ADVANCES MADE IN TELEVISION
BRITISH PLASTIC RESEARCH
RADIO- LOCATION TESTS
British plastics research during the war has ensured important, advances in the technique of television states an industrial correspondent. Two plastics in particular, "Distrene" manufactured by BX Plasties and "Polythene" manufactured by 1.C.1., have been of enormous value to dielectrics in radio location.
' Radio location, or which was pioneered* and developed by British scientists and technicians, is closely allied to television. Thus advances achieved in a former field can be applied to the latter.
Although most, developments in radio location are still it is known that the use of "Distrene" and "Polythene" has enabled an entirely new form of cable to be made which is far cheaper and far more efficient than the former type.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 40, 16 January 1945, Page 5
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125ADVANCES MADE IN TELEVISION Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 40, 16 January 1945, Page 5
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