Dr. A. Koren has achieved significant success in the transmission of telegraphic images (NATURE, Vol. Ixxvi, p. 444), followed by a noticeable development in innovative activity along the same line. Three new processes that have recently captured public interest are described in detail at the April meeting of the Société Françhise de Physique. As in Dr. Koren’s method, the replicated image in all cases consists of a closed spiral line of varying density traced on a photographic film, or other material, covering a cylinder that rotates in synchrony with another cylinder in the transmitter. However, the use of selenium to control circuit resistance is generally discarded, as the required changes in current are achieved by pure mechanical means; thus, ordinary negative films cannot be used.
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Dr. A. Koren has achieved significant success in the transmission of telegraphic images (NATURE, Vol. Ixxvi, p. 444), followed by a noticeable development in innovative activity along the same line. Three new processes that have recently captured public interest are described in detail at the April meeting of the Société Françhise de Physique. As in Dr. Koren’s method, the replicated image in all cases consists of a closed spiral line of varying density traced on a photographic film, or other material, covering a cylinder that rotates in synchrony with another cylinder in the transmitter. However, the use of selenium to control circuit resistance is generally discarded, as the required changes in current are achieved by pure mechanical means; thus, ordinary negative films cannot be used.
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Bidwell, S. (1908). The Lightning Photography and Electric Vision. Nature, 78 (105-106). https://doi.org/10.1038/078105a0
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