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Two cramped attic rooms at 22 Frith Street, Soho, joined by a narrow open doorway: sloped plaster ceilings, bare floorboards, mismatched timber benches and cloth-covered leads. Chipped plaster marks the low eave; one board beneath the motor is darkened by wear. Stooky Bill’s clamp closes around its support post, whose base rests flat on the transmitter bench. The transmitter disc’s shaft sits inside two bearings; its taut belt loops around the motor pulley and disc pulley. All four transmitter and receiver feet touch their respective workbenches; every bench leg meets the floor. The electrical leads remain physically connected at the transmitter, motor and receiver and pass along the floor through the doorway. The received face remains entirely inside the receiver’s ground-glass aperture and matches Stooky Bill’s eye sockets and mouth. Baird’s right fingers curl around the receiver bench edge while both shoes meet the floor. The transmitter is 1.77 m wide—about one standing adult laid sideways; the receiver is roughly 0.59 m high and the displayed face about 10 cm high. It is 1925-10-02: Baird wears a rumpled dark wool suit, waistcoat, white cotton shirt, narrow tie and leather shoes typical of a London technical professional.; Cardboard, timber, tea-chest wood, aluminium, glass, painted plaster, hair, rubber, cloth-covered copper leads and ceramic connectors.; Mechanical scanning with rotating lens discs, belt-driven electric motor, photosensitive cell, wired signal path, synchronized receiver disc, neon tube and ground glass. The receiver shows a small flickering amber likeness with coarse horizontal tonal bands, clear highlights, mid-tones and shadows rather than a flat silhouette.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "Improvised apparatus at the instant of success. 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