Television in Open Air

Radio Record, Volume II, Issue 14, 19 October 1928, Page 8

Television in Open Air

Me. BAIRD, inventor of television, is now steadily progressing along the more difficult paths, and his las?) step has been infinitely important. He has sueceeded in doing away with the large banks of lamps, so far required to illuminate the object being televised. During a demonstration hefore Professor J. A. Fleming an image was transmitted in ordinary daylight, and the sun was not even shining at the time. The Americans have developed television along similar lines, and recently conducted a successful television experiment by which the movements of a tennis player in flannels were made clearly visible to "watchers-in" vveral floors beneath. These developments are considered epoch-miuking, because they are among the first times sunlight has been used instead of artificial illumination. In the case of the tennis player a cameralike televisur on. the roof was connected with the screen of the receiving apparatus by wire, but it is claimed it would be just as successful if wireless were used. Dr. Herbert Ives and Dr. Frank Gray conducted the experiment.