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I HAD occasion to suggest to the British Broadcasting Co. a few weeks ago that an attempt should be made to “broadcast” a picture, and proposed a simple method of doing so. The company thereupon invited me to try the experiment on Empire Day (May 24). A photograph of H.M. King George V. was chosen as a suitable subject, and it was broadcast at 5.45 P.M. in 20 minutes, and instructions were given for reproducing the picture, either in typescript or in graduated dots on squared paper.
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D'ALBE, E. A Method of Broadcasting Pictures. Nature 111, 811 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111811b0
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