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FRIDAY. MARCH 2G. 1954 THE PILOT—Southern Pines, North Carolina PAGE ELEVEN vTt E. G. B. Riley is pictured at his home in KnoUwood, examin ing one of the Rilecoesite television scrteens that are being placed on the market in this area this week. Above and back of Mr. Riley is a Rilecoe Medical Lamp, an earlier invention of the Sand hills man in the field of light management, which has been used by physicians in the successful treatment of burns arid infections. These and other developments have been patented by Mr. Riley in the United States and many foreign nations. (Pilot Staff Photo) After Years of Research Television Screen Developed By KnoUwood Man Revealed E. G. B. Riley's New Invention Placed On Sale In This Area The central North Carolina area was chosen this week by the Rile- Coe Filter Process, Inc., for initial marketing of an invention of the corporation’s president, E. G. B. Riley of KnoUwood—^the “Rileco- site Television Screen.” Now on sale through the 10 stores of Brown’s Auto Supply Co., with headquarters at Sanford and including stores at Southern Pines and Aberdeen, the screen is a greenish transparent sheet of cellulose acetate, cut to fit all sizes of television sets and designed to be installed in seconds with smaU tabs of Scotch tape, or it can be installed between the television tube and the standard glass screen. The screen may well revolution ize the viewing of television and perhaps eventually the construc tion of television Sets, believes its inventor, as well as others who have privately tested the screen or who have had a part in its de velopment. Primary purpose of the device is, says Mr. Riley, to prevent transmission to the eyes of light waves that cause eye fatigue and permanent eye damage. In many test Cases, the inventor reports, the screen has had a strengthen ing and beneficial effect on the eyes—a statement he backs up with the testimony of physicians and persons who have tested the invention over long periods of time. Improved reception and reduc tion of “snow,” clearer picture de tail and elimination of glare are other benefits to the television viewer that the screen produces, Mr. Riley points out. Many Tests Made Over the course of several years, thousands of trials and tests were made and hundreds of thous ands of dollars were spent before success was achieved in produc ing a light filter that would cut out harmful rays and still let through a clear and even improv ed television picture, the Knoll- ' wood resident explains. Research scientists of large corporations co operated with Mr. Riley in per fecting the screen, spending large amounts cf their companies’ funds in the process. Largely perfected before the Korean war, the screen could not be produced in quantity until after the end of hostilities because of vital defense materials used in its manufacture. Production of the material is not yet sufficient for national distribution, so the firm decided 'to begin marketing the available screens in this area on a limited scale, as a prelude to am- ticipated nation-wide distribution when possible. Mr. Riley has spent more than a decade. in the study of light since he moved to the Sandhills in 1941 after a successful career as a New York businessman. His work has included perfection of the Rile-Coe Medical Lamp, used here and elsewhere to effect re markable cures of burns and in fections, as well as application of the light filter principle in pack aging of food products to extend their freshness and prevent spoil age; in textiles, producing a cloth that resists fading and cuts out light rays that cause sunburn; in development of a glass for auto mobiles that prevents fading of upholstery and eliminates eye strain; and in various other uses. How Filter Works “Television,” explains the KnoUwood inventor, “has com pelled individuals to look direct ly at a source of light—something that human eyes are not protected by nature to do. Eyes can accom modate only deflected light waves in limited volume. You could not look directly at the sun or an or dinary light bulb for even a short period of time without incurring eye damage. “There exists in the eye a liquid substance known as ‘visual pur ple’ which is Nature’s protective light filter that absorbs harmful wavelengths of light but is only effective for a limited period of time. The visual purple fades when the eye is exposed to harm ful wave lengths for long periods and permits the damaging wave lengths to be transmitted to the rods and cones of the eyes, caus ing permanent eye damage.” A practical demonstration of how the Rilecoesite filter elimi nates the harmful purple and red light wave lengths at the opppsite ends of the color spectrum is giv en by Mr. Riley when he is dis cussing how the filter works. He has a little instjument called a spectroscope through which tht eye sees light broken down into its various colors, as in a rainbow. When the television screen is plac ed before this instrument, the darker violet and red colors dis appear. Yet, says the inventor, enough