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WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY AT SEA

The practical trials which have been made at sea completely demonstrate the bread fact that messages can be received and read at varying distances up to eighteen miles. In May, 1897, the system was tried between Pensrth, an South Wales, and the Flatholm Island, in the Bristol Channel, three and a-third miles apart. Here also communication was successfully established, and subsequently the distance was extended to nine miles, from Penarth to Weston- super-Mare, the two sides of the Bristol Channel being put into effective electrical communication. Later on, with the object of showing the possibility of keeping up   I regular communication across a long dis- tance, a station was established at Alum  

Bay, Isle of Wight, and another at Bourne-   mouth, fourteen and a-half miles of sea   intervening, and between these points daily  

intercourse has been kept up. In addition   to this a small steamer fitted with the re-   quisite instruments cruised about the vicin-   ity for two weeks, and during that time  

kept up continual communication with   Alum Bay. This station has been visited   by Lord Kelvin and Lord Tennyson, also   by the Italian Ambassador, all of whom  

despatched messages through space, which were duly received at Bournemouth and seat on to their respective destinations through the ordinary telegraph system of the country. In connection with the Kings-  

town regatta in July îtst, a land station with instruments was established at Kings-

town, and another set of instruments was   put on board a steamer specially chartered  

to follow the races, the result being that

from the steamer messages containing full  

reports of the progress of the races were  

sent daily from various distances at sea through space to the land station, which were published in successive editions of the evening papers. During the Cowes race week, when the Prince of Wales was con- fined to the Osborne yacht by reason of the injury to his knee, two instruments were fixed up at Osborne House and two on board the yacht, whereby communication was established, and messages passed daily between her Majesty and his Royal High- ness, although the two stations were fre- quently out of sight of each other. The most recent application of the system has been carried out for Lloyd's at Rathlin island, off the north coast of Ireland, where it has been made available for transmitting from the island to Ballycastle on the main-  

land reports of passing vessels, instead of by fag signalling, which had previously been in use. One great advantage of the   Marconi method would be that vessels could   be reported in thick weather when visual   signals were unavailing. It win be interest-   ing to learn how this practical utilisation  

of the system progresses.  

. -_-.

J Cytifs will see that Mr. Buchanan has

j been caught napping. That is to say. tie I -Buchanan whose hand and pen are against | thires ia general. In his new book. j " Father Anthony," he bringe understanding

1 and sympathy to bear on the diverse i humanity of remote Connaught. However. i tie attitude and result are orly what might

] be exppiied by readers o' Hr. Buchanan's J successful Irish verse, " O'Connor's Wake,"

for examjjle.

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