

Yates, Sr.)
The inventor of this attachment
for taking up slack telephone cord to
avoid abrasions, provides for the
purpose a spiral wire spring with
small hooks on each loop of the
The telephone cord is
spiral.
wound around this spiral on the inside of it. When the 'phone is unmoved, the spiral appears as in the
illustration, but when the 'phone is
Portable Electric Lamp.

(No. 1,166,003; issued to Adolph C.
Recker, assignor to Waterbury
Mfg. Co.)
This patent relates to portable

electric lamps, particularly of the
candlestick variety. Flashlight battery of the ordinary type fits within
The flasha shell or chamber 7
light bulb is seen at 8, and the circuit from the battery is completed
through a switch 11. This switch
Fr
insects are drawn in through the

opening 11. The fan blade appears
at 10.
1.
tration the piston rod or cross -head

a' controls a belt secured to it and
also to the shaft of a small dynamo
C.
The current from this dynamo
passes through a resistance D. The
changing steam pressures in the cylinder A, actuates the spring controlled rheostat arms b and b10 by
means of pistons. These rheostat
arms slide over contact points as
shown in Fig. 2, which lead to the
different turns in the resistance coil
Coherer and De- Coherer.
blade is pushed against the end of

the battery by a convenient thumbactuated pin, pivoted in the manner
COPIES OF ANY OF THE ABOVE
(No 1,167,163; issued to Crosby

field Frank assignor to
General Electric Co.)
A reliable form of the filings type
coherer suitable for transmission
line signaling or for other purposes.
The patentee mentions the use of
granules of nickel specially prepared.
moved, it expands. A guard is also
The de- cohering is done by means of
indicated for protecting the cord.
a magnet coil shown and by tbe spePATENTS SUPPLIED AT 10e. EACH
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Patent Applicated Feb. 30, 1916.
by E.
THE ELEGGTRICAL EGG EGGSTRACTOR

Be it a secret to all:
and without warning swings h onto contact 12 and then continues its explorations.
The switch 11 cuts off compressed air supply and resets switch 6 by means of electromagnet 13 and also rings bell in house to
warn the reception committee of the approach of their guest of honor.
The egg, then, egglike rolls against the
wheel 11 and turns it one notch. On the
wheel is arranged a projection that as the
wheel completes a revolution makes contact with 16. Instantly electro-magnet 17
11
That I, Egg S. Natcher, of Yolkville, in

the State of Remorse, have devised certain
improvements worthy of notice by egg
swipers who desire to eggstract the eggs
from a nest without eggciting the egg makers.

The attached specifications and drawing
expose all the inards of the machination
and lay bare the devilish details of my
method of coercing the feathered bipeds to
deliver up their contraband goods without
the necessity of declaring a blockade.
Considering the details of this nightmare, at 1 is shown
an ediffice known as
a hen house, named
after the inhabitants
who abide or reside
therein. The chicken
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weight of her wait
on the board compresses bellows 3 and
thus pumps air into
tank 4 and is there
stored. The hen then
passes into the boudoir 5, at which point,
dear reader, we gently
draw the curtain.
A few minutes and
the click of the switch
6 is heard as it is
pushed onto contact 7
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Time -saving Invention for Eggstracting Eggs from
gently but firmly
makes it evident to
the hen that her pr esence is no longer 'acts, opens door 18, allows feed to flow
required.
from hopper 28 into pan 19 which, on beThe lonesome and unloved egg rolls then coming full, settles gently down on the
onto conveyor 9 and thence through underspring, opens contact 20 and thus hopper
ground tube 10. With a rising and falldoor is closed by its own weight.
ing, sinuous motion it approaches switch
But to follow the egg. It is rolling along,
11.1
then suddenly lands on conveyor 21 and

gets a raise up, up and over into receiver
22. It rests here awhile from its labors
but is quickly awakened by the alarm clock,
which closes a circuit, energizes magnet 24,
and drops it down through tube 25 into the
tomb 26, wherein it is stored. The alarm
advises the house of the arrival of the
newly born.
In testimony hereto, thereof, I attach my
handcuff and seal-packerchief this yesterday of to-morrow in the City of Yolkville.
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THE "ARLINGTON" BUG?

This is an introduction to one of Dame
Nature's curiosities and mysteries! X- ??
The other night I was awakened by a
.
shrill
and thought I must have
dreamt it; but I heard it twice before going
to sleep. The next morning we found a
large green winged insect which I suspected of working its "transmitter" on
Arlington's call. (N. A. A.)
I would not believe this story myself, if
-.
-,
someone else told it, but would like to

know if anyone else among the Electrical
Experimenter's readers has had the same
experience.
(If the "green" bug had an "antenna" it
probably was tuned to the tune of "N. A.
A.," which caused it to sing when Arling-
.'
ton was sending, what? -Ed.)
Contributed by
PAUL F. SHNEY.
HEARD OVER THE TELEPHONE?
Pat was called into court to testify to

a talk that he had had with the defendant
in a civil suit, and everything went along
as swimmingly as a flock of bullfrogs until the lawyer attempted to bring out the
important points of the conversation.
"Now. then, Pat," said he, encouragingly, "please tell the court what you and the
defendant talked about."
"Iris sor," answered Pat, willingly. "We
talked about 15 minutes."
"No, no, no!" interposed the lawyer. "I
mean what did you and the defendant talk
over ?"
the Nest Without
(Signed) Ecc S.
Witnesses:
O. Oster.
NATCHER,
By his attorney,
Geo. M. Gray,
Needham, Mass.
Sol. Idivory, Hen Nery, R.
"Vis, sor." was the calm rejoinder of

Pat. "We talked over the tilephone, sor."
THE TUNELESS SOLO.

Signor Marconi. the wireless inventor is
likely to prove of great value to his country in the present crisis.
An amusing story is told about a reply
that the celebrated inventor once made to
a lady who mistook him for his equally
famous compatriot, Mascagni, the composer.
"Oh," she said, gushingly, "I'd love to
hear you play your beautiful 'Intermez-
zo!'"
"Madam," replied Marconi gravely, "I'll

do it with pleasure if you've got a wireless
piano."
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of sufficient interest will be published. Rules under which questions will be answered:
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a. Only one side of sheet to be written on; matter must be typewritten or else written in ink, no penciled matter considered.
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WATCH DEMAGNETIZER.
(448.) William H. Kelly. Holyoke,

Mass., wants to know the number of feet
of copper wire required to build a 110 -volt
a.c. watch demagnetizer.
A. About 1,000 feet of No. 30 B. & S.
gauge copper wire would be necessary.
This should be wound on a brass form or
bobbin, having an opening large enough to
admit a watch. The length of the spool
should be about two inches.
but this can be lengthened by using the

filament at a lower incandescence, i.e., by
using a rheostat.
A. 3. Your storage battery will operate
the audion bulb for about 40 days if used
but two hours each day, without recharging.
WIRELESS BOOKS.
tery plant of 32 volts and 120 ampere hour

capacity to operate his flexible step -up
transformer.
A.. The transformer can be successfully
operated from this plant by employing a
suitable interrupter. This interrupter may
be of the independent magnetic or mechanical break type. The accompanying illustration gives the connections for the interrupter and transformer.
(452.) Fred W. Jameson, Leavenworth,

Kan., asks for information on the following: 1. The title of a book on the construction of high grade wireless apparatus.
2. Whether the primary of a loose coupler
should be wound with stranded wire, and
if the loading coil used in connection with
the coupler should he wound with the same
size wire. 3. The location of an antenna
in regard to a high voltage transmission
line.
A. 1. We can recommend two excellent
books covering this subject, which are published by The Experimenter Publishing
Co. They are "How to Make Wireless
Sending Apparatus" and "How to Make
Wireless Receiving Apparatus," which are
sent prepaid for 25 cents each.
A. 2. The primary of a high grade
loose coupler should be wound with
stranded wire. While the loading coil may
be wound with the same size wire as the
loose coupler, it is better to use a larger
size wire for this instrument.
A. 3. It would be all right to place a
200-foot aerial directly over and at right
angles to the 2,300 -volt line. It is also
advisable to use means to prevent accidents resultant from having the antenna
fall on the transmission line, which would
be dangerous in the extreme.
LOUD SPEAKING RECEIVER.
WAVE LENGTH OF COUPLER.
TRANSFORMER.
(449.) C. L. Bauman, Cherokee, Ia.,

asks whether he can employ a 16 -cell bat-
Mechanical Break for Spark Coils.
Buran Studdard. Leavenworth,

Kan., asks us several questions which he
would like to have answered. 1. The cost
of a telegraphone, as described in the June.
1915, issue of The Electrical Experimenter.
2. The price of a loud speaking telephone
receiver.
A. 1. The cost of the experimental
telegraphone would be in the neighborhood
of $75, although this amount would be reduced if built by yourself.
A. 2. A. loud speaking telephone receiver would cost $25 of the type to be used
in place of an ordinary 75 ohm receiver.
A
plain independent type loud speaker complete with microphone and rheostat for battery circuits costs about $5.
( -150.)
AUDION BULBS.
(451.) Edward Law, Clarksburg, W.
Va., wants to know: 1. Whether a 6 -volt
40- ampere hour storage battery will operate
an audion as well as six dry cells. 2. The
average life of the tantalum filament of
the audios bulb. 3. The length of time
such a storage battery will last. if used
but two hours per day in connection with
the audion.
A. 1. The 40- ampere storage battery
will successfully operate the audion bulb
and, in any case, it will be more satisfactory than the dry cells for this work.
A. 2. The average life of the tantalum
filament in the auction is about 400 hours,
(453.) Leonard Mabbott, Aberdeen, S.