of these colors in the “vis ible spectrum” remain so that there will be no distortion of col or when color telecasting becomes general. Harmful Rays Predominate “It is a most alarming fact,” says Mr. Riley, “that the greatest transmission of wavelengths emit ted by television tubes falls in the violet and blue regions of the spectrum, only a very small per centage of which are within the limits of the ‘eye sensitivity curve’—that is, the wavelengths that the human eye can distin guish as color.” The unseen wavelengths in the ultra-violet, violet and blue re gions of the spectrum and some of the wavelengths in the visible red regions of the spectrum are these that cause the eye strain that Mr. Riley says will eventual ly bring impairment of vision. These are the wavelengths, he points out, that are eliminated by the dye substances in the Rilecoe site filter—the only television screen, he says, which eliminates all of these harmful wavelengths. Mr. Riley is particularly inter ested in the effect of television on children’s eyes, noting that they like to sit close to the set where the strain on their eyes is increased. He quotes Dr. Wendell L. Hughes, attending surgeon at the New York Eye and Ear In firmary, who said in an address at a medical convention, “More and more children are suffering from; eye-strain as a result of watching television screens. The resultant headaches, redness of eyes and nerve tensions have be come so common, we even call the cases ‘television eyes’ . . .” There is a strongly humanita rian trend in Mr. Riley’s thinking in relation to all his inventions, it is apparent after discussing them with him. He wants their benefits to be extended as widely as pos sible and for this reason has not consented to release the Rilecoe site filter to any one television manufacturing company. A man of wide interests, Mr. Riley pioneered the harbor trans portation of petroleum products at New York in 1918, and was ac tive in this business with the firm of Riley and Kendall until 1934. Before the United States enter ed World War II and during the war, he wrote and broadcast com ments on military and interna tional affairs, stressing the impor tance of aviation. For many years he devoted efforts to the recogni tion of General “Billy” Mitchell, military aviation pioneer, and was largely responsible for the post humous award by Congress of the Congressional Medal of Honor to General Mitchell. Before the United States enter ed World War II, he spearheaded an effort to make voluntary mili tary training available to young men in the Civilian Conservation Corps, as a preparedness move. 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April 6lh, 3:00 to 5:30 P. M. Robbins Depot Tuesday, April 6th, 5:30 to 6:00 P. M. Allred's Service Station Wednesday. April 7th, 3:30 to 5:00 P. M. Pinehurst Fire Station Thursday. April 8th, 3:00 to 6:00 P. M. Aberdeen (Police Station) Friday, April 9th, 3:30 to 4:30 P. M. Addor (Post Office) Friday, April 9lh, 4:30 to 6:00 P. M. Pinebluff (Post Office) Saturday. April 10th, 3:30 to 5:30 P. M Carthage (Purol Station) Saturday, April 10th, 5:30 to 6:00 P. M. Hillcrest (Wicker's Store) Tuesday. April 13th, 3:00 to 3:30 P. M. Harris Cross Roads Tuesday, April 13th, 4:00 to 4:30 P. M. Zions Grove (Store) Tuesday, April 13th. 4:30 to 5:00 P. M. E. Kelly's Store, Bensalem Tuesday, April 13th, 5:00 to 6:00 P. M. Eagle Springs (Esso Station) Wednesday, April 14th, 3:00 to 5:30 P. M. So. Pines (Little Purol Station) Thursday, April 15th, 3:30 to 4:00 P. M. Eastwood Thursday, April 15lh, 4:30 to 5:30 P. M. Clayroad Farm Thursday, April 15th, 5:30 to 6:00 P. M. Mally Kelly's Friday. April 16th. 3:00 to 4:30 P. M. West End (Tucker's Gulf Sta.) Friday. April 16th, 4:30 to 6:00 P. M. Jackson Springs (Gulf Station) Saturday, April 17th, 3:00 to 5:30 P. M. West So. Pines (Hemphill Sta.) Tuesday. April 20th. 3:00 to 4:00 P. M. Manly (Garvin's Store) Tuesday, April 20th. 4:00 to 5:00 P. M. Niagara (Post Office) Tuesday, April 20th, 5:00 to 6:00 P. M. Lakeview (Gulf Station) Wednesday. April 21st, 3:30 to 4:00 P. M. Harrington's (W.J.) Wednesday, April 21st, 4:00 to 5:00 P. M. Glendon Wednesday, April 21st, 5:00 to 6:00 P. M Putnam Thursday. April 22nd, 3:30 to 4:30 P. M. Curtis Caviness Thursday, April 22nd. 5:00 to 6:00 P. M. .. Highfalls THERE WILL BE NO CREDIT ALLOWED ON COUNTY TAXES FOR THE VACCINATION AS PROVIDED IN CHAPTER 876. PUBLIC LAWS OF 1953. W. J. WIL.L.COX COUNTY HEALTH OFFICER ff (PATENTED) Prevents Television Eye Damage - BENEFITS- Rilecoesite prevents transmission to the eyes of light waves that cause eye fa tigue and permanent eye damage. Protects the eyesight of your entire family. Improves reception. Greatly reduces "snow". Easily attached. PRICE LIST 10 in. and smaller . 7.50 12 in 7.95 17 in 9.95 19 in. ..... 10.95 21 in 12.95 A\\I//// other sizes available GUARANTEE You are the sole judge.. This screen may be returned in original package, undamaged, to dealer within ten days for complete refund. Phone 2-2561 A SCIENTIFIC OPTICAL PRODUCT Brown Auto Supply Co. SOUTHERN PINES. N, C.