Keble Howard

“ If one instrument could operate any number of loud speakers, why not get an instrument installed in the hospital, with a loud speaker for each ward, and head-phones for each patient in case some patient was so ill that the loud speaker could not he used? ”

“ It is only fair to obtain estimates if you are going to raise money by public subscription. These firms went into the matter very keenly. I asked them to provide in their estimates for a first-class set—not less powerful than four valves—in view of our considerable distance from a transmitting station—at least six loud-speakers, the aerial, the plugging of all the wards and the Nurses' Home, and as many head-phones as they thought would be sufficient for a start. The estimates varied from £215 to £275. (By the way, this is a large hospital. Yours may cost much less.) ”

“ The estimate, of course, included the receiving set and two amplifiers, the aerial, and all the work of wiring, and supplying plugs, insulators, blocks, switches, etc., together with the necessary accumulators and batteries. ”