Signalling across space without wires: being a description of the work of Hertz & his successorsLodge, Oliver, Sir
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Signalling across space without wires: being a description of the work of Hertz & his successors
Lodge, Oliver, Sir
Electric waves; Telegraph, Wireless
The specification also contains figures of earth-connected forms of
radiators, with or without self-induction coils, of which Fig. 28 may
be here reproduced; and likewise a modification of the point coherer
depicted in Fig. 17, on page 22 (_see_ Fig. 29, and also fig. on page
27), where the spiral wire spring is replaced by a piece of straight
watch-spring, clamped at one end, adjusted by a screw at the other, and
lightly touched by a needle point at its middle; a very gentle tapping
back stimulus being provided in the form of a clockwork or other
mechanically-driven motor grazing lightly against one end of the spring
protruding beyond the clamp for the purpose.
[Illustration: FIG. 30 (Fig. 14 of Specification 11,575/97).--Another
diagram of connections for Syntonic Receiver, with Coherer in a
secondary or transformer circuit; a conducting or a capacity shunt for
the telegraphic instrument being applicable as before.]
[Illustration: FIGS. 31 and 32 (Figs. 5 and 6 of Specification
18,644/97).--Modes of connecting a Coherer to one or to a pair
of Syntonic Radiators so that it may feel their _electrostatic_
disturbance.]
[Illustration: FIG. 33 (Fig. 11 of Specification 18,644/97).--Actual
connections for a Sending and Receiving Station on the plan shown in
Fig. 37. Left-hand side shows spark sending, right-hand side shows
Coherer receiving.]
Fig. 30 shows a coherer inserted in a secondary or transformer circuit,
and operated inductively by the oscillations of the receiver, which are
thus transformed up and raised in potential.
(2) No. 16,405, 1897, wherein are described chiefly various practical
methods of decohering, by means of cams and otherwise, which are
appropriate when working rapidly with automatic transmitter and siphon
recorder.
(3) No. 18,644, 1897, represents different ways of connecting up a
coherer to a syntonic resonator, so as to get the benefit of its
overflow without interfering with the working up of the electric
oscillations, _e.g._, Figs. 31, 32 and 33. It also shows a plan for
constantly decohering by a rapidly revolving cam a number of coherers
in parallel, so that one at least is always ready to receive an impulse
(Fig. 34). Further, it arranges to utilise the earth or a cable
sheath, or other uninsulated conductor, for the purpose of conveying
electric impulses to a distance (Figs. 35, 36, 37 and 38). And next
it is arranged to assist the coherer to feel the full effect of any
electric jerk by shunting out the battery and galvanometer, which are
necessarily in series with it, by means of a condenser of moderate
capacity (Fig. 35), which also shows a self-induction mode of sending
a stimulus along an uninsulated line. This condenser obstructs all
steady currents, such as give the signal, but it transmits freely any
momentary electric impulses, such as stimulate a coherer.
[Illustration: FIG. 34 (Fig. 1 of Specification
18,644/97).--Single-point Coherers in parallel, with successive
decoherence.]
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