Mr. Baird's Progress.

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 11, 28 September 1928, Page 32

Mr. Baird's Progress.

A £700,000 Company.

‘PECENTLY Baird — International,, Ltd., a company having a share capital of £700,000 with Lord Ampthill as chairman, was floated in London The company acquires the rights in the Baird inventions and patents held by the Baird Television Development Co.. Ltd.. a company having a nominal share capital of £125,000. The Baird inventions are stated to embrace :- (1) Television to enable vision of living and moving beings, objects and scenes to be transmitted by wireless or land-line in a manner similar to that in which sound is transmitted by wireless and telephony. _ (2) Noctovision-a name applied to the application of infra-red rays to the Teleyisor to enable vision in total darkness to be demonstrated. (3) Phonovision--the recording of a "television sound wave" in conjunction with music and _ reproduction from the record on a "Phonovision" sereen of the actual moving scene as originally recorded. (4) Fuesimile Telegraphy--the sending of pictures by a slowing down of the television equipment.

(5) Automatic synchronism-a _ device whereby the transmitting and receiving apparatus are automatically kept in step. The directors preferred vot to state any definite estimate of profits accruing from thé sale of television receiving equipments. Success attended the issue of the 1.000.000 "A" shares of the company of 5s. each, offered at a premium of 1s. per share, and the lists were closed at 10.30 a.m. on the day of issue. Mr. Baird predicts that complete "seeing-in" sets will be available this month for £25 each. and that they will receive pictures from the company’s broadcasting station. ECENT cable messages. however, indicate quite clearly that Baird is making steady progress in important points and is even tackling the simultnneous . ‘transmission of voice and vision. A measure of success would seem to have been achieved which augurs astonishing things in the future -just how astonishing remains yet to be seen. ‘According to a recent issue of the "Mforning Post" "A big stride forward was demonstrated at the Baird Laboratories. Long Acre, W.C. One of the party went on to the roof.of the building, where a transmitting teleyvisor

had been set up, and the rest of the party went with Mr. Baird into a room where there was a receiving apparatus. , "The receiver gave an inuage, about half as large ugain as an average cigarette card, but the detail was per fect. "When the sitter opened his mouth his teeth were clearly visible, and so were his eyelids and the white of his eyes and other small details about the face. "He was a dark-eyed, dark-haired man, and appeared in his natural colours agninst a dark background. He picked up a deep-red coloured cloth and wound it round bis head, winked. and put out his tongue. The red of the cloth stood out vividly against the pink of. his face. while his tongue showed ax a lighter’ pink. "He changed the ved cloth for a blue oue, and then, dropping that, put ona policeman’s helmet, the badge in the centre standing out clearly against the dark blue background. "The colour television proved so attractive that the sitter was kept for a long time doing various things at the request of the spectators. A cigarette showed up white with a pink spot on the end when it was lit. The finger mails on a band held out were just

visible. and the glitter of a ring showed on one of the fingers."