WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY OUTDONE.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7506, 13 September 1902, Page 2

WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY OUTDONE.

- Re&ftrk&frie Experiments in ttfcoug-^srans-_is&o&. ; Members «f the Society, ior Psychical ite-^ Search are experimenting in Washington ■frith wireless' telegraphy apparatus, gfvihg Results . far^ more phenomenal . than any obtained byrMarconi and his imitators (writes J. 'EL Watkins in. the '.-Detroit FreeiPi^sßV>. ■phase - fcitotd-ts 'wr&lt^ansiriitting and ' re-' delving messages over wide sireasr jofrtertii" tory attd the peroe_ta£eiof eftro*f is f CkiniCd to be less than that eUCOunteredr by the. ttildkii V investor;; during -his X- elementary triaUL .- ;.:-.-;, ■* v -*'*.' . :•*•■.- -v -.:.. :,: -;-h ' The* employ tKtnsmitting * instrunienits . Wought of metal and -wood^'They- despatch, jingie-lettfei*! -"frtrd- br g<Jt#aeiri_. desdgnsC j_ great «CdU<>niy in thei* _y*Win is- *&£»s&>>' frdta tMbWa enibfcfltutftn -tf-'&]ftrftrSftt£-faind forSe^^U&tricityv. ; ' GBdiiaerlcal asf |his enterfffte miy appear tb-th& UMhifiafcH, it y&b#i%' with the fr&lictldii df that: fcatf^&ielled sfcienti^b, Sir *W. ; CrboKs,, tofit&e of British of t*h_ v Royal Socie^yi discoverer of "W^Um* in^"Ve&tdr o_ ihe fadibiiUeter Andi X^ra^ 'tutfej-' find *to!rin«r jiresfdent bf - the Socie^ ,fo* Psy&iio Res&ircjfr. y Si* 'Wflli^/inrj* .*«'' bent interview, /f ro^-esfed that it $$&;$ * soon be fisti-d practicable, to toleiiapfi-tfith-bue 'wires '0. tJ^pl^Wnisfflfeng th r Otight; fcroh* mifid to' ihihdV at: the - jml hi 'the t ifc&Siir,:V" "'■ a ' v .-V ,; "'" '"*' '* .:•--"-'•;■ ... T^jß .TBANStotTEB.. .. .. ..._...., ... . '^lie.traJisinittiiig instrument used in these,. u gpns%s 5 of fi -stf J^ptil^r% I*:.1 '*:. tern fpr p?oject*i»g .light,. «ii easel supporting a bkofc. board o>e^efn,4^ro^pas};er; )>Qft^''Mg^-j | 9i&. »». letters, >, designs to be despatched,, and a... conical, tube to be/held at the. e*e,of the transit- ' iing agent^.voshe dark, screea,*s;;&efc uprise lb dark room and the discs, in. turn-; ; east httached to its centre. The discs »rejabo__ L fodtiin.diimeter; are of white, cardboard fund are itnpresfiad With . the letters s.oC figures jof conspicuous:, ai^pirifttjed in£>lgek. &h» jSfctaW#cfe£ projfect* a^^i^lejef ;^eps^ ■■, "white light 'which ejw>tJy;Jfitsjthft sound, btitiioe* ;of Lm\j:Aßto'i'aosk. wMmftj.Miwm' jato the,krite*} tfbieh visible lobject-in the darkened tooms.> . ; . | Tbe transmitting jqf&fc site a.t a^joiteVeiifc lient distajßCfiL.from-the ;^Un^t^id^o««* Ihblds- to. his fey* VthS eo4»cfll-:*qh© ' r wfcicfci %huM.'from view any? tenviromu^j^vfli^ft or^objeots-whick fiwy -cbanca to, f&esfo, jreflected light from the white cardboftyd» v yia-,foaniffi_i6fcg ag&nt faces tbe.-'.dKc squar-ty- iit orders. th">,t jibe; lifehfeiai rife. jrHll ba^ieflectedvinto the idbeleqwJiy Jroßfcallh paitsiof ifci^lighfced auriacje. -:^,.# w t&i*; pwapheraaiiawis bnt a^.^aefftjanioalu aid t<t> pferffeSt *o'oii^'tttrati_ttj:.and is the best .po^-, "sibie couduWdr-dl *hetm«Bßa)ge i _«war."«ie.. jbUKfijk screen tothe M_m *-.. v ■■J., *<■■ V. ) If!b& Jifecevfti W^fcatAbly -sits vor^>dines in-'ahsthea^dftick room. XiE&*J?yeß \are'.bwi>i ,sa&e& to %hS4b out *ftjtt his Vislbta atiy mr «■ itruding light rayW-Whibfc^may' bo filtered-' ithrough dooi- or wibdow crack*. t Quietude 'is" «lifeiiti*- *o& the BUcce?jf Of *_th-af^hts. While the mibd of the transmitter mUst be. foeusfijd _*d ooncentmt# aU'^possible f<#ee upon- t»he- iisibl* portion of tfo mes»sag* tb be S«_t, that -of the rgceiver-'musr be -equally passiVeV *BSiiming that vacuum which the- hypnbtißt demands 4ftaor to -his '■ first 'operations. • •*.'■-'- -->.86% feratoemitter arid receiver -keep-con-sfeiehtious recordrof the hi^BsageS despatched ab^ bbtaiUSd.- Unless because distjaetidn-. a fcecjbfid pexfton in the ilbom with eaoh *may mMc" iSeadily do this, 'flie'dislcs mustj of course, b© arranged without the receiver's knowledge 1 of their contents. ■■%.-■•' •■• X.-,,- ... . -?*H|i' i: AFTS» IM^GE. . ■ "..-..' .^ter, concenVating his gaze; upon the w^ite .and,- black Jmage, then closing his -'c^i.'^al^g'mtoa'^hj^'roo^n %nd ogeniiig ..them^ th^ transmitter, sees in daylight ' tie.. same figures- clearly defined in reverse —the black being intenseiy, r white j the white of $ kin^ of gmoky ,\v r hi'i;eness. By gaslight the- "white> : appears bluish, . approaching purple, and the black a, luminous, ygllow. i; $he^e are the.