D., wishes to know: 1. The wave length
of his loose coupler. 2. The reason he can
hear a certain station with one hook -up and
not with another. 3. The positions of the
slider of a loose coupler when it is at its
lowest and highest capacity, respectively.
A. 1. The maximum wave length that
can be obtained from the loose coupler you
describe is 1,800 meters.
A. 2. The reason for your not being
able to hear the amateur station you mention with the loose coupler circuit is that
the wave length is longer than the transmitting wave from the other station, but
this can be remedied by connecting a
variable condenser in series with the
ground.
A.. 3. When the sliders are at the starting end of the winding of a loose coupler,
the instrument is being used at its minimum
capacity; conversely, when they are at the
opposite end of the winding the maximum
wave length capacity is reached.
ANTENNA QUERIES.
(454.) George D. Hankins, Yorktown,

Ind., 1. Sends us a diagram of his antenna,
and wishes to know whether a better type
could be designed with the same amount
of wire. 2. The efficiency of the loose
coupler described in the September, 1915,
issue of The Electrical Experimenter.
A. 1. A straight four -wire antenna
would be more efficient for transmitting
than any other form of aerial, but the same

amount of wire used in a single line would
make a far more efficient antenna for your
receiving purposes than most other types.
A. 2. Although this loose coupler with
both windings wound with No. 26 wire
would be almost as efficient as if wound
with No. 24 and No. 28 wire respectively,
yet it is advisable to have the windings of
different sizes of wire. This depends upon
the type of detector employed, i.e., whether
potential or current actuated.
IN
ELECTRICAL
WORK.
PROBLEMS
(454A.) Jas. A. Davis, Pittsburgh, Pa.,

sends us several electrical problems: 1.
How many amperes will a 22 h.p. dynamo
produce, the output of which is 120 volts?
What is the resistance? 2. A relay has
four windings of 10, 20, 25 and 80 ohms
connected in parallel. What is the resistance of the relay? 3. If .08 amperes flows
through a keyboard lamp, what is the difference of potential?
A. 1. This dynamo will produce 136.7
amperes. The resistance is .087 ohms.
These results were obtained by multiplying
the 22 h.p. by 746 watts and dividing the
product by 120 volts, which gives the amperes. The resistance is obtained by substituting the values in the following
E
formula :
R in ohms, E in volts and I the current in

amperes.
A. 2. The answer to this problem is 4.9
ohms. This result was obtained by substituting the values given in this formula:
R=
-+
-+
- +r
r,
1
1.
ra
rr
where r and r,. etc., stand for the given

resistance values.
A. 3. We cannot say what the difference
of potential is as you do not state the resistance of the circuit. It is necessary in
order to obtain the difference of potential
of any circuit to give both the current and
resistance.
PUMP USED FOR GROUND.
(455.) Experimenter, Jackson, Mich.,

wishes to know: 1. Whether a pump could
Ja fra/7srniffer
Q455.
EE
Hook -up for Eight -Wire Aerial, with Change.

Over Switch.
be used for a ground. 2. A. diagram for

an eight -wire aerial constructed in such a
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A. 1 The illustration herewith shows
the connections for the instruments you
mention.
At 2. It is possible for two receiving
sets to be operated from the same aerial,
but the energy received in either one set
would be considerably reduced, unless the
wave lengths utilized are quite different in
value.
ROTARY GAP.
Rudolph Wensko, Cleveland, O.,
inquires: 1. Whether a rotary gap will
work on a V2-k.w. transformer coil. 2. At
what speed must an amateur be able to
send and receive signals in order to obtain
an amateur license. 3. The manner in
which the taps of a Navy loose coupler are
connected, so that one turn at a time may
be obtained.
A. 1. A rotary gap can be successfully
operated on a 1, -k.w. transformer coil, but
a quenched gap is best.
A. 2. An amateur must be able to receive and send at least 10 words per minute
to obtain a government radio license. He
must also be familiar with the technical
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to know: 1. Whether a 110 -volt
a.c. line would affect the reception of messages through an antenna placed four feet
distant. 2. Whether a '/ k.w. transformer
would transmit 40 miles.
A. 1. The 110 -volt a.c. line would affect
your receiving antenna if they are parallel
to each other. You could eliminate this
trouble by changing the position of your
aerial so as to be at right angles to the
a.c. line. Another way of eliminating this
trouble would be to erect a second antenna
of a larger size at right angles to the 110 volt line and ground same. This will absorb the effects from the a.c. line and thus
the smaller antenna will be freed from the
disturbance.
A. 2. A 1 -k.w. transformer can readily
transmit 40 miles, and would generally have
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details of radio apparatus to a fair extent.

A. 3. A description of the Navy type
loose coupler was published in the September, 1915, issue of The Electrical Experimenter, which included the method of connecting the taps so as to obtain single turns
at a time.
RADIO TELEPHONE.
(459.) Edward C. Jones, Jr., Fairmont,
W. Va., wishes information as to: 1.
Whether there is an inexpensive wireless

telephone set available that can transmit
three miles. 2. If it is possible to construct
a wireless telephone with a 1 -inch spark
coil, microphone, etc., and obtain good results. 3. Whether a dictaphone, of the
type described in a recent issue of The
Electrical Experimenter could he used as
an amplifier.
A. 1. As far as we know there is no
cheap wireless telephone for the use of the
amateur on the market, but we would suggest that by writing the Radio Telephone
and Telegraph Company, of New York
City, you would no doubt be able to find
out iif any such telephone is for sale at a
price within your reach.
A. 2. It is possible to construct a simple
wireless telephone outfit by employing a
microphone. etc, but
1 -inch spark coil,
the results would be very poor on account
of the unequal sparking rate of the gap
which gives irregular sounds at the receiving end, and also due to the low frequency
of the sparks. Although the results may
be bettered by using several spark coils
connected in parallel so as to form a multiple sparking gap, which will increase the
sparking rate of the complete device of
course. Even then the speech at the receiving end will not be clear. This outfit
will transmit over a short distance of, say.
about a mile or more. A very short spark
gap must be used, about the thickness of
the paper of this page.
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Waves.
of
Undamped
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long; while the winding of the "wing" coil
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wound on a similar size tube.
A. 3. The coupler you mention may be
It increases the Audibility 1,500 Times
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undamped waves with an audion, with the

addition of the inductances just described.
BREAK -IN SYSTEM.
Elmer C. Lundy, San Jos, Cal.,

asks: 1. The length of time for which an
amateur license is issued, 2. What device
(461.)
will eliminate the flickering of the lights

when operating a transformer on 110 volts
a.c. 3. The connections for a satisfactory
break-in system, using a rotary spark gap.
A.. 1. An amateur operator's license is
issued to cover a period of two years, while
a station license is given for one year only.
These licenses may be renewed by applying
to the chief radio inspector of your district, sending him affidavits to the effect
that the applicant's station has been in
operation for the preceding six months.
A, 2. A kick -back preventer will sometimes help to eliminate the severe flickering
of lights caused by the operation of a
transformer on 110 -volt a.c. lines, but a
choke coil is invariably required in series
with primary circuit.
A. 3. The illustration herewith shows
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Break-in Hook -up for Radio Sending and Receiving Circuits.
the connections of a break -in system, including a rotary spark gap in the transmitter.
(462.)
advice: 1. As to the size of wire suitable

for an aerial that is to be supported by a
Malay kite. 2. The number of feet of wire
which said kite can support. 3. The wave
length that can be tuned with such an antenna, one loose coupler and one loading
coil.
A. 1. No. 22 B. & S. bare copper wire
can be used with success for the aerial supported by a Malay kite.
A. 2. The kite will be able to carry
about 1,000 feet, although this length could

be increased by using finer wire.
A.. 3. The wave length .to which you
could tune with this outfit would be about
8,000 meters.
REGARDING WAVE LENGTHS.
(463.) Henry Gerke, Westwood, N. J.,

wants to know: 1. The wave length of
W. C. C. 2. The wave length and the time
at which W. H. B. sends "press." 3.
Where he can obtain copies of (a) United
States Naval Radio Regulations. (b) Regulations Governing Radio Communication.
Act of A,ug. 13, 1912. (c) Berlin International Radiotelegraphic Convention and
Regulations.
A. 1. The wave length on which W.
C. C. operates varies from 12,000 to. 15,000
meters.
A. 2. The time at which W. H. B.
usually sends "press" is 10.15 p.m., and the
wave length on which he operates is 600
meters.
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TELEGRAPHONE TALKING HEAD.

(164.) Radio Amateur, Irvington -onHudson, N. V., wishes us to tell him: 1.
Can the armature of a telephone magneto
be used in the construction of a telegraph .one, if a hole is bored lengthwise through
the center of it. 2. is a pair of 1,000 ohm
receivers more sensitive than a single receiver wound up 2,001) ohms.
A. 1. We do not believe that the armature of a telephone magneto can be uscd
in the construction of a telegraphone head.
A. 2. A pair of 11:00 ohm receivers are
more sensitive than a single receiver wound
to 2,000 ohms. This is due to the fact that
the two phones act on both ears simul-
taneously.
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On Dec. 23 I made what I believe to be a

new record for the Crystaloi Detector. About 11 P. M. heard the station at Lahaina,
Hawaiian Islands, a distance of 5.000 miles. Heard the station four different times.
(Signed) RALPH J. ROBEY, 3314 Floyd Ave., Richmond, Va."
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CHEMICALS.
(463.) K. 13eymer, Dayton, O., wishes

us to give him the name of a house where
he may obtain chemical apparatus and
chemicals.
A. Eimer & Amend at 211 Third avenue,
New York City, should be able to supply
your wants for chemical apparatus and
chemicals. We would suggest that you
write to them for prices and catalog. Also
refer to our advertising columns.
SPECIAL ELECTRIC BULBS.

