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The talkies (1930)

Record Details:

Title:
The talkies
Date:
1930
Publisher:
London: Crosby Lockwood and Son
Volume:
The talkies
Leaf #:
00072
Language:
English
Collection:
Books
Format:
Books
Contributor:
Media History Digital Library
Sponsor:
Media History Digital Library
Coordinator:
Media History Digital Library
Description:
Date Added:
March 28, 2024
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44 THETALKIES get it off the record again for the reasons I have stated, and the added difficulty that at very high frequencies the "wobbles" of the track would become so short that no practical needle would fit them. Continuous strip recording has the great advantages that the contrasts of volume are not limited by the sound track lying against itself as in the spiral record, and the fact that it is possible to make a continuous record which will play, within reasonable limits, for as long as is necessary, without the necessity of changing anything. A whole play or opera, or even a whole book can be reproduced without interruption of any sort. A ray of light or an electrical impulse has no physical weight, and where electrical resonances occur they can be dealt with far more expeditiously than their mechanical brethren, even though the electrical equivalents of both weight and inertia exist, both of which have been so brilliantly demonstrated by the "His Master's Voice" experts. In principle light can be varied in intensity instantaneously in sympathy with the messages from the microphones by suitably arranging the source of illumination so that it throws a pin