“WIRELESS LIGHTHOUSES"

Waihi Daily Telegraph, Volume XIX, Issue 6361, 1 November 1921, Page 2

“WIRELESS LIGHTHOUSES"

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Tim late.-1 prulediioii lor -hipping is the ’ vv ii eb’ss' I 1 gbllmnse,'’ several ol which are being built mi the English

coast. At, certain specified limes a "beam ’ of wirefless energy will be thrown uni. the direction corresponding with the Used times named in the j instruction* to shipping. Periodically, time signals will be given by each station, so limit ships'in the viiinity may eorreol their chronometers, the device !depending absolutely n|)on accui'ate | correspondence belween (be cbrmioi meters a|, the shore staiion and those mi shipping. Tlmu the ‘Team’' will bo switched on, “Say it starts at 3 ji.m. beaming in an easterly direction ; at Id seconds past 'tin* hour 'it would gradmti'lv have changed to east-south east, and at one mimdc mi.st i[ would pro-

ably bo pointing soalb-east. continuing until (be 'whole extent, m navigab'e waters bad liee-n traverM'd. The ship at, sea, lias "iil'v to listen for the beam of the electrtMiiaenelie energy, note the time when it is hoard, refer to the instnudiioas, where the exact direction of the beam at Minted limes will be found, and the bearing is immediately ascertained. Several of these stations are experimentally working in America-