Philo Taylor Farnsworth was an American inventor and television pioneer. He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television. He is best known for his 1927 invention of the first fully functional all-electronic image pickup device , the image dissector, as well as the first fully functional and complete all-electronic television system. Farnsworth developed a television system complete with receiver and camera—which he produced commercially through the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation from 1938 to 1951, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.In later life, Farnsworth invented a small nuclear fusion device, the Farnsworth–Hirsch fusor, employing inertial electrostatic confinement . It was not a practical device for generating nuclear power, though it provides a viable source of neutrons. The design of this device has been the inspiration for other fusion approaches, including the Polywell reactor concept. Farnsworth held 300 patents, mostly in radio and television. Wikipedia
“The damned thing works! (telegram, on the first successful television broadcast)”
George Everson
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“This has made it all worthwhile.”
The live televised first step by Neil Armstrong on the moon.
The Boy Who Invented Television – Auth. Paul Schatzkin
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to his son, on television
The Boy Who Invented Television and Kent Farnsworth
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“This has made it all worthwhile. (The live televised first step by Neil Armstrong on the moon.)”
The Boy Who Invented Television – Auth. Paul Schatzkin
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