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measure rewarded, for by straining every part of my machinery to
the utmost I shall be able to reach what I consider almost the
maximum possible performance with the power available - a rate of
energy delivery of ten millions of horse-power - more than twice
that of the entire Falls of Niagara. Thus the waves generated by
my transmitter will be the greatest spontaneous manifestation of
energy on Earth. I believe I have told you in a previous letter,
that in my system the strongest effect is produced at a point dia-
metrically opposite the transmitter which, in this instance, is
situated a few hundred miles off the western coast of Australia.
The waves will be weakest in the countries which are at a dis-
tance of about 6000 miles from here. It will be possible, however,
to use the transmitter so that its effect will be exactly(underlined) equal
over the whole surface of the globe, but then it will be compara-
tively feeble, though the variation of potential will amount to
fifty volts or more.
3. It is now imperative to provide facilities for manu
facturing great numbers of receiving apparata. These will be in-
expensive, and there is virtually no limit to the number which I
can operate from my plant. They could be placed wherever desired
and could be actuated simultaneously or separately. For this pur-
pose it would be necessary to connect the plant by wires with the
New York Telegraph and Cable Offices. At first, of course, the
repies would have to come through artificial channels, but if
agreements were entered into with Cable Companies the scheme would
be very profitable to all concerned for the following reasons:
a) revenue would be provided by charging for the wire-
less messages; b) the existing lines would have more to do; c) the
public would be benefitted by increased convenience and cheapening
of the rates, and d) there would be no opposition and friction.
4. Since your departure for Europe, Mr. Morgan, I have
had time to reflect and to get a better knowledge of the importance
and scope of your work, and I now see that you are no longer a man,
but as a principle and that every spark of your vitality must be
preserved for the good of your fellowmen. I have therefore given
up the hope that you might aid me in establishing a manufacturing
plant, which would enable me to reap the fruit of my labors of many
years. But some ideas which I have not simply conceived -but
worked out- are of such great consequence that I honestly believe
them to deserve your attention. If you should wish it, I shall
submit them to you, and in this hope I inclose a copy of an appli-
cation filed by me in the U. S. Patent Office on the 16th of May,
1900. A perusal of the paragraph on page 4 may convince you that
what I contemplate are not the unrealizable projects of a visionary,
but rational undertakings of an engineer.
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measure rewarded, for by straining every part of my machinery to
the utmost I shall be able to reach what I consider almost the
maximum possible performance with the power available - a rate of
energy delivery of ten millions of horse-power - more than twice
that of the entire Falls of Niagara. Thus the waves generated by
my transmitter will be the greatest spontaneous manifestation of
energy on Earth. I believe I have told you in a previous letter,
that in my system the strongest effect is produced at a point dia-
metrically opposite the transmitter which, in this instance, is
situated a few hundred miles off the western coast of Australia.
The waves will be weakest in the countries which are at a dis-
tance of about 6000 miles from here. It will be possible, however,
to use the transmitter so that its effect will be exactly(underlined) equal
over the whole surface of the globe, but then it will be compara-
tively feeble, though the variation of potential will amount to
fifty volts or more.
3. It is now imperative to provide facilities for manu
facturing great numbers of receiving apparata. These will be in-
expensive, and there is virtually no limit to the number which I
can operate from my plant. They could be placed wherever desired
and could be actuated simultaneously or separately. For this pur-
pose it would be necessary to connect the plant by wires with the
New York Telegraph and Cable Offices. At first, of course, the
repies would have to come through artificial channels, but if
agreements were entered into with Cable Companies the scheme would
be very profitable to all concerned for the following reasons:
a) revenue would be provided by charging for the wire-
less messages; b) the existing lines would have more to do; c) the
public would be benefitted by increased convenience and cheapening
of the rates, and d) there would be no opposition and friction.
4. Since your departure for Europe, Mr. Morgan, I have
had time to reflect and to get a better knowledge of the importance
and scope of your work, and I now see that you are no longer a man,
but as a principle and that every spark of your vitality must be
preserved for the good of your fellowmen. I have therefore given
up the hope that you might aid me in establishing a manufacturing
plant, which would enable me to reap the fruit of my labors of many
years. But some ideas which I have not simply conceived -but
worked out- are of such great consequence that I honestly believe
them to deserve your attention. If you should wish it, I shall
submit them to you, and in this hope I inclose a copy of an appli-
cation filed by me in the U. S. Patent Office on the 16th of May,
1900. A perusal of the paragraph on page 4 may convince you that
what I contemplate are not the unrealizable projects of a visionary,
but rational undertakings of an engineer.
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