| RefNo | ACS/1/2/3/497 |
| AltRefNo | 645 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, to The Editor of The Times |
| Creator | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer |
| Date | 17 August 1928 |
| Description | Comments on the communication published in the Times on 8 August, from their Wireless Correspondent, who had the opportunity of witnessing a demonstration of television in America, by the American Telegraph & Telephone Co., renders it unnecessary for him to deal at length with Mr. J. Robinson's letter in the Times, of 15 August. As he expected, Robinson's only remedy for the impossibility of obtaining the transmission and reproduction of spacious and complicated scenes would be really interesting to the public by the present mechanical methods, is by employing a multiplicity of transmitting and receiving machines dealing simultaneously with different parts of the scene, and requiring wave-length channels of great width, with consequent congestion of the aether so severe as is scarcely likely to be permitted. Adds that the cost of broadcasting and home reception will be prohibitive , both initially and in working. Believes that television at present is not ready for the public and will not be for a long time. Discusses the matter further and concludes that a radical discovery is necessary before television will be practicable. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Typescript |
| PhysicalDescription | Carbon |
| AccessStatus | Open |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8285 | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863 - 1930); electrical engineer | 1863 - 1930 |