In this way receivers variety forms
may made respond effect!vety im- 95
pulses too feeble detected made
to produce any sensible effect any other
way which aware—a result great
value scientific research well vari
ous applications practical use. 100
What claim invention, and desire
to secure Letters Patent, is—
1. apparatus for utilizing electrical 115
effects disturbances transmitted through
the natural media, the combination with a
source such effects disturbances a
charging-circuit adapted energized by
the action such effects disturbances, 120
storage device included the charging-cir
cuit and adapted charged thereby,
means for commutating, directing select
ing the current impulses the charging-cir
cuit, receiving-circuit, and means for dis- 125
charging the storage device through the re
ceiving-circuit, substantially described. apparatus for utilizing electrical
effects disturbances transmitted through
the natural media, the combination with 130
source such effects disturbances a
charging-circuit adapted energized by
the action such effects disturbances, a
I condenser included the charging-circuit
. When the
impulses are long and all the same direc
tion, and even when they are alternating but 75
sufficiently long duration and sustained in
electromotive force, the brushes and may
be adj usted bear the parts of
the cylinder the cylinder and its brushes
may omitted and the terminals the con- 80
denser connected directly the plates P
and P'.
It observed that the function
of the cylinder with its brushes and con
nections, render the electrical impulses
coming from the plates and suitable for
60 charging the condenser (assuming them be
unsuitable for this purpose the form in
which they are received) rectifying them
when they are originally alternating di
rection selecting such parts them as
63 are suitable when all are not, and any other
device performing this function willobviously
answer the purpose.
2. 2.
3. In
all cases evidently important adjust
35 the duration contact segments and s'
with brushes the manner indicated. When thus modified,
the apparatus'appears shown Fig.
It will seen that the use inven
tion results hitherto unattainable utilizing
disturbances effects transmitted through 85
natural media maybe readily attained, since
however great the distance such transmis
sion and howeverfeeble attenuated the im
pulses received enough energy may accu
mulated from them storing the energy 90
of succeeding impulses for sufficient inter
val time render the sudden liberation
of highly effective operating receiver.
When the apparatus have described is
used connection with the transmission of
signals intelligence, will course be
40 understood that the transmitter operated
in such way produce disturbances or
effects which are varied intermitted . apparatus for utilizing electrical
effects disturbances transmitted through
the natural media, the combination with 105
source such effects disturbances a
charging-circuit adapted energized by
the action such effects disturbances, a
storage device included the charging-cir
cuit and adapted charged thereby, re- no
ceiver, and means for causing the receiver to
be operated the energy accu mulated the
storage device arbitrary intervals time,
substantially described. also evident that
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a device such have already referred td
which offers more ready passage impulses
of one sign permits only impulses the 70
same sign pass may also used perform
this selective function many cases when
alternating impulses are received.
Another way using the apparatus with
impulses the same direction take off
one pair brushes, disconnect the plate
25 from brush and join directly the
terminal the condenser, and connect
brush with brush a’.
Obviously the special appliances used in
carrying out invention may varied in
many ways without departing from the spirit
55 the same.
some arbitrary manner—for example, pro
duce longer and shorter successions im-
43 pulses, corresponding the dashes and dots
of the Morse alphabet—and the receiving de
vice will respond and indicate these varia
tions intermittences, since the storage de
vice will charged and discharged number
50 times corresponding the duration the
successions impulses received.
If instead the alternating impulses short
impulses the same direction are conveyed
to the plates and P', the apparatus de-
io scribed may still readily used, and for
this purpose merely necessary shift
the brushes and into the position indi
cated the dotted lines, while maintaining
the same conditions regard synchronism
15 before, that the succeeding impulses
will permitted pass into the condenser,
but prevented from returning the ground
or transmitting medium during the intervals
between them, owing the interruption dur-
2o ing such intervals the connections leading
from the condenser-terminals the plates.685,955
puisés are very feebie, as-when coming from a
great distance when desired operate
a receiver very rapidly, then any the well-
known devices capable responding very
S feeble influences may used this connec
tion.
Operated this manner and assuming the
30 speed rotation cylinder the same,
the apparatus will now evidently adapted
for number impulses per unit time
twice great the preceding ease
