Television

Abstract

WE welcome this work, which deals with the fundamental principles from which television is being developed. The reader will find it of interest, as sufficient scientific and mechanical details are given to satisfy his curiosity. We think that the young scientific worker will do well to study this latest branch of applied science, as it offers great possibilities. Some of us have seen the birth of telephony and watched the growth of a vast industry employing hundreds of thousands of skilled workers which has profoundly modified the conditions of modern life. In 1879 we remember Sir William Thomson getting one of his class to sing into a phonograph and the professor's efforts to make it reproduce the song. None of us imagined that the comic toy would develop into the gramophone as we now know it. Similarly, in watching the development of moving pictures and radio communication, few of us thought that they would so largely affect our everyday life. Television is the latest development of applied science. It will provide scope for research and development for years to come, but we feel certain that it will become part of our everyday life. Instead of merely listening to an expert describing the progress of a boat race or a football match, the younger generation may look forward actually to seeing them on a televisor as well.

Practical Television.

By E. T. Larner. Pp. 176 + 13 plates. (London: Ernest Benn, Ltd., 1928.) 10s. 6d. net.