(966.) J. H. Kahler, Rochester, Minn.,
wants to know: 1. Where he can obtain
special electric light bulbs. 2. Where he
can have special mercury vapor arcs made.
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What It Is
Crystaloi offers a large

surface of highly sensitive
mineral, which is brought
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By rotating the
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What It Does
Crystaloi will work

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and with proper use
will last a lifetime.
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operated on a.c. and having an armature
composed of copper bars and laminated
iron discs, but not fitted with any commutator or slip rings. 2. On the constructional details of such a motor. 3. The
reason why different results are obtained
when applying Ohm's law to a.c. circuits
as compared to d.c.
A. 1. The motor you are interested in
falls into the category of induction machines. No commutator or slip rings for
conveying current from the outside or feed
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City, wishes to know what we consider the
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A. 1. For these bulbs we would refer
you to General Electric Lamp Works. Harrison, N. J., who will doubtless be able to
make them for you.
.A. 2. These lamps could be built by the
firm mentioned in Answer 1,' or by the
-Cooper- Hewitt Electric Co., Hoboken, N.
J. The latter company would probably be
better able to do this work, as they make
a specialty of manufacturing mercury vapor
lamps.
A 3. It would be far more- advisable
for you to connect a variable or adjustable
condenser in shunt with the receivers than
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Crystaloi.
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field. This field is provided with a plurality
of windings which are connected to the

external source or exciting energy. Induction motors are supplied for either single
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or multi -phase circuits ; the larger size motors being invariably supplied only for two.
or three -phase supply. Special windings.
and starting provisions have to be made for
such motors, when adapted for use on
single -phase a.c. circuits.
A. 2. Herewith the illustration showing
the make -up of the induction motor. The:
rotating member consists of a number of
soft steel discs mounted rigidly on a shaft
in the usual manner. These are slotted
similarly to a d.c. motor armature, but instead of being wound with coils comprising
a large number of turns of wire, each slot
receives a single, heavy copper rod or bar.
Two heavy copper rings are placed ont
either rotor end and the copper bars in the
slots are firmly riveted or soldered to these
rings; thus there are provided a plurality
of closed electrical circuits through the end
connecting rings or discs and the inductor
bars within the slots.
A four -pole field, made up of laminated
annealed steel discs, is here indicated, but
this is only used in most cases for small,
single -phase fan motors and the like. In
larger multi -phase motors the field has a_
large number of slots in the periphery of
the rotor opening, which resemble almost.
identically the peripheral appearance of the
rotor. In the stator slots appropriate windings are placed, consisting of coils of magnet wire. The rotor is moved or pulled_
around by the constantly changing rotating
a.c. magnetic field set up by the stator
windings.
A.. 3. The reason that you obtain different results when using Ohm's law with.
a.c. circuit is that this law does not apply
to a.c. circuits but only to d.c. circuits, due
to the former manifesting marked capacity
and inductive effects, which throw the current and voltage out of phase or synchronism.
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(469.) Chas. W. Squires. Port Jeffer1. The

son, L. I., N. Y., wants us to give
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THE
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silicon and galena, two -point switch to
throw on either one, test buzzer for detectors and 75 ohm receiver. 2. The wave
length of a two -slide tuning coil wound
with 198 feet of No. 94 bare copper wire.
3. The location of Nikola Tesl s plant on
Long Island.
A. 1. The illustration herewith given
shows the proper connections for these instruments.
A. 2. The wave length of the tuning
coil would be about 450 meters.
A. 3. This plant is located at Shoreham,
ELECTRICAL
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MARKO STORAGE
BATTERY
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STEEL WIRE.
(470.) Edward L. Jewett, Sullivan, N.

H., inquires of this department: 1. Where
he can obtain long lengths of steel wire
for use in the telegraphone, described in
the June, 1915, issue of The Electrical Experimenter. 2. The difference between No.
:12 steel piano wire and No. 39 B. & S.
gauge wire.
A. 1. The steel wire used in the telegraphone can be bought in any desired
length from most hardware stores.
A. 2. There is a difference between the
diameter of wire designated as "No. 39
steel piano wire" and "No. 32 B. & S. wire,
as the gauge used for measuring steel wire
is not the same as that used for copper.
The latter refers to the Brown & Sharpe
standard gauge.
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Especially adapted for Audion use.
It is a well -known fact among up-to -date wirelecs engineers and experimenters that the
Audion operates at a higher efficiency when controlled by a storage battery that gives constant voltage.
MARKO Batteries are fully guaranteed, and designed to meet these conditions.
Descriptive circular on all types of MARKO Storage Batteries upon request.
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ceive the wireless telephone messages recently sent from Arlington, Va., and which
were heard in Paris and Honolulu.
ELECTRICITY ON OCEAN LINERS.
(Continued front page 611.)

in the house. There are two complete sets
of apparatus, one for transmitting and one
for receiving messages, the latter being
placed in a sound -proof chamber in one
corner of the house. There is also an independent storage battery and coil.
For submarine signaling apparatus is
provided for receiving signals from submerged bells. Small tanks containing microphones are placed on the inside of the
hull of the vessel on the port and starboard
sides below water level and connectedby
wires to receivers situated in the port navigating room. The whistles are electrically
actuated. The boiler-room telegraphs, stoking indicators and a number of auxiliary
appliances, such as rudder indicators, clocks
and thermostats, are also electrical, and the
water -tight doors are released by electromagnets.
There are complete emergency circuits
provided on all ocean liners. A separate
and distinct installation is fitted in all parts
of the vessel, deriving current from two
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30 -kw. sets and the 3,500- ampere-hour battery, so that in the event of current from
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the main dynamos being unavailable an

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500 incandescent lamps, fitted throughout
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ship to the other. The following are also
connected to the emergency circuit by means
of change -over switches: Five arc lamps,
seven cargo and gangway lanterns, wireless
apparatus, boat davits, mast, side and stern
lights and all lights on bridge, including
those of navigating and chart rooms, wheel
house, telegraphs, compasses and Morse
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Very soon, it is freely predicted, ocean
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great aluminum industry with all its
branches, for instance, is directly dependent upon the electric current for the
production of the aluminum itself. Acetylene gas which is now used for so many
purposes is obtained from calcium carbide,
which is produced by means of the electric current.
Carborundum, the well known and widely used abrasive. is a
product of one form of the electric furnace. The electric current is used in refining copper on a vast scale, for the purpose of purifying it and for the separation
of the precious metals, Numerous other
chemical industries are founded upon the
use of the electric current. Fixation of
atmospheric nitrogen for producing nitrates
for fertilizing and other purposes is now
accomplished on a large scale by means
of the electric current. and it promises to
become in time one of the vastest industries in the whole world. In fact, power
plants of approximately half a million
kilowatts, or more than three-quarters of
a million horsepower, concentrated in a
single station are now being considered
for such production of nitrates. The time
is coming when the whole world will be
affected by this industry through food
production.
Such a catacylsm as the complete cessation of all electrical activities would therefore result in such changes as greatly increased concentration of population around
industrial centers, the city and the country
would be pushed farther apart, many industries would be disorganized and some
would be stopped completely, many great
establishments would have to be reconstructed, types of buildings would be
changed, methods of business would be
modified, the producing capacity of individuals and of industries would be greatly
reduced, methods of living would be modified, methods of transportation would be
changed and for the worse : in fact, all conditions of life and fields of endeavor would
be influenced, either directly or indirectly.
Myriads of times it has been said that
"electricity is in its infancy," until people
have come to believe that it is a perpetual
infant like Buster Brown for instance, but
it has now grown to robust stature and
unostentatiously has assumed a goodly
share' of the world's burdens. Its efforts
have been productive and not destructive.
In this sense it has been one of the most
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ELECTRICAL
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PATENTS
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YOU HAVE AN INVENTION

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FREIGHT CAR LOCK.
and is supposed to have a much larger ef-
(47.) Elmer D. Gehman, Macungie, Pa.,

desires to have our advice on a freight car
door lock which he has invented. He submits description and illustrations of same.
A. The idea to us seems novel and as
far as we have ascertained by a careful examination of our files and reference books
nothing like the idea submitted is in existence so far. We would, however, advise our correspondent to get in touch at
once with a patent attorney to find out
what has been done in the art before. It
will only cost a small sum of money to get
the references of other patents that have
been obtained on such locks, and they perhaps will show our correspondent how to
$o about getting a valuable patent on the
invention.
NON -REFILLABLE BOTTLE.
(48.) Ralph H. Zimmermann, Sutton,

Neb., desires to know if there is such a
thing as a simple and practical non- refillable bottle, and whether one is on the market and in actual use. He also wishes to
know if it is worth while to spend time and
money in the invention of such a bottle.
A. As stated before to another correspondent, several thousand patents have
been taken out on non -refillable bottles, and
as far as we are aware, there are not
six being used at the present time. The
ones that use them are mostly the liquor
people, to whose interest it is to see that
the bottle is not refilled after its contents
have once been emptied.
We have stated the case clearly above
and our advice to inventors of non- refillable bottles is that they should not waste
a lot of time and money inventing one, as
practically everything has been attempted
in this art, and several very good ideas are
in actual use to -day.
As far as we are concerned, there is no
such thing as a non -refillable bottle, as any
non -refillable bottle, no matter how well
constructed, can be refilled if anybody
really wants to do so.
We know of a case where an unscrupulous bartender removed the label of a
liquor bottle, the brand of which had a
very wide sale. After removing the label,
a small hole about aft in. in diameter was
drilled into the bottle, and by using an ordinary suction pump the bottle could thus
be refilled quite easily with an inferior
brand. The small hole was plugged up
with cement and the label again placed on
the bottle. Consequently the non -refillable
bottle could be refilled in spite of the fact
that this was about the best bottle of this
kind on the market. While such cases are
of course infrequent, it still goes to show
that where there is a will there is a way.
COMMUTATORLESS D.
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ficiency than other generators of the same
kind.
A. As stated before in these columns,

this journal cannot give advice as to the
financial value of an invention. We stated
before that even if we were to put down
a figure this would at best be but a crude
guess, as it would be practically impossible
to approach the true value within 90 per
cent., no matter what the invention was.
As far as the dynamo is concerned as
submitted by our correspondent, we must
say that we have been very favorably impressed with the idea. We have never seen
anything like it, and from a careful study
which we have made of the device we are
quite convinced that it will work as stated
by our correspondent. It is certainly the
most ingenious invention which has been
submitted to us so far, and should prove
of great interest to manufacturers constructing generators. As far as we are
aware of, there exists to -day no machine
nor patent on a generator of this kind, and
we would advise our correspondent to get
in touch with a patent attorney at once
and see what has been done in the art before. There is a chance that a similar idea
might have been patented before, although
we very much doubt it.
We have been so well impressed with this
invention that we would like our correspondent to advise us what results he
has had in connection with the device.
coat to the patentee in the SrmreAr Amer:ran.
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BARON
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SCIENTIFIC ADVENTURES.
soned with a similar logic, and they had

thus come to the conclusion that as Mars
is so far removed from our sun the temperature on Mars must necessarily always
be far below the freezing point. Accordingly they reasoned that life on Mars as
the understand it was not possible. But
then the telescope suddenly revealed that
the Martian snowcaps do melt every spring,
and if this is the case the temperature even
in the arctic circles at times Faust be above
the freezing point. But why?
"`The answer is simple enouph. The
earth has a very dense atmosphere with
many clouds. On Mars the reverse is the
case, where we have a thin atmosphere and
practically no clouds all year around.
"'Professor Lowell estimates that over
the earth as a whole the proportion of actual to possible sunshine for the entire
year is 50 per cent. In other words, the
sun only shines practically one -half of the
time it might if there were no clouds. On
Mars, on the other hand, the sun shines 99
per cent. of the time. There are no cooling rains or snows in the temperate zones
either to cool the atmosphere, consequently
a great deal more heat is absorbed and retained on Mars than is the case on earth.
Further, an enormous amount of energy is
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"While I was still turtling these facts
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"Phobos, the larger of the two moons, is
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to Martians, as we understand that term;

it looks rather like a very bright star. Even
during the night its face does riot always
appear as a disc to the naked eye, even
when it is full. It is too small and too far
removed. Nevertheless it is a true moon.
"Having finished our contemplation of the
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below us. Of all inspiring and majestic
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that can rival a Martian 'city.' I once
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Woolworth building was about the grandest
view one could ask for, but it appears positively ridiculous compared with any of the
Martian great centers.

