Blueprint

Television Layout

1 - Blueprint of a series of diagrams for a mechanical television system entitled, "Television Layout," comprised of three figures designed by Thomas E. Clark, and drawn by D.G.H. Figure 1 shows the studio set-up relying on a scanning disc to capture an image. The image is then sent through an amplifier to a radio transmitter to where it is picked up in figure 2. Figure 2 shows a radio receiver attached to an amplifier and a scanning disc-based monitor. Figure 3 shows another configuration where in a person uses both a transmitting disc and a receiving disc, along with a microphone and speaker to communicate. The blueprint is dated September 29, 1931, and is numbered 1000-S.