Radio broadcast .. (1922-30)

404 Radio Broadcast DR. FRANK H. VIZETELLY •Editor, The New Standard Dictionary " Steps should be taken to regulate the radio nomenclature before it becomes so unwieldy as to make it impossible to reduce it to simple terms. Nothing is going to help the plain people more tban the use of simple terms wherever that is possible. Radio has wen its way to the hearts of the people; if is a boon and blessing to men and women in all conditions of life. I don't know how many homes are already hooked up with our vast system cf broadcasting stations, but I should not be surprised to learn that ten millions of them already tune-in somewhere. The skeptic "shallows" have written down radio as a passing fancy, and I hate no patience with such silly nonsense. Personally, I hail radio as a Godgiven remedy to our modern paganism, and I hope it will continue to spread until it shall be found in every household from which love and happiness have been driven by the neurotism of the times. My faith is as strong as my hope that radio will survive as long as truth lives." gained nation wide attention by the appearance of his remarkable autobiography From Immigrant to Inventor) reviewed the advent of radio, from the standpoint of the scholar and scientist. From Joseph Henry to Heinrich Hertz, with the intermediate work of Maxwell and Kirchoff, Pupin traced the development of the new thought in electrical theory which served as the basis of knowledge in this branch of science when the young Marconi began his remarkable experiments on the application of the art, which up to his time had been regarded merely as an interesting laboratory demonstration. Radio Technicians Should Not Attempt Philology DEALERS in radio receiving sets, recently assembled in solemn conclave in Atlantic City, made the shocking discovery that, according to the dictionary, the word broadcast was already used by the farmer, in the sense of broadcasting seed as contrasted to drill sowing. Having thus been shown by some embryo philologist that the very foundation of their trade was based upon a misconception, they immediately cast about for another more suitable term and happily (as they thought) alighted on the excellent term— radiocast. It was perfectly proper, and to the best of their knowledge, not used by farmers or any one else, so they solemnly decreed that hereafter they would cater to the needs of the radiocast listener and ignore that other formerly valuable customer, the broadcast listener. It so happens however that this new word radiocast, is etymologically an unnatural hybrid and shocking to him who studies the origin and composition of words. If the man on the street wants to talk about broadcasting the dealers cannot say him nay — they will willingly sell him broadcast apparatus rather than keep their shelves stacked high with uncalled for radiocast apparatus. Further, why do the dealers let us "radiate" energy from our antennae when some folks, fat, jolly ones like Irving Cobb, have been "radiating" good humor for quite some time past? Hasn't the fat man been seriously imposed upon by our thus appropriating his terminology and shouldn't the electrical dealers in special session take up the matter at once? French Transmission of Pictures by Radio PARIS is reported to be much elated over the successful radio transmission of a picture of General Ferric, director of the Eiffel Tower Wireless station. The picture was sent by a process said to be the invention of Edouard Belin, who has been engaged in the development of picture transmission since 1912. Undoubtedly the picture transmission was carried out by practically the same process as that used by the A. T. & T. Co. for transmission over wires. It consists essentially of light-sensitive cells and synchronized sending and receiving apparatus. If the ap