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AltRefNo87218
LevelItem
TitleLetter from [Alexander] Russell, Faraday House Electrical Engineering College, Faraday House, Southampton Row, London, W. C. 1., to [Alan Archibald] Campbell Swinton [Esquire], 40 Chester Square, London, S. W. 1.
CreatorRussell; Alexander (1861 - 1943)
Date4 July 1928
DescriptionThanks Swinton for sending his paper on television by cathode rays, commeting that theoretically his methods seems far preferable to mechanical methods. Informs he saw some excellent pictures by a mechanical method at Baird's laboratory. being greatly superior to his pictures of two years ago but the method unsuitable for commercial exploitation.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionCarbon
AccessStatusOpen
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2459Russell; Alexander (1861 - 1943)1861 - 1943
NA8285Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer1863 - 1930
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