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PARTLY with the view of demonstrating that tele vision has now emerged from the experimental stage, partly to illustrate the general principles which underlie the modern technique, and partly to foster the widest possible appreciation of television as a home entertainment, a special exhibition has been organized by the Science Museum, South Kensington, in co-operation with the British Broadcasting Cor poration and the leading manufacturers. The exhibition will be opened by Lord Selsdon, chairman of the Television Advisory Committee, on June 10. The exhibition incorporates a historic section dealing briefly with early proposals for television, and a number of exhibits describe the developments of the past ten years. There is a working demonstration of the low-definition television which was broadcast by the Baird process a few years ago, there are demonstrations on modern cathode ray receivers supplied by the various manufacturers, and a demon stration of large-screen television by a mechanical-optical process. In order that these demonstrations can be given when there is no B.B.C. transmission available, a local transmitter has been installed which will provide programmes from cinema films. In connexion with the exhibition a handbook has been compiled by Mr. G. K. M. Garratt, assisted by members of the Exhibition Committee. Copies will be on sale at the Science Museum, or may be obtained from the publishers, H.M. Stationery Office, price Qd. (by post Id.),
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Television Exhibition. Nature 139, 958 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139958a0
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