Science: Television

In London last week British Broadcasting Corp. and Baird Television Ltd. rushed preparations to open an experimental television station this month in Alexandra Palace atop a hill in North London. About July 1, when manufacturers have had a chance to test their sets, the station is expected to start three-hour daily programs. British enthusiasts, who call themselves "televiewers," have been promised sets at $85 to $350.

In the U. S. last week no one announced wide-scale television for next week, next month or next year. In Manhattan, however, lean young Philo Taylor Farnsworth,...

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