"To begin with, the Martian cities are
not built upon the ground for a very important reason. Nearly all of the Martian
continents arc deserts, irrigated only in
comparatively small sections and near the
great waterways. The land, therefore,
which is absolutely flat without even small
elevations, is sandy, as are all true deserts.
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real desert sand as you know it on earth.
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"This fine desert dust is the greate t bane
of the Martians and they fight it constantly
and heroically. But as nothing but vegetation- which, again, is dependent on water
will permanently stop the dust, the fight is
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almost hopeless, for the Martians lack

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Hours ahead of the storm the Martians ran
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without end; sometimes we would get a
glimpse of sunlight, but oftener we were
plunged in total darkness. After the storm
had lasted for two hours it stopped as suddenly as it had appeared and the sun
smiled down on us again as always.
"Within ten minutes after the storm
myriads of aerial flyers could be seen spraying the buildings and structures with compressed air to clean out the red dust from
the corners where it had accumulated.
When we looked around this morning there
was hardly any evidence of the terrific sandstorm of yesterday.
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and do not occur more than six times a
'year; nevertheless, all Martian houses and
structures are built with a view of get ling rid of the dust as quickly as possible
when it does come in avalanches.
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"From the foregoing you will easily un-
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Martians have been forced to do for thousands of years back.
"It was soon found that the ordinary
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feet above the surface of the planet. At
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for such severe storms as the one we witnessed yesterday.
"For this reason all buildings and structures on Mars, with few exceptions, are
located 500 feet above the ground in order
to make life bearable. Thus all 'cities' are
built high up in the air, and it is this feature which gives the stranger his greatest
surprise.
"Imagine immense metal towers stretching skyward mile upon mile, supporting a
vast city raised 5011 feet up in the air.
Imagine these towers partly roofed over
with metallic roadways and buildings and
you have a faint idea of how a Martian
'city' appears.
"When we had first 'landed' on Mars we
naturally thought that we had touched the
ground. As a matter of fact, we had not
'landed' at all, but we were still 500 feet
away from Mars proper. We simply had
descended in the aerial Martian city, but
this we did not know till later.
"Every building is constructed of the
universal transparent material Tos, giving
the structures a curious but pleasing appearance. The transparency of this wonderful
material is so great that it is possible to
actually look straight through an entire
building, wherever there are no obstructions of opaque objects. I might say that
the latter are rare, for the Martian loves
nothing better than transparency and for
that reason he builds nearly every object
of Tos; from a table down to the floor,
which, of course, is transparent, too. You
might think that such a h,use, open to
everybody's curiosity would bring with it
many delicate as well as embarrassing situations, but this is not the case, at least
not for the Martians. These peoole have
long since learned that anything worth doing cannot possibly be open to criticism
from fellow inhabitants; while closeted,
non -transparent rooms make for nothing
but laziness and vice. When all of your
actions are open to the entire world you
are more apt to lead an upright life than
otherwise. For that reason no false, make believe civilization exists on Mars as is
the case on earth. For that reason, too,
the Martian is an upright, healthy, truth loving individual, not a hypocrite as are
nine -tenths of the human race. The Martian has no secrets, he knows no vice, he
has no scandals, and he has little occasion
to feel ashamed of himself. Why? Because everyone can see at all times what
he is doing.
"Pick up any one of your newspapers.
What do their text pages contain? Seventy
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"The great Martian 'cities' are laid out
in semi -circles, or else rectangles, always
one side quite close to a waterway. Moreover the 'cities' are not detached, but they
arc continuous; by that 1 mean that they
run unendingly along the whole length of
nearly every waterway. Thus on both sides
of the waterways you will lind the metal
towers bearing on their top the Martian
buildings. The so-called 'running cities'
are only about one mile wide, running parallel with the 'canals.' Every 50 or 100
miles we find a large center. which spreads
out in form of a semi- circle or a huge
rectangle, some of these large !'cities' recede from five to seven miles from the
waterways. Of course, these large 'cities'
are connected on both ends with the 'running cities'; for that reason there is no
beginning and no end to the Martian
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name. Each spreading city has a number
while the running ones, located between the
spreading ones, have a figure and a symbol
like our letters. Thus the Martian Capital
at which we reside at present is termed 1.
The first large 'city' toward the south is
termed 2. The 'running city' which connects city 1 and 2 is termed 1A. Of course,
the Martian symbol is not 'A,' this is merely my equivalent or my own translation
for it. The numbers of the houses for quick
orientation are teemed in 'fractions,' according to their location. Thus, for instance,
a house located in the 'running city' lA is
numbered
-.
lA
This means that it is the
10
tenth house south, counting from the 'city'

1.
As every Martian knows the location
of every 'town,' the numbering system is
both simple and does not lend itself to confusion.
"As nearly all of the land on Mars is
practically desert, except that near the
waterways, it follows that no 'town' ever
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"All the streets run perfectly straight
and cross at right angles, American fashion.
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each other, none are ever found built close
together. Usually eight buildings constitute
a 'block,' three to each side, with the center space left open.
"The 'blocks' are separated by wide
arched roadways ; wherever two of them
cross each other, there are usually two
bridges flung diagonally across which meet
in the center.
"The roadways themselves are of a heavy
metallic construction and are entirely perforated with round conical holes about one
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the ground 500 feet below. Thus the
roads appear clean perpetually, even aftcr
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but,
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good night, my boy, till to- morrow, good
41
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proper. The concentration value of this
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pounds of steam generated was 12 pounds
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Fig. 3, consisting of two hemispheres connected by a coiled
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FOR S.11.E -11/2-pint Leyden jar, % -k.w. sine
slmrk gap, Leyden jar discharger, books on ndvennew.
For list and
111re; everything practically
prices, write to Robert S. Zimnuers, 2522 Broad
Ave., Altoona, I'a.
$4.50 TAKES parts of loose coupler advertised in
February Popular Science Monthly. page 131, exventing Mahogany front. instead of hard rubber.
Urban McMlller, 3107 211th Ave., Minneapolis. 'linls.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-One orchestra sante
drum M st irks and erns., drum slightly ship. -l: 1
gas post nl yard projector, 1 double slide tuner arty,
in
1 pair 2s 000 -ohm revolvers new, one hot -air enge.
rums by hot air only; wallt wireless sending bistro.
meets or navy type receiving transformer or loading
toil in good rnudi t lull. Chas. W. Stanter, 3400 Roanoke Ave., Cleveland, O.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-Type SS dynamo.
20 -ohms telegraph set, :3 lbs. nuteuilnm wire; want
electrical or photo supplies. Edwin Vullcor, Morrisville, Vt.
For Crystaloi 1.1. $5
SELL OR EXCHANGE
American Mmlel Builder, loose coupler, oil color
outfit. telegraph set. S0 -ohm 'phone. stamp collection and others. What have you? Khu. Manley,
Fall River, Mass.
WANTED -A printing press, not smaller than 5,cS
inches. J. E. Joues, 203 Mary Ave., Carnegie. l'a.
Full SALE OR EXCIIANt ;E- Complete wireless
receiving outfit with wire, insulators, key, buzzer,
etc.; everything necessary: never used; $11: cost $15.
Or will exchange for static machine and other good
electrical apparatus. Howard I'armele, 1727 Marcus
Ave.. St. Louis, Mo.
FOR SALE CHEAP -Loading coil. loose coupler.
detectors, condensers and helix. Write. Everything
new and in perfect condition. L. W. Houlrvyd, 34
West 50th St., Bayonne, N. J.
FUR SALE
2.n00- anter receiving transformer,
army detector, ceondenser, aerial switch, Meaco
"standard" gap, 1 -fu. roil, storage battery, "O. K."
motor, speed key: reasonable Slices. Joseph MaInes. 164 East 82d St., New York City.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE -Ives Miniature railway trains, for transformer or 1 -in. spark coil. A.
Laug, 495 East 164th St., New York City.
FOR SALE-Loose coupler. detector, fixed con-
denser, Brandes Superior bend set, all new and unused; pair rubber (soots, Winslow ball -bearing
skates, Meccano No. 3. in excellent condition. E.
L. Turner, 240 Hart St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
counted) minimum space 3 lines. Count about 7 words to the line.

