| RefNo | ACS/1/2/3/70 |
| AltRefNo | 94 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from [Alan Archibald Campbell] Swinton, to Major [Harry Egerton] Wimparis, R. A. F., 15 Holland Villas Road, Kensington, W. 14. |
| Creator | Swinton; Alan Archibald Campbell (1863-1930); British electrical engineer |
| Date | 23 January 1928 |
| Description | Referring to their verbal conversation sends a copy of his paper on "The Possibilities of Television", read before the Radio Society of Great Britain in March 1924. Comments on the suggestion within the paper, previously published in Nature in 1908, and more detailed descriptions contained in a Presidential Address he gave to the Rontgen Society in 1911. Emphasises that all his descriptions are theoretical as he has not made any apparatus. Discusses at length his idea of utilising cathode rays and work of other scientists interested in the subject. |
| Extent | 3p |
| 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 |