A MARCONI MARVEL.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 74, 28 March 1914, Page 10

A MARCONI MARVEL.

Marconi haß furnished another illustration of the facility with which modern science can perform feats surpassing those of the legendary magicians of the middle ages. He announces that he can light a lamp by wireless power at a distance of six miles. The bulb of a lamp is attached to a wireless receiver, connected in its turn with a receiving aerial wire. At the other point of the experiment a transmitter in space was linked up with the power of one hundred horse-power. As soon as the power was applied, the bulb, six miles away, lighted up and remained alight as long as the power kept on. This experiment, Mr. Marconi hopes, may be the forerunner of the use of wireless power for lighting and heating houses. "At present," he said, "the first call is to push on with wireless telephony. I am now aiming particularly at obtaining a distinctly audible message, which is really more valuable than 'spectacular' calls over long distances. I have been aole to communicate quite easily and clearly at ICO miles distance, using ordinary receivers and apparatus, and very much like the usual telephone. The difficulty lies with the transmitter, which is very heavy, *rtd ueeds two men to