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FOR SALE
Braudes Snprior bend set, 2.015)
ohms. $:3.50; lt. I. Co.'s single (lend set. 1,001 o11ms,
$1.75; t -lu. Manhattan coil. excellent condition,
$3.511; n ISO other wireless goods. Send for list. Wm.
M,Cnrter, 4718 N. Cmnac St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FOR $ALE- i4 -k.s'. transformer, electrolytic Interrupter, and oscillation transformer. new and to
line smith tiol: will sell cheap for $9.50. Russell
Hell, 219 North Ave., Washington, Pa.
FOR SALE IIR EXCHANGE-CM Clapp -Eastman
-k.w, transmitting set. $15: ylm'doek $15 loose
cnnielel-, $6; two 43 -plate notary condensers, $2.511
each; high glade, 2,000 -ohm heard set, $3.75: $5
perikon detector, $2.50: all equal to new. Send
$tamp for photo and particulars. II. Butterworth,
15 K.iseLusko St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
EXPERIMENTAL transformer: t -k. w, capacity;
Will give and take all voltages 1 to 501. new; will
exchange for lathe.
Johnston, West End, Pitts-
burgh, l'a.
FOR SALE
2,5300 -meter cabinet loose coupler,
$10: will exchange for two 4:; -plate variables, must
he DPW, and audioli bull; 2,t00-rtlm Brandes head
set, $3.50: will pay cash for Imntt -nut nudlnn bull;
oleo have other instruments. Write for particulars.
II. Underhill, 78 S. Hamilton St., Poughkeepsie,
WANTED-High grade manufactarell wireless reeelving amt transmitting apparatus. State lowest
(trice and rendition. Crocker Mann, Dover- Iluss,
VARIOMETER type tuner. warble base, 1B -point
switch on primary, 30-point switch on secondary
wound with green silk sin., tunes up to over 2.500
sorters: first $15 takes it. Chas. W, Mallory, Box
127, Monongahela. Pa.
FOR SALE -Small wireless outfit for $5. Harry
Ilxtner's, (fiver Fella, Wilt.
WANTED-%- horsepower, air cooled upright gasoline engine, second -hand, without spark roil. State
rabic dimensions, weight and price. Wilbur Guenther, Shelby, O.
SELL OR EXCHANGE- ylaudelette 1- minute camera, in excellent condition; want 2,000 -ohm head
stet. loose coupler or other wireless instruments.
If
interested. write. St pben McIntosh, Meredosia, III.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE -Large electric train
outfit, cost $19: sell for $10; algo Mascot tuner,
90e.; Crystal detector, 60e would like loose coupler and Brandes Superior 'phones and $3, or Crystaloi type AA and Brandes Superior 'phones and $3
for train. Henry Cole, R. R. 13, Broad Ripple, Ind.
Von benefit by mentioning "The Electrical Experimenter" when
WILL EXCHANGE $5 electric wirroscope, good

condition; want pair 2,000-ohm Murdock 'phones
with double bead band. All letters answered. Frederick Walters, Amityville, N. Y.
POlt SALE-Two 1 -k.s', laboratory transformers,
never used; in steel cases; 110 to 50 volts; for moving picture arcs ur electric furnaces, $7.50; several
reels Moving picture film, $1.50 each; one 1/16
horsepower Diehl motor, 220-v. A. C., new, $8; will
trade. For more information write Gregory Fay,
Bellevue Ave., Syracuse N. Y.

SALE OR EXCIIANGE -No. 3 folding' Brownie,
complete outfit, two 23t s3)< Premos developing
tank; films to both: 32 revolver, $5 Waterman pen,
Crusader bicycle $20, unused; large amount of 5c.
novels, good pair troller skates; want 2,000 -mile
Electro receiving set; will sell other things. What
have you'[ M. lleudricke, Ingleside, Ill.
FOR SALE- Two-cylinder, 12 horsepower, aircooled automobile engine, complete with magnets,
earbureter crank, $15; Adams Morgan $6 loose coupler. $2; 6411. water motor, $2. Clarence Vaughan,
Middletown, N. Y.
FOR SALE-Yrk.w. transmitting set With Pack nid transformer, Murdoek condenser and oscillation
transformer, gap and key; worth $30: condition perfect; sell or exchange separately for receiving apjtratus. Tbomas Hunt, Abingdon, Mass.
WANT National automatic Morse transmitter or
an omnigntph cheap. for looks and cash, and in
good order.
J. 1f. Keating, 8 West Center St.,
11)24
Beacon, N. Y.
FUR SALE -One 2,000-ohm telephone ringer and
hells, never need, $1.30: 1 type S. motor, armature
needs rewinding, $1.50; 3 Its. No. 36 enameled wire,
$3.50; primary and secondary for Blitzen loose coupler wound with hare wire, never used, $1; 4,000 meter landing coil wound on tube 6 inches diameter and S inches long, 50e.; complete parts for
Blitzen variable condenser, minus ease, never used,
$2: 1 dustproof detector case, 7yx1:3 %x4 inches, $1.
All the above sent postpaid anywhere in the United
States. Edw. C. Schnrch, Deer Lodge, Mont.
SELL OR TRADE
revolver, belt and bolster,
$5; 32 revolver, belt and holster, $3; Kodak with
portrait attachment. $7: 4x5 camera, $3; 22 special
13 -shot ritle, $10; 25 volumes Dumas novels, part
leather, $25. All above articles are in excellent
condition. Want complete wireless receiving station. Must receive 1,500 to 2,000 miles, or what
have you? Inclose stamp for reply.
Mr. H. E.
38
Nelfe, LaFarge, Wis.
THE
March, 1916
W11,1. SELL 'iridium detector and one -step amplifier Set for $35; will pay cash for 1 -k.w., 25 -cycle
transformer. Ourdou Obersteimer, Station O, Buffalo, N. 1,
1urdock loose coupler, $4.50; TurBAi
lock loading coil, $1.80; Eat) man Kodak. No. 1. Jr.,
\Vm. Ranft, 4107
$4; all lu excellent condition.
Belle Ave., Baltimore Md.
Complete McGraw -Ms Power
EXCHANGE
Plant Library, 8 volumes new, cost $12, for MI
Meade, 975
type audio' or sanitary rolltop desk.
Putnam Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
$5 Mes coil
rond
Bulldog
Two
-iucb
EXCII.\NeiEco adjustable wireless key for ItJ type amnion.
N.
Y.
Brooklyn,
Meade, 975 Putnam Ave.,
MIGNON cabinet tt. L. C., 3 special 1O,Ik Me's; sacrifie' for
ters, including 3,000 -ohm telepl
Is. lt. Meeker, 1632 Uni$29; excellent condition.
York_
New
Ave.,
versity
1
HAVE one new Promu Joidor ,slnk, '%x:t
type S dynamo; would like to exchange for water
Alsobrook,
'l'houuls
inches.
six
motor, not less than
Boston', Fla.
RECEIVE NG set iloose coupler, two variables, olio
fixed coideuser, loader, pers kas detector> momite,l
in cabinet, tines 4,100 meters; $12, $12.51; Winchester 20 -shot, 22 rifle, good condition, $7, or exchange for equal value; va riameter, $1; want aONeueck unction socket. Murdock bander, variables. Francis Pray, 102 sleuth St., Somerville, Mass.
FOR SALE -Complete wireless transmitting and
receiving sets, including 4< -k.w. 'yhordnrsn transformer, rotary spark gap, Bunnell brass key, oscillation transformer, 2 sections Murdock condensers,
Leyden jars, kick -back ',revolters, lightning
2
switch, loose coupler, Murdock variable condenser,
E. I. Co.'s fixed and variable condensers, Ferras
and Crystal detectors, Jimmies Trans-Atlantic type
'phones; in same condition as when bought, cost
Make an offer or scud stamp for photo.
$82.50.
B. D. Arata, 5154 Cates, St. Louis, Mo.
SALE OR TRADE -One $5 medical battery, 2 telephone induction coils, 1 22 -cal. rifle, 1 pair ice
skates, 30 25e. hooks, etc. Send for complete list.
A. Edington, 424 Butler St., Ft. Wayne, Ind.
WANTED-One double pole. 1,000 -ohm receiver,
head hand and cord; have gum hoots, site 5%, worn
twice, fine condition; 1 pair new $2 ice skates.
Write H. F. Happoldt, 2743 Germantown Ave.. Philadelphia, Pa.
WANT 1/2-k.w. wireless transformer (used E. I.
Co.'s preferred), also high frequency adjustable condenser; will pay cash. C. Ehreuberger, First National Bank, Chicago, Ill.
SWAP-One Bunnell giant sounder, new; 1 Little
Hustler motor, almost new; 1 4 -in. horseshoe magnet.
for 1 -in. Bulldog spark coil in good condition. E.
Servan, Lumberton, N. J.
HAVE violin, accordeon, flashlight, harmonica,
hooks, chemical laboratory supplies with chemicals
never used; will trade for receiving and sending
station, must receive at least 1,500 miles at night
and send 10 miles. What have you? Write for description. Articles all in excellent condition. Address J. G. Schroeder, Box 31, Wisner, Neb.
A BIG BARGAIN -Will give a $4 horn free with
Arthur
a Smith motor wheel for $40; un trades.
Sager, 941 Superior St., Appleton. Wia.
FOR SALE -$6 Meccano set in good condition with
parts. F. (Yapser, 418 Jamaica
$1 worth extra
Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
WANTED -% or y k.w. transformer; have for
exchange mandolin, stamp collection $3). spark coil.
hikemeter, Stevens 22 hooks, small typewriter. All
letters answered. Adelmer Bryon, Ridgefield, Coon.
AfN$-
/;
EXCHANGE-Xylophone.
two netaves chromatic
scale for "Edison" cylinder machine with recorder;

trade motorcycle for glider or motion picture camera. Robert Bullock, York, Neb.
HAVE number of 2 -point rubber base switches,
new detachable key; bargains: 25e, each. John
Means, 44 Zachary St., Atlanta, Ga.
EXCHANGE -1/10 horsepower speedy. variable
speed General Electric motor, almost new; would
like rotary variables, or what have you? Zadig, 33
Vernon Ave., Long island City. New York.
1
HAVE 30-in., 8 plate Waite & Bartlett static
machine, full set of elcetrrales, X -ray attachment
with tube; no use for same. No reasonable offer
refused. All letter answered. Make offer, money
Harry P. Noll, 1000 Packer, Willor exchange.
iamsport, Pa.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE -One small receiving set, 1 four -forty storage battery, 1 large 2.500.
meter cabinet receiving set. Write or call. C. E.
Littlefield, 2G72 Mansfield Plnee, Sheeimhend Bay,
New York.
FOR SALE. OR EXCHANGEElectric train, engine, three cars, 16 sections of track and one pair
of switches, cost $9 when new: will sell for $5, or
what have you electrical? rincen(e Paulus, Kallpmeier St., Burlington, Ia.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-t/ -k.w. sending set,
Boston key, etc.; Blitzen receiving cabinet set
(new), and Brandes 'phones, cost $33; andion With
X grade bulb and batteries (6O volts), for
-k.w.
Hightone set, or what have you? Frank Marshall,
517 W. Delaware, Toledo. O.
I WANT a static machine, omnigraph, 8 to 12 -ion.
spark roil, storage batteries 6 to 10 volts, 60 to 100
amperes, hot wire ammeter, Teals cil, fluoroscope,
tape register, coheres, electrolytic interrupter, antenna switch, dynamo, or generator (10 to 50 volts).
Red Devil water motor, rotary gait, pole -changing
switch, galvanometer, 110 -volt meter and ammeter,
of -k.tv. transformer. with oil condenser and helix. I
will pay cash for these nrtlrles or will trade. What
duo
you want? R. W, Williams, 820 First place,
Plainfield, N. J.
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FOR rt. 1.I.1': Olt I:X(:IIAN( ;F.- 2,500 linter loose

