"A New Development in Television, Simplified Equipment Adaptable to the Home" in: Radio Engineering ("The Technical Magazine of the Radio Industry")

Alexanderson, E.F.W (Ernst Frederick Werner). **A Very Early Technical Summary of the First Public Demonstration of an Operating Television in a Private Home**

Published by Radio Engineering ("The Technical Magazine of the Radio Industry"), 1928

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(Alexanderon, E.F.W.) **A Very Early Technical Summary of the First Public Demonstration of an Operating Television in a Private Home**

"A New Development in Television, Simplified Equipment Adaptable to the Home"in Radio Engineering ("The Technical Magazine of the Radio Industry"), vol VIII, number 2, February 1928, with the article on pp 19-21, with three text photos of the equipment. 12"x9", 64pp. Condition: GOOD copy, not without its short tears here and there on the cover. Good, crisp copy, say 4-5/10.

This is a very early report of the public demonstration of the feasibility and possibility of television receivers being used at home by the general public. The demonstration was done 13 January 1928 (again the journal offered here was published for February 1928) and immediately reported the next day in the NY Times as the first public demonstration of television broadcasting into private homes. One of the three homes selected for the demo was that of E.F.W. Alexanderson, who is the main subject of this article and who was an outstanding early pioneer in the fields of radio and television. As a matter of fact Alexanderson succeeded in receiving a signal on his television earlier than the test being discussed here (in October 1927) but it was a private and a non-demonstrating private test. (Alexanderson was an outstanding engineer who was associated with the labs at RCA and GE an dwho was also president of the IRE.).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: "A New Development in Television, Simplified Equipment Adaptable to the Home" in: Radio Engineering ("The Technical Magazine of the Radio Industry")
• Publisher: Radio Engineering ("The Technical Magazine of the Radio Industry")
• Publication Date: 1928
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Good
• Dimensions: 9W x 12H x 1D inches 9 inches width by 12 inches height by 1 inches depth
• Weight: 18 ounces