Igniting Explosives by the "F"-Ray
PROF. ERNESTO ULIVI'S experiments with the so-called "F"-rays of electricity have reached the place where they are attracting the attention of journalists, not only in Europe, but also in America. The claim is made that these "F"-rays have the power to cause electric sparks upon all metallic objects with which they make a contact. These "F"-rays, if turned upon a battle-ship, would cause electric sparks to flash out everywhere in the interior as well as on the exterior of the vessel, and it goes without saying that the ammunition magazines would be instantly exploded. In one of his experiments, the professor projected the "F"-rays against his gas-meter. The meter blew up, and his laboratory was destroyed as a result, the professor himself escaping as if by a miracle. In some of his other experiments, he has projected the rays against mines off ports, and blown them up. Wireless telegraphy and the Roentgen, or X-rays, which are now successfully in operation, would seem to be prophetic of the final success of the "F"-ray.