coupler, D. l'.. motor, and other items. Send for
lint aid ',amen. \Vaut variable ruudenserx and
offers. J. W. Kidd, Niles, O,
H.CVI! telegraph, $1; lungdiatnlne telephone receiver and cord, 75e.; Uso I -foul rods :11141 sliders,
50e.; all for $2, or trade for wireless lust rntnents.
t'. Flieh, Ruston, Ilusa_
Cnwplete', uro seven -picee
FOR SALE CHE.
winless reeriVhlg set, trilli large aerial: lande by
Ifieetru hnp.l'liug Co. Albert Grout, Toms River,
\P-
mud
N,_(hirrv, Sweer
SI
jogs,
Mn,
FOR SALE-Toc ::,51st -meter, navy type lave

eoiipkera, $10 each; air %kilowatt useillalinu transformer, $1.50; Nid nI II -volt Knapp
tor, ntancia 5
inches high, $1, Henry Forbes. 3332 Eleveml ln Ave.
So.,
11452 1:.
75th, l(alln11n City, Mo.

1
CASH paid for andion Maim. Ali-ply E. W. Fann4111, Farnham, Quebec.

Correspondence answered.
ILIA VF: Type S dy usu., polishing head and telegraph iusumuenls: will trade for god receivers or
er, Itux
Type AA ,- rystnlui, ,
what:' OIln,r articles for
trade. Tried I;. Egan, oMissortri Volley, la.
FOR. SALE '1 ilr.A l' -W irelss teeei ring set. crousistiug of double slide littler, silieou detector, two
runlenaers, buzzer lest ,ritll key awl ,
No. :
I,Gia-olnn rrreiv,t; all ue,v: lirst $3 takes rset. L.
a
$AIAl-Several
111111111V
empara or "Golden
"Golden Days." Sand stamp for lists
and prier's.
Samuel Olnhnuseu, 824 dress rr .\ve.,
Itnst Liverpool, O.
FOR SALE Olt EXCII ANGE- l'uutplele sending
sud receiving set, cost $101: sell $40, or exchange
for \'ietrnl.n. Frederick tlillelbo''r, East Rutherford, N. ,1,
EXCHANGE-Pair of Whislotv's locker skates,
flaunt, rant $'t; watt; llkbump, llghhulug switch. W.
FOR
'Mara"
71
1.150 WA'rT nitrogen light, good ruwlilinu; will

exchange for 6-64 torn ge' raillery or one -i orb sport,
roil and voltmeter , ammeter. Albert betinedy.
ilhuenpolis, lliuu.
EXCII.tNGE- Six -inch Leurh IntLr, chuck, slide

rest, all -nnit dynamo, 0 -v. buttery charger, 2- Lors,power Indian engine; want miltap desk. Ford blaster vibrator for $5 dy nmuo, iterniy mnguet and roll
' -eyl in,,r, $12: Briggs 4 eyl imlcr and coil, $8: 4x5
box 'n nuera,
$2; 2- hursel s,'rrr dynaalu ell/Sting',
(rough). $10. Inclose stoup for description. G. F.
Silllman, Sardinia, N. Y.
FOR SALE olt EXCHANGE-Westinghouse re,
tiller. A. C. 110 -volt, D. C. 25 -volt, 10- ampere; goal
condition; $:35, or will take motion deteetnr as part
in exchange. J. Il. Wll "t, 014 N. Lombardy St.,
Richmond, Va.
FOR SALE OR TRADE-One pedometer Columbia
bicycle Munn, small meeh:t nient drawing set. tir pia
r
for flashlight, fountain pen flashlight, potentiometer;

all in good condition; want X -ray hull,, variable
condenser, Crystaloi detector. All letters answered.
Ennuis Croup, Jr., Columbus, Ind.
SALE OR EXCHANGE -22 Stevens rifle, $3; long
telescope, $2; winter motor, $2; wire telegraph set,
TSe.; parts of telephone, $2; parts 1n. spark coil,
$1.75; revolver, nickel, fountain pen, flashlights, Sue.
each; silienu detector, rotary disc ear cushions, 75e,
each; want transformer e 11, Edelman's "Experimental Wireless" and "Experiments," variables,
parts of navy receiving transformer, burnt or broken
motion bulb. L. Mason, Alden, Minn.

FOR S,CLE OR EXCHANGE- Several A. C. and
one D. C. are lamp; will sell or exchange,
Burgess
Stewart, 222 Main St., Huntington, W. Va.
I HAVE many things to sell or exchange. Write
for list now. All letters answered at once. George
Sharp, 73 Everett Ave., Providence, R. I.
HAVE single and 16-shot 22 rifles, portable drill tog machines. coastorbrake bicycle. 414- horsepower
engine, clutch transmission gearing. all gears for
attaching to buggy. Write for description. Want
motorcycle or cash. H. Reagan, Box 95, McBrid,s,
Mich.
FOR SALE -1.4 Premo camera (24ix4 %), $2, cost
$3: Type SS dynamo, $2; 22 rifle, Winchester, $2:
film pack tank, $1, Al condition. L. A. Madison.
Kingman, Me.
FOUR-STRAP switchboard to exchange for spark
coil; also have telegraph sounder and 150 -ohm relay. H. Linee. Allegan, Mich.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-SA Eastman Kodak
in case fitted with Ziess Tosser LIB lens, multispeed
shutter, 1 sec. to 1'500111, plate adapter, 2 new
plate holders, ease 6 extra lenses, 4- section telescope
tripod, cost $110.80; also Gibson mandolin almost
new, "flat," in black leather case, cost $57.50. No
reasonable offers refused. G. H. Dodson, 2011 Sylvan Ave., Leonia, N. J.
WIRELESS receiving set, comprising a single
slide tuner, new silicon detector, condenser and 75ohm receiver, $4. Elmer Baier, 444 Seventh Ave.,
Brooklyn, N. Y.
WANTED -Six Mdrdock molded condensers. Write
telling hou' funny Poil have and whist you orant.
llave Urn qurneIed gaps, etc., or will pay. R, D.
Zuekcr, 411 Clinton )'lace, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
EXCHANGE new $113 audio]) receiving set for
twin motorcycle. 1913 model or later. Must be in
first ,-miss condition. Photo sent to interested parties, also loose coupler for 'phones or hot wir, me
ter._ Wm. Lobe, 592 Miller Ave., Columbus, O.
FOR SALE-Complete T. C. 8. Reference Library
sets or the Structural Engineering, Gas Engines,
Surveying sud Mapping. and Spanish Language
enurses. Italian bonne study outfit. Text books n
shorthand, typwriting, mechanical and nrehiteetndrawing, foreign languages. etc. Colt 32 -cal.
n utaaatic
pistol and 3s-cal. police positive special
revolver.
No. 2 11.I1'a -4:ye k,dak. Several sets
drawing instrumenta, seules, protractors. slide role.
,te. Mandolin, metronome. music stand and satchel.
Pope twin motorcycle. No. 5 L. C. Smith typwriter. No exchanges. Write for description of nrtieles interested in and prices. Eugene Lewis, Hale,v Rond, Kittery Depot. Ile-,
FOR SALE -W. B. Dnek's Code Learner, 90e.;
U. S. S. detector, $3; one year Buys' Magazine, 75e.;
211
Modern Elettrica and World's Advance, $2.90;
5 -inch p'rnm neat motion longuet. 10e.
T. Waldie,
Jr., 21 Woodbury St., Beverly, Mass.
EXCHANGE- Shotgun, rubber shot's, bracelet, 6-v.
motor, fishing rod, Hampton watch works, razor,
looks; want violin, protectogrnph, coil, most anything. Write. Itux 322, Glasgow, Mo.
rat
Yon benefit by mentioning "The Electrical Experimenter" when
1(nitt1, f
t \Vilkius st.,
Rochester, N. Y.
-.tudinu bulbs, burnt ont or good; vasilk insnlatc.
rapper Wire fur cash. .\II Ici tors nuns. nod. Wits.
Bohn, 151:, Seeoud Ave., New Vulk city_
WILL rxeh:algc a u, -W $23 lieu'tocsin roil (,jr n
\\'illebest'i or Remington pomp gun, equal
value un ylurdoel, s riding eoudrna,r, motinndeteetor or l nnpiili,r, st'nuded Lenau,. Win', or $10 cash.
John B. Hawley', .1r., 912 College Ave., Ft. Worth.
J.
1\.a N'l'KD
riable.
IId,11se1'n, (env pnnmis No. :to
lltll.
soars.
S ALF. Ill i tzen r'e,ivhng cabins set; band

