The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-08-20
TeleviSiOn
TOBe Shown
At Co. Fair
Henry Gordien, Scientist, Has
Experimental Three
Years with Success
INTERESTING PROGRAM
You Can See Your Friends
Perform Over Receiving
Set

Television, the latest discovery in
the radio and electrical worlds, will
be shown on the midway Of the
Stearns County Fair this year, 1t
has been announced by officials at
the fair.
Residents Of this locality will
have the opportunity Of being some
Of the first people in the United
State to view the new scientific
discovery that transmits faces as
well as voices through the air.
The television set to be brought
to the fair was completed last
month in Television Laboratories
at Minneapolis, MINI. It is the re-
suit Of three years of electrical and
radio experimental work on the
part Of Mr.. Henry Gordien, scien.
fist and former associate Of the
late DR.. Steinmetz, internationally
known electrical wizard.
Mr.. Gordien was associated with
DIT. Steinmetz 20 years ago in his
laboratories in New York. Since
that time, the builder Of the tele-
vision set to appear here has been
carrying on electrical and radio
wave experiments in all parts Of
the world. Three years ago he saw
the need Of convincing people that
television Is the next step in radio
improvement and he began con-
struction Of his demonstration set
in Television Laboratories in Min
neapolis.
After an expenditure Of more
than $4,000 he completed what is
believed to be the most complete
television set in America today. Mr..
Gordien will appear at the Stearns
County Fair with the television set
to demonstrate is possibilities In
the scientific world Of tomorrow.
The complete set Is composed Of
photo-electric tubes that pick up
the performance in front of the
sending apparatus and send 1t out
on the air by means Of a scanning
tense Of more than 60 lenses and
short wave coils, and receiving
set that takes the light and sound
waves from the air and reproduces
the performance by means of an
other COIL scanning disk and a
highly sensitive reproduction plate.
Mr.. Gordon was to have COM
pleted his set for showing at the
Century Of Progress, but addition
al experiments in light and color
made it impossible for him to have
it completed in time for showing
there. The set that was put in the
hall of science in it's place is be-
ing viewed by thousands Of en-
thusiastic visitors to Chicago, but
1t is not as complete as the set
that will appear here as to the color
reproductions.
my national tour under a tent
to show television is being made to
open the minds of the people as to
television possibilities" Mr.. Cor
diem said. "But at this time I do
not feel it advisable to disclose my
discoveries in color reproduction.
At the completion Of my tour I will
disclose to the world of science
how it is possible for me to send
pictures Of moving objects over the
air in clear detail and in natural
colors."
Mr.. Gordien has given his per-
mission to talented local perform
ers to sing, play instruments or per-
form before the sending set and to
their friends to see them as they
appear on the receiving set. The
Television tent will be the feature
of the midway at the Stearns Coun-
ty Fair.