TELEVISION.

Hawera Star, Volume XLVI, 11 September 1926, Page 11

TELEVISION.

■.\f. Edouard Belin, the French expert on television and picture transmission by radio, was horn at Versoul ‘ in March, 1876, after studying; law at Dijon, lie attended the Graphic Institute at Vienna, where professor Eder inspired him with the idea of his later researches. His investigations, and inventions, have been-chiefly in the domain of long-distance wireless photography, and cinematography. Tn March and April. 1925, experiments in transmission were carried out with Belin’s . apparatus between Vienna and.Graz, and between Vienna and Paris. These, under Benin’s direction, were completely successful. He has found that ordinary wireless transmitting sets can be employed for photographic work, the signals being received as marks on a prepared cylinder instead of as sounds on a •microphone. Belin Iras also'devoted his attention to rapid transyiission of messages. Ho aims at sending 200,000 words an hour, and has' perfected an apparatus for this purpose which- is quite difl’erc.nt li'.nn that which is used for transmitting photographs, or facsimiles. He declares that probably within a year it will he possible to send across the Atlantic by radio a facsimile of a 24-page American newspaper in less than an. hour. By his system the individual letters of the newspaper are projected by means of luminous rays, and are placed in their proller lines and columns by n special optical device. The scientist predicts that be will be abie to perfect Hie apparatus so that the wirelessed paper will he as clear and legibile as the original Belin is a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour, and president of the French Radio Club, and of the Radio Union of France.