The Archive · 1929

PICTURES BY

WIRELESS, New System for Transmitting Speed Toulon, simile wireless, transmission, for instance, that a cheque can be wirelessed across the world aod honoured on signature, practically demonstrated yest lit Somerion, in Somerset, to chieh place pict ex of a manuscript print were flashed by short-wave beam wireless from New York.

Inside a sliding cylinder, on which is placed sensitized paper, flicks revolvigge spot of light. A. few minutes later the paper is develope the picture emerges. This. transmitted across th Atlantic at 1 speed of 186,000 '8 second.

This method, the resuit of tw years of research by Marconi to be quicker, cleaves and cheaper' com present methods pietares.—Reuter,

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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