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Wireless Telephony in the Tropics.
Apparently Sarawak dasarves sons, you hear the person' with oredit for being first in the fald whom you are spaaking, as on as regards wireless telephony in the ordinary telephone of today. this part of the world. Successful But what is more, you SEE him. experiments were made here two years ago, and since then broad- casting has been considerably developed, says the Suruunt Gazette.
Is it a scientist's dream? Edouard Balin, the Frenchman who has invented a mathod of sanding photographs by telegraph, says he already has such an The first radiophone was apparatus working over small installed in Kuching on May 10, distancas 1922, with a companion sot in an Prof. Fournier D'Albe, inven. outstation for expérimental pur- tor of the optophane to enable the poses. Results were so good as blind to read through their ears, to warrant testing with Sing-says television will be accomplish apore on August 24, 1922, speeched by the en 1 of the present year being beard and reported quite Prof. A M. Low. who ha clear when free from at-charge of the British Royal Air] mospherics and по stations Force experimental works dur nearby jamming.
ing the war and who has nearly Broadcasting music was in 140 inventions to his credit, in- stituted for half an hour each cluding sending photographs by morning from August 25, 1922, wireless, says television will be being clearly received in Sing-accomplished in a crude fashion apore and elsewhere. On August in about 10 or 20 years.
Was
25, 1922. His Excellency the Sir Oliver Lodge, world-famous General Officer in Command, scientist, says television will be a Straits Settlements,
efully accomplished fact in about tertained at Paya Lebar by the la century. Sarawak Rangers Band which I had a talk with Prof. Low) played in Kuching Wireless about television, writes a special!
London contributor.
Station.
Since the above seven more Basically." said he," the only radiaphone sets have been in- obstacle in the way of television' stalled in Sarawak being built up is one of pure mechanics. The and full, fitted out bere. These theory is worked out. The have now practically dusted all, method is all mapped out. the spark sets, two stations now "When a number of us, working being shut down.
in different countries, discovered a Each morning for twenty method of sending photographs minutes at 845 and 9.45 a.m. all by telegraph. we also thereby the radiophone stations are in discovered the principle which conversation for testing and the will one day give us television. results as most encouraging. In simple terms, transmiss However, since they are often ton of photographs by tele jammed out by old fashioned graph or wireless is brough
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through a sensitized often interrupted: atmospherics photographic plate which acts are also an eternal nuisance in upon photo-electric cells. These this part of the globe, but gene-in turo send vibrations along a rally conversation is commercial- wire or through the other to a ly possible in the mornings some receiving set. These vibrations
little shatter six days out of seven. Speech open or shut a between Kuching and Miri, a arrangement which permits rays distance of 320 miles, mostly of light to fall upon a sensitized overland. is often quite good, but plate. The latter receives exact- the average distance for con-ly the picture that was on the versation on masts sixty feet in plate at the sending end of the height is 150 miles. The longer line.
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distance is possible by high "Now the problem of television aeriala All commercial tele-consists in substituting your eyes THE HUMAN ZOO" grams are taken on Morse for the plate at the receiving end. speech being for the use of Gov- In sending a photograph by wire- ernment officials and testing. less, about 15 minutes are re- Sarawak Malays and Chinese quired. To make the same im- have been trained into running pression upon the eye the sand- the stations, the smaller con ist-ing would have to be cut down ing of an engine, generator, bat-from 15 minutes to about four- tery and the operating table, all Efths of a second.
sets being standardised. The cost This firat television will of of running one of the smaller course, not be in colours. It will stations is that of 16 tins of be in black and white. The mat kerosine oil. balf a tin of cylinder ter of colours would be worked oil and an operator drawing some out later just as it is being done $20 to $50 per mensem, and de-in ordinary photography. preciation and breakages are not! large iteris:
SIGHT BY RADIO?
A Wonderful Possibility.
PHILIPPINES TAKING PRECAUTIONS.
With a view to preparing the country against any possible cat-: astrophe similar to the recent
You sit in your office in Hong-esrthquake in Japan, Govemor
kong and, picking up the tele- phone, say:
After a short pause:
General Wood has appointed & board to make a scientific
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"I would like to speak to Mr. study of conditions existing in Blank of Blank & Co., London, the Philippine Island and to re- commend practical means of England."
preparedness or precautionary The board is to give "Hello, Jim, old fellow. It's measures. great to hear your voice. You particular attention to construc- are looking touch stronger than tion when I last saw you. Your face drainage, gas and electric plants is fuller and you look fit for and systems, the location of cable anything that comes up. Now lines, and such other features as about that deal-"
it deems necessary especially in With land wires across the the regions believed to be most country and wireless across the lexposed to danger.
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