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Philo T. Farnsworth the father of television

Philo T. Farnsworth II was born on august 19,1906 in Indian Creek, Utah.

Philo was the oldest of five children. His parents were Serena Bastain and Lewis

Edwin Farnsworth. Philo received his name from his grandfather Philo T.

Farnsworth I. Although early in his childhood he lived with no electricity he was

entertained bye having conversations with his father about inventions his father

read about on a magazine. Later on he and his family moved to a farm in

Idaho, this farm had its own power plant. Eventually Philo mastered the lighting

system and was put in charge of it. It is said that it never ran smoother

In 1920 Philo Farnsworth read in a magazine that inventors were

attempting to transmit visual images bye mechanical means. It was then that

young Farnsworth proposed that visual images could be transmitted

electronically. He work for the next to years on developing a method of

transmitting visual images electronically. Philo was convinced that this would be

much better than mechanical means. In 1922 he came up with the basic

design for the apparatus. Philo shared these designs with his high school

chemistry teacher Justin Tolman. While working as a canvasser Philo became

friends with a businessman bye the na

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The Television has lead the way for many other inventions like

the VCR and video games. Farnsworth died on March 11,1971in holladay, Utah. With out television it would have taken days for every won to find

out about the tragedy and immediate danger of September 11. George Everson

and Leslie Gorrell invested 6,000 dollars. The rate of violence of the younger age group grows

every year.

Television is our most important means of communication. There are also conventional

televisions available up to 40 inches. In the 1970”s they developed projection

screens that were 7 feet diagonally they are the type used in movie theaters

but in the theaters they are much larger screens. At first these were completely dependent on a

separate TV to use them they still are for the most part but some come with a TV

screen built in. Farnsworth Memorial Museum was

dedicated in his honor in Rigby Idaho in1988. Today there are TV’s that have

screen as small as 2-3 inches that can be held in you hand. Philo married his wife Elma Pem Gardner on May 27,1926

the next day he left for San Francisco. TV is also a bad influence on

younger children.

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