INFRA-RED RAY
(Press. Assn.
TREMENDOUS POSSIBILITIES IN NEW SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY PHOTOGRAPHY IN FOG
— By Telegraph — Copyrlght).
Rec. Oct. 31, 5.0 p,m. London, October 30. The War Office and Admiralty are interested in infra-red photography, in consequence of which special experiments have been initiated at the physjpal lab oratory, Teddingtqn. . The new photographic plates overcome haze and fog, and give a de•finition as sharp at 20 miles as at 100 yards, 4f applied in warfare it is suggested that a sm.oke. screen. fpr. a battle fleet would be rendered useless ,as aircraft wopld, he ahle to photograph a battlefield and fortificatjpns while Liddep ip the . clouds- .. Liners would be able to speed through a fqg because- they would know the position of the ships ahbad. Scientists could also search ovet a vaster area of the universe, and the discpvery may ultimately be the piepns of d.eciding. the existence' of life on the planets.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 368, 1 November 1932, Page 5
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