Tuesday, 26 January 2016

Who invented the mechanical television ?



Who invented the mechanical television ? This is a difficult to close debate. Indeed, around the world, research of various engineers have resulted in few months apart , making it nearly impossible to assign the title of inventor of mechanical television . Who invented the mechanical television , ancestor of television as we know it today? The answer is not so obvious as many inventors could claim authorship . One thing is sure : the first to demonstrate an image transfer by mechanical television was ...Who invented the mechanical television? John Logie Baird? In March 1925, the Scottish inventor has his machine at Selfridges, the London department store. His system allows to transmit a moving picture through two mechanical disks drilled holes - a transmitter, a receiver. These drives are known as "Nipkow disk", named after their inventor. But then... Who invented digital TV? Paul Nipkow? Indeed, Nipkow remains the holder of the first patent on a television set in 1885. However, it will not be the first to use it to create a moving picture transmission system. Is this enough to make the inventor of mechanical television? Paul Nipkow is now presented as the "spiritual father" of television, but you can not assign him full paternity. However, a certain Charles Francis Jenkins could contest the title of John Logie Baird ... Who invented digital TV? Charles Francis Jenkins? Jenkins, an American engineer, presented his mechanical television system in June 1925 ie three short months after John Logie Baird. Yet his works are known to the public: he filed his patent in 1922 and succeeded his first motion picture transfers in 1923. Enough to make the inventor of mechanical television? Not sure... Who invented digital TV? Theremin? Takayanagi? We could actually consider the inventions of the Soviet Leon Theremin and Japanese Kenjiro Takayanagi, also presented in 1925 as the first mechanical television. But who invented the mechanical television? Impossible to know who the first in the shadows of his laboratory, manages to animate a remote image. It is therefore necessary to stick to the dates of submission of the work, and that game is good that John Logie Baird takes the cake. To mark the 90 years of the presentation by John Logie Baird in front of the prestigious Royal Institution in London, Google and famous inventor of mechanical television with a doodle. Whichever one who invented the mechanical television, one thing is certain: 1925 was "busy"!

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