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	Philo Farnsworth - MSN Encarta
		Philo Farnsworth (1906-1971), American inventor and pioneer in television technology.
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born in Beaver, Utah.
		In addition to his television system, Farnsworth invented the first simple electronic microscope and the cold cathode-ray tube, which was used in some early televisions.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761583171/Philo_Farnsworth.html (490 words)

	Philo Farnsworth
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 â“ March 11, 1971) was an American inventor credited with the invention of the cathode ray tube television.
		Farnsworth developed the Image Dissector, a practical all-electronic image scanning device that made it possible to dispense with the moving parts of mechanical television.
		A statue of Farnsworth represents Utah in the U.S. Some historians have speculated that King may have been gay, and that he had a long-term intimate relationship with James Buchanan (it is not disputed that the two lived together for a time in Washington, DC).
	www.pressarchive.net /libpa/Philo_Farnsworth (2231 words)

	Adventures in CyberSound: Farnsworth, Philo T. ( Taylor)
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth, specialist in cathode-ray tubes as applied to television, first became interested in electricity through a farm lighting system and its electric motors.
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth's electronic inventions took all of the moving parts out of televisions and made possible today's TV industry, the TV shots from the moon, and satellite pictures.
		Farnsworth realized that commercial television's future was in the hands of businessmen, not a lone inventor toiling in his lab.
	www.acmi.net.au /AIC/FARNSWORTH_BIO.html (2172 words)

	Wikinfo \| Philo Farnsworth
		Farnsworth was born in Indian Springs, Utah on August 19, 1906.
		Young Philo developed an early interest in electronics after his first telephone conversation with an out-of-state relative and the discovery of a large cache of technology magazines in the attic of the family's new home.
		The cathode ray tube configuration developed from Farnsworth's work was used in all television sets and other kinds of displays until the late 20th century when a small portion of televisions were made with alternate technologies such as liquid crystal displays.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Philo_Farnsworth (547 words)

	Philo Taylor Farnsworth, 1906-1971
		Young Philo developed an early interest in electronics after his first telephone conversation with an out-of-state relative and the discovery of a large cache of science magazines in the attic of the family’s new home.
		Farnsworth was working on building a practical verison of a camera "eye" pickup tube, which he entitled the Image Dissector, an all-electronic image scanning tube that made it possible to dispense with the moving parts of mechanical television.
		Unfortunately, Farnsworth's television company was mismanaged and had to be sold soon after the war, just prior to the boom in television receiver sales, and several of Farnsworth's key patents had lapsed.
	www.bairdtelevision.com /farnsworth.html (837 words)

	Farnsworth, Philo
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth, who has been called the forgotten father of television, won a prize offered by the Science and Invention magazine for developing a thief proof automobile ignition switch, at the age of thirteen.
		Farnsworth's experimentation began in 1926 in San Francisco, where he established his first corporation, Farnsworth Television Incorporated in 1929.
		Farnsworth was an independent experimenter, a charismatic scientist, an idea person who was able to initiate ideas and convince investors.
	www.museum.tv /archives/etv/F/htmlF/farnsworthp/farnsworthp.htm (583 words)

	Philo T. Farnsworth: The Father of Television
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born on August 19, 1906 to Lewis Edwin and Serena Bastian Farnsworth, in a log cabin at Indian Creek near the tiny town of Beaver in southern Utah.
		Farnsworth asked his mother to approach a US senator and formally request that her son be given a release from the military.
		Farnsworth's ace in the hole turned out to be his Rigby High School science teacher, Justin Tolman, who produced the small drawing that Philo had made back in 1922 of his "image dissector" which remarkably resembles the television tube that eventually became the standard "tube" in commercial television.
	www.byhigh.org /History/Farnsworth/PhiloT1924.html (4224 words)

	Inventor of the Week: Archive
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born in 1906 in southwestern Utah, in a log cabin built by his grandfather, a follower of the Mormon leader Brigham Young.
		Farnsworth was particularly interested in molecular theory and motors, as well as then novel devices like the Bell telephone, the Edison gramophone, and, later, the Nipkow-disc television.
		Neither Farnsworth's teacher nor anyone else around him had ever heard of the "television," which in the 1920s meant a device that mechanically scanned an image through a spinning disc with holes cut in it, then projected a tiny, unstable reproduction of what was being scanned on a screen.
	web.mit.edu /invent/iow/farnsworth.html (550 words)

	Philo T. Farnsworth
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth's story is indeed an epic one, but it is still not widely known.
		Farnsworth was a 16-year-old Mormon farm boy from Rigby, Idaho with virtually no knowledge of electronics when he first sketched his idea for electronic video on a fl board for his high-school science teacher in 1922.
		Farnsworth with his notion in 1922 at age 16 was truly a child prodigy by comparison.) The company was reorganized as Television Laboratories, Inc.; and later in May, 1929 was renamed Farnsworth Television, Inc. of California.
	www.mega.nu /ampp/farnsworth.html (1356 words)

