Changeset 82 in t29-www
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r31 r82 123 123 <div class="box center"> 124 124 <img src="/shared/photos/kommunikationstechnik/fultograph.jpg" width="487" height="338" alt="Fultograph" /> 125 <p class="bildtext">The <b>Fultograph</b> is an <b>"image reciever"</b>, invented by the 126 Englishman Otho Fulton in 1929. 127 This devices made it possible to transmit weather chartes by funk for the first time. 128 <br />The rotating roll, which had been coated with chemically preperated paper, was spirally 125 <div class="cols"> 126 <div class="leftcol"> 127 <p>The <b>Fultograph</b> is an <b>"image reciever"</b>, invented by the 128 Englishman Otho Fulton in 1929. This devices made it possible to transmit weather 129 chartes by funk for the first time in the world. 130 <br />The following text is cited from an unknown source from about 1930. It shows up 131 a strange world for today's people: 132 </p> 133 <!-- English translation by Ruediger Kraatz on 18.01.2009: --> 134 <blockquote> 135 Who hasn't felt, when listening to a thrilling wireless transmission 136 from the opera or when enjoying a radio play, the wish to experience 137 such a feat not only with one's ears, but also with one's eyes? How 138 often have you regretted to rely solely on your own imagination rather 139 than being able to actually see the presentations which sound so 140 natural in your ears? 141 The realisation of these aspirations, which would be possible by 142 distance cinema, has not only failed due to the technical complexities 143 of the problems, but especially because of the enormous costs caused 144 by such an equipment. 145 It is now a truly invaluable achievement that every owner of a good 146 wireless apparatus has been put into a position to call something his 147 own, which is at least a preliminary stage of a distance cinema, namely 148 a radiophoto receiver, providing beautiful and steady images out of the 149 ether. 150 In the future, broadcasting stations will be able to illustrate their 151 acoustic transmissions. Scenic images of public performances, portraits 152 of artists, comments on lectures, illustrations of daily reports, 153 sketches of sporting events, weather charts, public quizzes and many 154 </blockquote> 155 </div> 156 <div class="rightcol"> 157 <blockquote> 158 other such events can be made an issue of broadcasting in a simple way. 159 All owners of a suitable apparatus can – without previous technical 160 knowledge and without a dark room – receive these images, which 161 will appear in front of your eyes in brilliant brown colour in a matter 162 of minutes and which will be ready in stable conditions immediately. 163 The simple appliance providing such miracles was quietly developed to 164 such a perfection by an English inventor, Captain Otho Fulton, and within 165 a short period of time regular image broadcasting will be carried out 166 in most European countries, so that the owner of a "Fultograph" – 167 this is how Fulton called his image receiver – will be able to 168 receive an international image broadcasting programme in his own home. 169 The images are true to the originals, distinct and pleasant to watch, 170 and apart from that of particular artistic efficacy because of their 171 special granularity. 172 It takes 3 to 5 minutes to transmit a picture in the format of 9 to 173 12 centimetres. 174 </blockquote> 175 <p>The rotating roll, which had been coated with chemically preperated paper, was spirally 129 176 scanned by an attached "pen" (tabluator). In this way an electric current could flow 130 177 from the pen over the paper to the roll in the rythm of the picture informations. That way, the 131 178 image developed by electrolysis.</p> 179 </div> 180 </div><!--cols--> 181 <div class="clear"> </div> 132 182 </div> 133 183
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