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...resident of Baltimore, Simon, who is 58 years old, has long been prominent in the development of undersea navigation. In the early 90's he competed for the contract to build the first Government submarine. A rival won the award, but in 1897 Mr. Lake launched the Argonaut, first submersible to operate successfully in the open sea. Speaking on the development of the submarine, he once said : "My first trip was in the Argonaut down Chesapeake Bay. Night was coming on and we de cided to come to the surface...
When the Laurentic was sunk off Lough Swilly by a German submarine during the War, a large treasure in bullion went down with it. The British marked the site and fought on. But in 1918 the attempt to salvage the undersea gold was begun, and to date about $35,000,000 has been recovered by divers...
...Greenwich time, April 23, His Britannic Majesty would formally open the BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION at Wembley. For the first time, in English history, the actual voice of the monarch will be broadcast and heard simultaneously in thousands of homes in every part of the Empire. Carried by undersea cables when the air waves fail, along the All-British cable route across Canada to New Zealand and Australia, thence to India and South Africa and back to Wembley, his voice will encircle the world in five minutes...
...Broglie was elected a member of the Academy of Sciences. The duke has devoted much time to chemical research, but is better known for developing wireless telegraphy in the French Navy and for inventing undersea wireless to submarines. He is also interested in the notorious radio, and, as the despatch said, "radio enthusiasts now have a young and active representative in the Institut de France...
...radio concert was heard in a tube 85 feet deep under the Hudson River. But Baltimore and Washington cannot communicate satisfactorily by radio. This is due to a large "dead spot" or peculiar geological formation in the earth between the two cities, says Dr. James Harris Rogers, inventor of undersea and underground radio communication. The energy waves travel from base plate to base plate, rather than from aerial to aerial, according to Dr. Rogers. Long-distance messages take the way of least resistance and are not hampered by dead spots. Washington electrical experts are experimenting on the problem...