	Philo Taylor Farnsworth
		Philo was just thirteen, Philo dreamed of trapping light in an empty jar and transmitting it, one line at a time, on a magnetically deflected beam of electrons.
		At the center of Philo's diagram were two devices, a photoelectric cell and a cathode-ray tube.
		Philo explained that these people were going to work in the same way he was, but for one important detail that only he thought about.
	library.thinkquest.org /26451/contents/inventors/farnsworth.htm (646 words)

	Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906 - 1971) - Find A Grave Memorial
		Young Philo’s interest in electronics started with a long distance telephone call to a relative, and was further peaked by the discovery of a large box of technology magazines in the attic of the family’s new home.
		Farnsworth’s high school teacher, Justin Tolman, proved the case by showing the court a drawing Philo had made at age 16 while in high school; the drawing was an almost exact replica of the Image Dissector.
		Farnsworth has been honored several times: a plaque honoring him as “the Genius of Green Street” is at 202 Green Street, the site of his San Francisco laboratory, and a statue of Farnsworth represents the state of Utah in the hall of fame in the US Capitol building.
	www.findagrave.com /cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=3661 (600 words)

	The Philo T. and Elma G. Farnsworth Papers
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971) was born on 19 August 1906, to Lewis Edwin and Serena Bastian Farnsworth in a log cabin at Indian Creek, near the town of Beaver in Southwestern Utah.
		Philo was six years old when the hand-cranked Bell telephone and Edison gramophone became well known, just old enough to become inquisitive about motors, magnets, coils, armatures, and other components of the newly popular electric power.
		Farnsworth continued her cause and was successful in lobbying the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences to consider creating an award in honor of her husband's accomplishments.
	db3-sql.staff.library.utah.edu /lucene/Manuscripts/null/Ms0648.xml/Bioghist (1982 words)

	ETF - Philo Farnsworth
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth, specialist in cathode-ray tubes as applied to television, first became interested in electricity through a farm lighting system and its electric motors.
		Farnsworth was described by a friend as "an omnivorous reader of scientific literature.
		The Farnsworth Radio and Television Corporation was organized in 1938 with headquarters at Fort Wayne, Indiana, with E.A. Nicholas as president, and Farnsworth as director of research.
	www.earlytelevision.org /philo_farnsworth.html (573 words)

	Inventor Philo Farnsworth (1906-1971) Revolutionizes Television - 1928
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth (1906-1971) invented the current system of television transmission and reception at his 202 Green Street laboratory, and it can be said it was one of the great scientific inventions of the 20th century.
		Farnsworth estimates the receiving apparatus could easily be attached to an ordinary radio set and can be manufactured to retail at $100 or less.
		Farnsworth is a native of Provo, Utah, and conceived the idea for his television set while a student at Brigham Young University there.
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist10/philo.html (793 words)

	philo t farnsworth
		Moreover, Farnsworth's old teacher, Tolman, not only testified that Farnsworth had conceived the idea when he was a high school student, but also produced the original sketch of an electronic tube that Farnsworth had drawn for him at that time.
		Farnsworth withdrew to a house in Maine, suffering from depression, which was made worse by excessive drinking.
		Farnsworth was referred to as Dr. X and the panel had the task of discovering what he had done to merit his appearance on the show.
	www.farnsworthelectronics.com /philotfarnsworth.htm (1279 words)

	Patent-Invent: Philo Taylor Farnsworth
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 — March 11, 1971) was an American inventor credited with the invention of the cathode ray tube television.
		In 1931 David Sarnoff of RCA offered to buy Farnsworth's patents but is refused; in June of that year Farnsworth joined the Philco company and moved his laboratory to Philadelphia, along with his wife and two children.
		By 1936 Farnsworth's company was transmitting regular entertainment programs; that year he travelled to England and formed an alliance with John Logie Baird.
	www.patent-invent.com /electricity/inventors/philo_farnsworth.html (943 words)

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		While young Philo’s father was skilled in the arts of survival, he often had to chase down what few opportunities presented themselves: it went with the territory.
		On one occasion Philo listened in awe; he knew his Aunt was half a state away, yet she talked in his ear as if she were in the same room.
		This encounter left Philo enthused and full of questions; his father took him aside and explained that the telephone, and other things like light bulbs, were creations of people who dedicated their lives to such innovations, and that they were "inventors." Philo decided that an inventor was a pretty good thing to be.
	philotfarnsworth.com /whoIsHe.html (671 words)

