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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23, 1924.

Greatest Achievement of Modern Time.

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It has long been known, thoy said, that cortain birds, inseots and oven animals which to tho human oar wero dumb, mado vocal or body sounds in com- municating with each other.

Malo and fomalo insoots undoubtedly called to each other by sounds too high pitched for the human ear, they said.,

LONDON TO BROADCAST TO AUSTRALIA?

Marking an epoch in the history developments will take place of radio vuginooring, world wide before another Now Year. radio broadcasting was, aohloved) "It is a wonderful thing for on the night of December 31, 1923, the world, this achievement when H. P. Davis, Vico President (which'onables the peoples of one of the Westinghouse Electric and continent to listen in on the Manufacturing Company, trans-activities of the peoplosof Semtor Marconi stated recent- mitted Now Your's greatings that another continet for the friendly that ho is optimistic of broad- were heard in many lands from ship of nations is founded on casting from London to Australia KDKA, the pioneer broadcasting closer understanding among the in the near future. station of the Westinghouse various peoples and in no way "As soon as it is possible to Comphay, at Eust Pittsburgh. can different nations understand perfect the working of tho For the first time in history it ench other and become more wireless bout," he said, "this was possible by monds of the closely in touch with each other will be compartively simple. Had spoken word that such a messagofthan by improved moans of Pittsburg broadcast on a "beam' be sont to the peoples of so many rapid and acourate communica- the other night, it would have nations. This marvellous achieve- tion.

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Dance music broadcast from message from KDKA, besides the pioneer broadcasting station the Savoy Hotel between 1a.m. being transmitted on a wavelength of the world, should be the first and 2. a.m. is to be relayed in of 326 meters for local reception, station to develop a means for America: Sonator Marconi will was sent out on a wavelength of the repeating of its programmes himself danes to the music at the 100 meters and was picked up, to you, the peoples of other con- Savoy. amplified, and raportor by the tinents, for it was here, and hy Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical this station, from which I am Company's radio station at Man-now wonding this message, that

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chester. England, and by the radio broadcasting was first ļin in this country. No delinito Westinghouse repeating station undertakon: This foat is only arrangement has been made but at Hastings, Nobraska, US,A: another progressive step in the a B.B.C. official stated that the

Mr. Davis in his message said ; development

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WIRELESS POLL ON PROHIBELJON, during the past year is fitly shown by the fact that I am able to ultra-audible microphone invent The perfection of an electric speak directly to you, the great ed-by-Dr-Philips-Thomas,-which- massos of population of other it is claimed will permit scientists nations across ELIT intervening

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now are too rapid or too faint" nitimately result in making for the human ear to catch, was America's daily pvents known announced

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"A year ugo such an In its experimental stago, achievement seemed beyond according to S. M. Kintnor belief. With such advancement director of research for the

in the radio art. an established company, the microphone has fact, no man dare predict what [boon usód successfully to

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simplified to a point where it ed that her own education had THE HUMAN ZOO could be used by vessels st son been ontiraly devoid of any train- in picking up the warnings of ing in this particular, and hor foghorns or other pound, warnings only consolation was that she beyond the range of the human had married a man who if he our; in studying the finer sound pridod himself on anything it was vibrations of organs of the human on his culinary skill, and if the body, such as the heart and worst disaster befoll her house- brain, and in the realm of the hold and the kitchen was ompty ontoniologist, who has tried in she knew she would not be left vain to pick up 'sounds known to without a woll-cooked moul bo made by tiny insects but in- Other speakers wore thus on- audible to humanie...

couraged modestly to mention The ultra-audible microphone their own exploits, Lady Buring will do for the human ear what said she had had some training in the microscopo does for the oyo," cookery, in the. soures of which Mr..Kintnor said.

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