[publisher: Paper submitted to the New York Section of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers.] GOLDSMITH, Dr. Alfred N. Avoiding-Pseudo [sic] Scientific Studies of the Movies. Paper submitted to the New York Section of the Society of Motion Picture Engineers. May 26, 1933. 11"x 8.5", 13 leaves (printed on one side only). Offset printed from typed originals. GOOD, solid condition, stapled at upper left corner. Provenance: Library of Congress, with their 10mm perforated "LC" in the bottom of the first page. Evidence of an ancient tri-fold, but barely so. [++] Alfred Norton Goldsmith (September 15, 1888  July 2, 1974) was a noted American electrical engineer. Goldsmith was born in New York City, received his B.S. in 1907 from the College of the City of New York and in 1911 his Ph.D. from Columbia University where he studied under Michael I. Pupin. He taught at City College from 1906 to 1923. In 1912 Goldsmith co-founded the Institute of Radio Engineers (IRE) and was the first editor of its proceedings, serving for 42 years. In 1914 he consulted as a radio engineer for the Atlantic Communication Company, and for the General Electric Company from 1915 to 1917. During World War I he was Technical Director of the United States Army Signal Corps School of Communication and the U. S. Naval Radio School at City College. After the war, Goldsmith became director of research for the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America and in 1919 ...
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