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It is the main purpose of this Introduction to Tele vision to throw light upon both of these aspects of television. By explaining the most pertinent fundamental principles, the authors hope to illuminate the progress of television to date. By explaining also the problems yet to be solved, the authors hope that the expectant public will realize more fully the limita tions of television in' its present state and appreciate more intelligently whatever progress is described in the news.
There was a time when one man could communi cate with another only if he was within hearing dis tance of his voice or seeing distance of his signals. The development of transportation devices during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries improved means of communication by making possible the transmis sion of messages by post wherever coach or ship could go. It increased the range of human communication by means of written or printed words, but the time required was often months. Two individuals sepa rated by the width of a continent or an ocean could communicate with each other only infrequently.
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