1. tilt
!smell pinauL, w,igld 130 Ilia.; metal splitting shear,
Wright psi lbs. Writ.. for particulars. C. F. Ive,
1417 Dellephnin Ave., Chicago.
FOIL $.41.E-Four galena detectors, ^.Or. auch;
poatuge- ,sien.
If lintou St:ud,y. 153 Mariner St..
Itnffalu, N. Y.
.
-A
1.0111:!
bargain.
complete navy type loose
coupler rec'eiviug outfit: ulunnt,'il on Cabinet type
Lase, mahogany finish throughout; users switches for
all tuning, also has dead ,end switch
I detector
shunt; very serom to turning possible; pria,- only $10.
George W. Hansen,
loen, canal Ave.. Marinette, Wis.
FOR SALE-('
poet, tiro- kilowatt transmitting
outfit for $35; opera tea ein 111) volts, 00 cycles, alternating Irrent; consisting of transformer, condenser, helix, spark gap awl 10- ampere hot wire
meter. Or will sell instruments separately as follows: Two-kilowatt trnusform,r, $25; 14 copperplated Leyden jars ill ease, $30; helix with spark
gap inside, $6. Everything in test class working
cnidi than, Are you a bargain hooter? ITere is your
thaws,. Write to -day. Sidney Friedrich, 350 East
('u_mmrrcw St., San Antuio, Tex,
FOR SALE-An E. I. Co. 8-volt, 10- ampere dynanno; new and slightly used; will sell for $5.50. Winston Coleman, R. R. 7, Lexington, Ky.
EX CI L\NI ;E -Rep, rifle, watch, coil, 2,000-ohm
'phones, Ele,. and Mech.'s from 190; to 1913; want
"Amateur Work" magazines; can pay cash, Harold
E. hickey, 1435 Howard St., Philadelphia, Pa.
FOR SALE OR EXCILANGE-Single harrel shotgun, No. 12, value $0; 2,000-ohm douhle head set,
value $5, for a 1 % -in. transmitting and loose coupler receiving set, or what? Harry Thomas, Mound
City, Mo,
BARGAIN for $5- i/--in. spark coil, 1 Gernshack
gravity relay, 1 zinc spark gap, 1 enherer and decoherer and 1 strap key. all E. 1. Co.'s make, cost
$7. Waldo C. Buck, Britton, S. D.
FOR SALE--Gasoline engine with stand, coil and
gas mixer. Write for photo and particulars. Irvin
Weaver,
1(137
Xenia Ave., Dayton,
O.
WANTED -To buy or trade wireless goods or

Mende bicycle for , omplete electric lighting outfit
for small house, small gnsrdine, kerosene or motorcycle engine. L. Fulton, Pluses Bottom, W. Va.
SELL nr exehnnge 2x2 -in. vertical. one -cylinder,
air cooled gasoline engine: has new piston, cylinder,
coil and carhureter, Fisher Ames, Masseua Springs,
N. Y.
TO TRADE; for gond long -distance time receiving
set. Mark Stern mandolin with case, small' brass
upright microscope mid Mandel one- minnte baby
postcard camera. All inquiries answered. Robert
Bray, Big Timber, \loot.
FOR SALE- Lathe, water motor. and several
wireless instruments: cheap. Call evenings or write,
H. A, Gilman, 150 Jerome St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
FOR SALE CHEAP- 14/, -in, coil, new 6 -enp detector, tested mineral, piano finish base. gets long
distance; at half price; guaranteed satisfactory.
Write D. M. Danvers, 1109 N. Francis, Oklahoma
City, Okla.
HAVE two watt meters, one folding vest pocket
camera, one box camera. 2,t Brownie; want pair
wireless receivers, 3,000 ohms: must he in good eon dition. What have you? Lowery Simmons, Van Alstyne, Tex,
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE-4E. I. Co. goals:
Transatlantic 'phones. rotary and fixed condenser)
5-disc omnigraph, Dock's Ferrol' detector. large
home -trade loose coupler and spark colt, helix, key;
5 volnulca Musical Edneata.
Would consider T. C.
S. steam engineering, vnonmes. eucineera or mechaniea' tnnla- .Tnhn ifethven, Box 171, Ronald, Wash.
FOR SALE-$4 Massie wireless key, or will exchange for Brandes Superior receivers; will pay extra. Emmet Faacks, 413 Fourth Ave, S., Minne-
apolis, Minn.
ANXIOUS to get and will pay cash for Issnnd
volumes 1 and 2 of "The Electrical Experimenter."
James Donahue, 857 Vernon Park Pl., Chicago, Ill.
FOR SALE- Eleetro goods in fine cnuditlnn. Galena detector, opal glass hase, (lair.; 2,010 -ohm Junior wireless 'phones, $2.90; 5,001 -wave meter loading coil, $1.90: zinc spark gap, 30e.; telegraph key,
.Tuninr tuner. $1.00; Junior fixed eondenser,
4Oe.; one -inch Bulldog spark coil, $3.25; sold separately, or all for $11. Ralph Thompson, Wooster, O.
WILL TRADE an E. I. static machine for a
small variable condenser. II. W. Relehle, riso F,vcutli Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa.
THE
672
FOR SALE -$6 Radio Equipment Co. loose coupler brand -new, tunes 2,000 meters, $4,50. Maclamald, 36 East Tulpehocken St., Philadelphia, Pa.
Brand -new Eastman's 3A Postcard
SWAP
Brownie ramera for about 2,500-mile range wireless
receiving set. E. Haugerud, Scappoose, Oreg.
FOR SALE-New 1,000 -ohm single receiver, $1.50;
first elass sounder and key, $1; Marlin 22 -cal. repeater, fair order, $4. Sidney Cook, Victoria, 111.
FOR SALE -Wireless which receives 2,500 miles;
Scat $10 takes It: also a half-inch coil, $1. Kenneth L. Jennings, Mattapan, Mass.
AUDION detector and one -step amplifier combination, $35; complete K -k.w. transmitting set has
rotary gap; Blitzen transformer. etc., $22.50; other
apparatus. L. Gebhard, 1121 Ellicott St., Buffalo,
N. Y.
FOR SALE- Practically new wireless lustruments;

Blitzen, Ire Forest. and other reliable makes; also
books and magazines. Write. Withers Gavin, Corinth, Miss,
FOR SALE -2.500 -meter loose coupler, 1 -in. spark
coil, detector, spark gap, key, switches and parts
for a cabinet set. Inquire of Karl Haberstick, 74
14th St.. Wheeling, W. Va.
HAVE brand -new Scout No. 2A with printing and
developing outfit, cost $6: will exchange for E. I.
Co. 1 -in, spark coil. Bulldog type. J. Howard Kelley, Franklin, N. H.
FOR SALE -Loose coupler, $1.50; 22 ride, $1.50:
violin, $2.50; $5 football, $2: 4-in. roil without vibrator, $1; two 1,000-ohm receivers, $1.25 cash. John
W. Carroll, McComb. Miss.
FOR EXCHANGE -A Colby receiving transformer, tunes 5.000 meters. and a 14 coil for a National automatic telegraph transmitter with records.
without key or sounder. Frank Spencer, 289 State
St, Auburn, N, Y.
BARGAIN -E. I. Co. electrolytic detector and
rheostat, $1.25: peal condition. L. Loase, 4704
Park Ave., Bronx, New York City.
FOR SALE- Flectro potentiometer, 95e.; electrolytic detector. 55e.; single slide tuner, $1.25; alesco double slide, $2.50; mineral detector, $2.75. Vincent Nataliste, Jr., 071 West 56th St., New York.
FOR SALE-Receiving outfit, receives 2,000 miles;
will receive time from Arlington. Make offer, John
Fouhy, 1428 Blue Hill Av,.., Mattapan, Mass.
BIG SNAP-One Ives Elettrie train; practically
new, 3 pieces, 8 straight track, 8 curved, value
$5.75: want $3. H. Annulant-a, 700 W. Washington
St., Los Angeles, Cal.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE -A 6-v. 6A dynamo
motor that cost $12.80; three 2 -volt, storage batteries, never used, $2 a piece, and 6 different -sized
flashlights without batteries. Kenneth Jennings,
Mattapan, Mass.
HAVE No. 2 camera; Stevens "Cracksbot" rifle,
$8; medical coil; canut telegraphs, Kodak, photo album, wireless or boxing gloves.
Elwell, 115 Cox
Bldg.. Rochester, N. Y.
ELECTRICAL
March, 1916
EXPERIMENTER
FOR SALE -Electro Importing Co. instruments,.

used one week. Loading coil, lead peroxide detector, potentiometer, 50-ohm relay, half -inch spark
coil, small spark gap. Write for bargain prices. C.
Alleman, 1408 Madison St., La Crosse, Wis.
FOR SALE -BIG BARGAINS.
$7.50 Electro Loose Coupler
$3.75
in,)
$5.50 Electro Spark Coil
$3.00
.s4,50 Radioson Detector
$2.75
(new)
4.00 Mesco, 150 -ohm Relay
$1.75
$2.50 Electro Sending Condenser (new)
$1.75
$2.50 Electro Loading Coil (new)
$1.25
2.00 Omnigmph and 5 dials
All the above are in perfect working order and condition. Sent within 24 hours of receipt of order.
04
Address Fred Eckstein, River Road, Hoboken, N. J.

FOR SALE-One -inch Bulldog spark coil, $3; electrolytic Interrupter, $1.25; electrolytic detector, 75e.;
potentiometer, 50e, Will pay cash for audiou. Robt.
Sandifer, Eldorado, Kan.
FOR SALE-Sending outfit, consisting of a 2M -in.
coil. navy rap three, condensers, key, and storage
battery of 8 .oils, 80 amp. hours, for $18; or sold
separately. Fred Carlotte, 78 Christopher St.. New
York, N. Y.
FOR SALE-Four- horsepower motorcycle engine iu
fine condition with carburetor and spark coil. Has
connections for carbereter and oil, and is just the
thing for cycle ear or air wagon. Price $15. L. E.
Beckley, Ukiah, Cal.
I HAVE for sale or exchange 2,000-ohm Brandes
'phone, qt. Leyden Jar, $7.50 loose coupler, typewriter Rem. No. 0 in Al condition, 2-cylinder gasoline engine. 14- horsepower, air ccthd, In good running shape, 12 -gauge Remington snot gun. pump
action, hammerless, as good as new, P.9merous elec.
trical and mechanical books. All the above Is in
practical, Al condition. I will trade fo_ anything
electrical or mechanical, or sell very cheap. Don't
hesitate to write me, for 1 have some bargains. I
had rather sell the above articles. E. A. Haim, McNary, Ky.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE -One complete =uud)-nnm
tug and receiving wireless set with 2x01
'phones; will sell ut a sacrifice. For full particulars
write me. Would also like to buy or swap accessories for 0 Gauge Electric trains. George Adams.
601 North College, Charlotte, N. C.
MUST NELL- Circumstances fore we to sell my
%k.w. Cackard; used two months; $8.51 brings it
prepaid. L. A. Walker, 1716 South 20th St., St.
Joseph, lilo,
HAVE Excelsior printing press with outfit, camera outfit, Roller organ, postcard projector, wireless
apparatus. What bave you? Nathaniel Leek', Ama-
gansett, N. Y.
FOR SALE -Brandes Superior 'phones. One 'phone

and head band new. Other 'phone in good condition, $3. Arnold's special make loose coupler, primary 12-in. long, line instrument; can be used
three different ways, $7; Murdock $3 variable,
$1.50; large cabinet. good mahogany finish; has two
tap switches and taps also test detector, $1.50;
complete set for $10.65. Edwin Cohan, 601 West
150th St.. New York.
FOR SALE-Two tuners, value $7.50; sell for

