WIRELESS TELEPHONY.
THE ADVANCE OF SCIENCE
Speaking 'to a meeting of wireless enthusiasts at Dunedin, Dr. Jack gave an illustration of what could be done in the way of transmitting by wireless telephone with low power. He 'Stated than an English amateur had succeeded in tranismlitting human speech for a distance of 84 miles with a power of \ k.w.. compared with the 100 k.w. that were required for an average lamp. Another had transmitted for five miles with 20 volts. Jack to show members sorpe of the scientific uses to which they could put their appliances. If 'they had an iron bar two or three inches 'thick and a fly alighted on it, he said, they could measure the distance that the bar sank down.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXI, Issue 1280, 12 August 1922, Page 6
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125WIRELESS TELEPHONY. Waipa Post, Volume XXI, Issue 1280, 12 August 1922, Page 6
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