Abstract
THE use of the cathode ray tube for television reproduction was suggested by A. A. Campbell Swinton so early as 1908, and although many alternative schemes were explored in the succeeding twenty-nine years, the suggestion has borne fruit in its application to the present public television service in Great Britain. This remarkable stride in the development of radio communication has been made possible by the detailed technical improvement of the cathode ray tube, first as a laboratory tool and finally as a picture-reproducing device for use in the hands of the general public.
(I) The Low Voltage Cathode Ray Tube:
and its Applications. By G. Parr. Pp. x + 177 + 6 plates. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1937.) 10s. 6d. net.
(2) Television Cyclopaedia
By Alfred T. Witts. Pp. 151. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1937.) 7s. 6d. net.
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(I) The Low Voltage Cathode Ray Tube: (2) Television Cyclopaedia . Nature 140, 1032–1033 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/1401032a0
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