$3.50, or $2 each; $5 Ferron detector, $2.50; $5
Murdock variable condenser, $3; $3 aerial switch.
$1.50; $9 cash for whole outfit. All bought new and
in good condition. Ellsworth Davis, Morrice, Mich.
WANTED-Second -hand dynamo cheap (MO v.,

about 10 amp.) or smaller machine; send description, Clarence L. Robinson (Curtis Rte.), Waynesville, Mo.
HAVE telegraph set, step -down transformer, 110
A. C. to 8 D. C., and drawing set; want 2,000-ohm
head set. Write. Stephen Kent, 92 Campbell St.,
Pawtucket, R. I,
FOR SALE -No. 3 Brownie camera in excellent
condition with portrait attachment for same; developing and printing outfit with instructions. All for
$7. Write. Walter Curnutte, Rivesville, W. Va.
MOTOR WHEEL WANTED-Have up-to -date receiving outfit, complete In every way, including audion, Blitzen variable, Brandes 'phones, commercial
loose coupler, etc., 1 -k.w. quick -throw aerial switch
and 600 -volt lightning switch also included; want
to exchange for Smith motor wheel in good condition. All inquiries will be answered. Edward J.
French, Peekskill, N. Y.
HAVE $12 mail -order course, $5 stamp collection,
$3 "Solid Receiver"; want good receiving set, or
other wireless instruments. Mort Calcott, East Liverpool, O.
FOR EXCHANGE -- Cameras 5x7 Century outfit, 3A
Eastman Kodak, Premo Filmplate outfit, pair prism
binocular field glasses, a $20 electric postcard pro22
electwoohammerlessore olversSetools,diec.e15wantclosed
trical goods, open core transformer, or 1 -k.w.
OpOdell,
what
have
you?
coil,
or
Tesla
core, a
tometrist, Fremont, Mich.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE Experimental laboratory equipment consisting of volt meters. galvanometers, Wheatstone bridges, and other electrical Instruments, together with large quantity of tel.
et.hone relay ?, drops, jacks, transmitters, receivers,
magnet wire, granular carbon, carbon electrodes,
chemicals, small dynamo, lathe, drill press, filing
cabinets and other equipment, State what you want.
H. It. Van Deventer, Box 591, Sumter S. C.

FOR SALE CHEAP- Complete amateur station,
sending and receiving set. and large aerial; will sell
for $15; worth twice as much. If interested, write.
Ed. Guilmette, 343 Mason St., Woonsocket, R. I.
FOR SALE OR EXCIANGE- Complete volumes
of Popular Electric magazines, Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5. 6;
make reasonable offer; all ready for binding. William Kirsch. 782 Bergen St., Newark, N. J.
POWERFUL 11 -in. water motor, $4.25: $15 Ereccost
tor outfit with $3 motor, $8; 22 rifle, $1.75, -ohm
$4.50: will exchange for audion bulk, 8.000
'phones, Mott(- Audi -Fone and aerial. Archie King,
North St., LeRoy, N. Y.
COMPLETE "Talking Head" for the construction
the
of a telegraphone, will be exchanged for any ofWesfollowing instruments: A hot wire ammeter,
opera
dynamo.
small
voltmeter,
ton or Keystone
glasses, variable condenser, or what have you? Samuel Cohen, 1936 Pitkin Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Opportunity Exchange
Advertisements in this section 4c. a word for each insertion. Count 7 words per line.
Name and address must be included at the above rate. Cash should accompany all classified advertisements unless placed by
an accredited advertising agency.
Ten per cent. discount for 6 issues, ao per cent. discount for ra issues from above rate. Objectionable or misleading advertisements not accepted,
Advertisements for the April issue should reach us not later th an March 5th.
EXPERIMENTER PUBLISHING CG., INC., 233 Fulton S
Y.
, New York, N.
BOOKS
It Depends
on yourself
to become quite prosperous and independent inside
of 10 years Of you hold on to something good) by
investing the Introduction- nomival price of 25e.
(stamps are not exchanged at the P. 0., and therefore cannot be accepted) -in "Warnings and Advice
to the Small Investor "; original price, $1 net. Why
should you not make yourself independent? Satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded. Address
Box 3034, M. T. Dept., Middle City Station, Philadelphia, Pa.
HAVE YOU SEEN
A COPY ?-Amateur
Photog-
rapher's Weekly, $1.50 per year; weekly prize

competitions; criticisms; print exchange; illustrated; many features. Three months' subscription,
40e.
Amateur Photographer's Weekly, 915 Schofield Bldg., Cleveland, 0,
BRAZING AND WELDING

BRAZING TIIRCIIE&, 40e., postpaid: will heat
one inch bar red hot in three minutes.
Send
stamps or money order. Auto. Welding & Mfg.
Co., Omaha. Neb.
REGULATORS for oxygen or acetylene gas with
fittings for standard tanks with single gauges, $8
each; with double gauges, $14 each; welding torch
with four tips, $10, postpaid; guaranteed for one
year. Auto, Welding Sr Mfg. Cn.. Omaha. Neb.
MISCELLANEOUS
DRAWINGS made for inventors. Consulting Engineer, EE -3240 Seminary Ave Chicago.
BEFORE you try to wind secondaries for a coil

or transformer get our prices; we can save you
time and money. State your wants plainly. Eureka
Secondary Co., 6937 S. May St., Chicago, Ill.
THERE is but one telegraph school that places
all grades direct in the railway telegraph service.
It Is Pelnars, Madison, Wis.
FILMS developed free: send negative for sample
print und particulars. New Lex Novelty Co., New
Lex(ngton, O,
WANTED-Young electricians In every city and
town to install thermostats. A chance to start in
busiuess. Beers Bros. Thermostat Co., 1166 Portland Ave,. Rochester. N. Y.
CALIFORNIA little suburban farms for sale.
Terms write E. R. 1Valte, Shawnee. Okla,
H.P. 24 lb., air cooled aluminum gasoline
engine $18. Sent C. O. D. for $1 with order,
with privilege of inspection. Gasoline and steam
Comengines, engine castings. model engines.
plete small electric Iight plants. Tools, gears,
pulleys, experimenter's supplies, etc. Send 5c. for
catalogue and circulars. Dynamic Manufacturing
Co., First National Bank Building, Chicago.
PATENT ATTORNEYS
PATENTS without advance attorney's fees. Not
due until patent allowed. Send sketch for free report. Books free. Frank Fuller, Washington, D. C.
IDEAS WANTED- Manufacturers are writing for
patents procured through me. Three books with list,
hundreds of inventions wanted sent free. Advice
free. I help you market your invention. R. B.
Owen, 130 Owen Bldg., Washington, D. C.
PATENT SECURED or fee returned. Send sketch
or model for free search and report. Latest complete patent book free. George F. Kimmel, 254
Barrister Bldg., Washington, D. C.
JOHN M- McLACHLEN, attorney -at -law- Patent
causes. Union Trust Bldg., Washington, D. C.
STAMPS AND COINS

STAMPS -100, all different, free: postage 2e.
Mention paper. Quaker Stamp Co., Toledo, O.
$2 TO 500 EACH paid for hundreds of coins
dated before 1010. Send 10e. for our New Illustrated Coin Value Book, 4x7, showing guararteed
prices,
Get posted at once. Clarke Coin Co.,
Box 14, Le Roy, N. Y.
BARGAIN, 58 different stamps from warring
nations, 19e.
Martin, Iroquois, Ontario.
WIRELESS
2,500 METER loose couplers. $5; other wireless
bargains. Send for circulars. Cliff lffg. Co., Brookfield. Mass.
TESTED SILICON, 15e. ounce. Gress, Pitman,
N. J.
SPECIAL BARGAINS-Switch points, brass, 40e.
per hundred; stop pins, brass, 50e. per hundred; silver plating, double above. E. F. Ball & Co., Buck laud, Coon.
$10 COMMERCIAL KEY for $4. Money refunded
if not satisfied. Massie Wireless Telegraph Co.,
77 Washington St., Providence. R. I.
WESTERN AGENT for Multi- Audi -Fone, Undamped -Waver and Mignon apparatus. Special propositions. Arthur B. Church. Lamont, Ia.
GALENA detector, 35e.; cat whiskers, 3 for 5c.;
condenser, .006 -Mf, 60e. Walter Patch Co., Klemme,
Ia.
GALENA DETECTORS -Complete with crystal on
black fiber base, 45e.; parts, 35e.; postage, 40. Particulars on other apparatus. A. Bullock, 3121 N.
220. Kansas City, Kan.
SOMETHING NEW -"Eterno" insulation for receiving and transmitting sets, 15e. square foot and
np. Better than rubber or fiber. Stands 2,80n deg.
F., 1,000 -75,000 volts. Used by Government and
Marconi Co, Send 4e. for sample and catalog. Manuel
Rattner & Bro., 36-38 Union St., Poughkeepsie. N. Y.
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Iles a heavy brass cup, with four binding screws;

Mesco Wireless Spark Coils

Mesco Rotary Spark Gap

Manhattan Wireless Receiving Set

Send 1Oc. for Copy of

coupler, fixed a Mouser detector. and

connected to loading inductance and variable condenser

MANHATTAN ELECTRICAL SUPPLY CO.

Chicago, 114 S. 5th Ave. St. Louis, 1106 Pine St.

Mesco Intensifying Transformer

Mesco Wireless Receivers

field magnets and

480 Double Head

does not consume any

Il receivers are wound

Used for intensifying signals received from any crystal

Mesco Wireless Practice Set

You benefit by mentioning

Mesco High Efficiency Spark Gap

"The Etectricot Experimenter" when writing to odvertisers.

r The Electrical. Experimenter

Published by Experimenter Publishing Company. Inc.

Gernsbaek, President; S. Gcrndridr, Treasurer;

TIIE TESLA IIIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR

ITymes, Secretary), 233 Fulton St., New York

CONTENTS FOR MARCH, 1916

FRONT COVER-"THE TESLA DESTROYER"

By Roger: U. Re:k, 623