Philo Farnsworth on I've Got A Secret
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Uploaded by driver49 on Feb 3, 2007
Philo T. Farnsworth: The Boy Who Invented Television.
http://farnovision.com
Get the whole amazing story: http://farnovision.com/book.html
Thumbnail sketch: Philo T. Farnsworth was living on a farm in Rigby Idaho in 1921 when he figured out how to bounce electrons back and forth in a vacuum tube. In 1927 he demonstrated the 'proof of concept' in a lab in San Fransisco (see related video, "The First Picture.") In 1930 he obtained the critical patents for the art that made television possible, He fought with RCA over those patents through the rest of the 1930s, finally becoming the first outside inventor to win patent litigation against RCA in 1939.
By the time television became a household appliance, the name of its inventor was sufficiently lost to the public that he could appear on a TeeVee game show in 1957 and not a soul would recognize him.
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Am I the only one noticing that in the last two minutes of this clip, The REAL Dr. Farnsworth makes these predictions for the future: HDTV's, Flat Screen TV's, Digital Video Cameras, DVR's, and Fusion Power?! Is this for real?
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This was a great show!
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For all the mixed blessings television has brought us, this man is a true American genius. We have seen the moon landing, the horrors of Vietnam and countries rise and fall from the comfort of our own living rooms. The 20th century was witnessed and shaped because of his invention and we all need to remember his name. In True Awe. GREAT VIDEO!
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Philo T. Farnsworth -- the Godfather of Television
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@TOREN5611 that's an ignorant comment..
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i love this genius
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He was an amazing man but pretty colorless
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lol their advertising winston ciggarettes!
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@gannetripple: Farnsworth invented the system that was put into commercial production. It is made clear that Farnsworth invented "all electronic television". The mechanical system was never adopted for commercial or mass production use.
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it was invented in San Francisco just up the street from where I live.
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I am related to Philo Farnsworth :) hes my Great, Great, Great uncle
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No, he is not working on an H bomb. He was working on CONTROLLED nuclear fusion - yes, the same nuclear reaction as an H-BOMB, but NOT an explosive release. If a fusor malfunctions, you lose the vacuum and the reaction stops. Read a book. Get a clue.
driver49 9 months ago 12