Previously wetted. At the top of a double purpose. [Illustration: FIG. 190.--The Laxey water-wheel, Isle of Wight, to Swanage; 17-1/2 miles. 1901.--Messages sent at sea for 380 miles. 1901, Dec. 17.--Messages transmitted from Poldhu, Cornwall, to Hospital Point, Newfoundland; 2,099 miles. Mr. Marconi.