	Philo Farnsworth, a Broadcast Pioneer
		Philo Farnsworth thought that he could get everything rolling within six months, but in reality, it took much longer.
		Philo the Third was probably the first child in the Philadelphia area to watch cartoons via television.
		Some of the images Farnsworth transmitted at the Franklin Institute (on the Ben Franklin Parkway in Center City Philly) were a young baby, Pem Farnsworth, Mable Bernstein, Joan Crawford, W. Fields, Philo Farnsworth III, a shot of the skyline of Philadelphia, Battle ships and an early test pattern.
	broadcastpioneers.50megs.com /farnsworth.html (950 words)

	Philo Taylor Farnsworth
		One of the greatest inventions of the twentieth century was conceived in a muddy hayfield on a farm in Rigby, Idaho.
		The invention was television and the inventor was Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
		Farnsworth was born on August 19, 1906 to Lewish Edwin and Serena Bastian Farnsworth at Indian Creek, near Beaver City, Utah in a community, which was settled by his paternal grandfather in 1856 under instructions from the Mormon Church leader Brigham Young himself.
	www.vigyanprasar.gov.in /scientists/PTFarnsworth.htm (5963 words)

	Information on Philo Taylor Farnsworth
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 - March 11, 1971) was an American inventor credited with the invention of the cathode ray tube television.
		The cathode ray tube configuration developed from Farnsworth's work was used in all television sets and other kinds of displays until the late 20th century alternate technologies such as liquid crystal displays started to appear.
		Philo Farmsworth died from emphysema in 1971 at the age of 65.
	www.philofarnsworth.info (1074 words)

	Philo T Farnsworth - Gizmo Highway Technology Guide
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth was sometime called a child genius, while he led a simple childhood on his parents Idaho farm his interest in science and electronics developed at an early age.
		It was Tolman that Farnsworth, at age 14, first told of his idea for electronic television, Farnsworth's idea came to him when he was working in his parents field.
		Farnsworth not only did not receive the recognition he deserved but also cost him royalty fees from his ideas, which ultimately closed his business and sent Farnsworth into depression.
	www.gizmohighway.com /people/philo_t_farnsworth.htm (603 words)

	Philo Farnsworth Biography Summary
		Philo T. Farnsworth (1906-1971) is known as the father of television by proving, as a young man, that pictures could be televised electronically.
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born in Indian Creek, Utah, on August 19, 1906.
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor.
	www.bookrags.com /Philo_Farnsworth (335 words)

	Inventor Philo T. Farnsworth
		Chronicles the incredible story of television, from the vision of Philo Farnsworth, a Utah farm boy who developed the first working system in 1925, to the technological breakthroughs that are transforming the medium as we head into the 21st century.
		Philo Farnsworth was inducted in 1984 for his Television System, Patent Number 1,773,980.
		Farnsworth invented the Isolette, an enclosed, sterile crib for isolating premature babies too frail to survive in a normal environment.
	www.ideafinder.com /history/inventors/farnsworth.htm (1016 words)

	Biography of Philo T. Farnsworth
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth was born August 19, 1906, to Lewis Edwin and Serena Bastian Farnsworth in a log cabin at Indian Creek, near the town of Beaver in Southwestern Utah.
		Philo was six years old when the hand-cranked Bell telephone and Edison gramophone became well know, just old enough to become inquisitive about motors, magnets, coils, armatures, and other components of the newly popular electric power.
		On May 2, 1990, the bronze statue of Philo T. Farnsworth, one of the great electronic inventors of the twentieth century and the "Father of Television" created by James R. Avati, was placed in Statuary Hall as Utah's second honoree.
	ww2.slcc.edu /schools/hum_sci/physics/whatis/biography/farnsworth.html (1906 words)

	TIME 100: Philo Farnsworth
		Farnsworth was born in 1906 near Beaver City, Utah, a community settled by his grandfather (in 1856) under instructions from Brigham Young himself.
		When Farnsworth was 12, his family moved to a ranch in Rigby, Idaho, which was four miles from the nearest high school, thus necessitating his daily horseback rides.
		Many years later, testifying at a patent interference case, Tolman said Farnsworth's explanation of the theory of relativity was the clearest and most concise he had ever heard.
	www.time.com /time/time100/scientist/profile/farnsworth.html (397 words)

	The My Hero Project - Philo Taylor Farnsworth
		He joined Crocker Research Laboratories in San Francisco (1926).Which was later renamed Farnsworth Television inc., in (may of 1929).
		After he died he had so many U.S. and foregn patents that he was honored in september of 1983 by the U.S. Postal Service with a special edition stamp with his portrait on it.
		Philo Taylor Farnsworth is my hero because without him entertainment would barely exist and news and weather would have to be listened to on a radio.
	www.myhero.com /myhero/hero.asp?hero=pt_farnsworth_ul (135 words)

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