^after images. of the dps. The . reoeiver,/ on; the" other 4iand*^ | w^ile. alip^ing.^is| mind to. remain, passive^ begins to see, wavy clouds.^ followed by a paje r olu|sh' light,- very bjigbt jbi the^ent^e. ; . As he becomes more and mpre skiitui the : figures teapsmjifted ' *PPf*r lu.'.iarger, lunii-J no.us lorn^l|asting_eaol\,jg,, moment, -hut reapß^^.P^gV^^yerai tiigesj, 1 , ; A- iimpiet; e_petiineht; ; adapted to. any draSving?cooin^r:4&ay I .^be iionducted in. "this; way-t^The trannditter-sits 'before, a^ table, his chair 1 iTJacfc/dov^baok/with/- that „,iof lthe receiver./ .The, -latter '.occupies, .^refeifeblyj: an. arm-chair. • He daces a dark , corner />f the reoxh. and blindfolds his eyes, that, his mind^may- .not- be. , distracted by objectsabout him. V>The then,yin the pre^encei.^il others^ perhapsj: draws; &6ri_'S pack , playing cards aUd . concentrate"* upon tlm design, colour anddendtainktion ofe ea<jh produced. . i Beginners, pbtfciitmflrfli BatiWoctdry tesults.if .experiinenting. ifyith but two suits aim two -numbers in eaoh.fiujtt.', Many such pa&ks may be arranged out of a doxen ordintuty .decks^ 'Howaveji-thojjMrds-nw^r ..be .arranged; they .are ehnflled' . md drawn at random. . :.v f -. ay>XJ\ :":•:* .X ■• v ,3?he. shUflUug and ' htddibg voby. he done by.a thini p,erspn,^wbo/:kee|"s,record of th^ j card, he sees drawifi,. each time : and!.-.th*t ; which the reoeiVer claims, to eimwlttoflously . see. In s'ome^ip«ritoent« it ; is.*rpr«feg^d . to eliminate the court cards, ..ÜBiijg only the numbered dsupminations, .^Bot^.J^^er and trans/mitter frequently imagine that tbfty,^see Vthe>'fofl9_, of /c#.^svuj|iderg^g j Change.. whjle efforts ;ate bfeiug jnadftVtft.picture them firmly in their ttindsv b^yi , . XUSriTCHiKG pi&EDlillS. , s • ;■;' The disc and stereopficon. appariitte is successfully.^ employed in transmitting ! coloUrs^ .as -»ill as Otitirnee," tlfited" lieihg across th^. lantern: As ; prp ; ' g^lss i* ; 'bemg niadfe^ trie M^r'^ftidcteßigns ■ 'c being ootoibiUed ;&s',. i&v V 6^uce,vin a' r«d t'riahgle, a blue square,- a yello^ Sircfey, eto. . r '.-•;. ; ,- .'. -. .'■;. yyyy "' f The "reoftiVers generally '"• Visualise the L * figures -thus telegrsjihed; in ; ether wofds" j they perceive vivid pictures of th«ato;'in-tlWir minds' eyes befbre ""pronbuncihg_ than. Others bectwAe ihor_ edfeirb" and &entibh them fes soon as the thought ha's beeil trafi^-" j mitted. V. As greater and greater aptness is i attained by some, common objects upbn f wftidrthe mmds of the transmitters may fall* are-substituted for cards, figures or ooloUta The- dwitattCe. between the two ends of:the " telepathic -line," seems sometimes to make a difference as to the powers of the experi-* menters, but-: as'^yet^ere can b& deduced no rulia : -& ty why the " brain waves," as Sir Williajqa Crookes. calls them, suffer, ;n some instances, a resistance froih intefmediarte matter, while to others distance appears 'to . be no factor of success. . • , . J ' It has been noted in 'some .longdistance j tests that when one of the agents has for- • gotten his appointment the , concentration of the part of. tb- ' .'other Jias.becon^ \^b" great as 'to cause a "mental pU^-'up t ', , *as' it his 'been ternied, bringing 'the forgetting . agent to his seuses'. ; v ._ „j TiBANSMIWSD O VKB 200 MUjBS. ■._._ In experiments where sentences . have been dispatched over distances as. great as 200 miles, .not only the exact thought intended for transmission, but others incidentally occurring in the mind of the dispatcher have escaped to the receiver together with the intended message. Sentences thus transmitted hay© been received aiudibly, as if spoken in the room of the receiver. Another class of experiments is made with a single receiver and a plurality of trans- ,

mitters, all of the latter arranging themselves about a table and concentrating their minds upon some object placed in the centre thereof. In one experiment of this nature a small folding magnifying glass was produced, opened. The receiver said : "It is'black. It is round. Transparent.";..: $he i glass was then held to the light and the i' receiver said "It is bright." In other experiments with a plurality of transmitters bits of salt, sugar, vinegar, etc., have been, simultaneously held in the mouths of the transmitters. It is claimed thistrthe taste of salt has thus been made so vivid in the mind of the receiver that he has craved for water. - mmmmmmmmmmjmmmmmmmm