[NJARC] History Channel does J. L. Baird

[antqradio at juno.com]

Well, if that is the case, the first technology to do "scanning" is
telegraphy!

On Tue, 9 Aug 2005 10:12:53 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Rob Flory
<robandpj at earthlink.net> writes:
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> We do owe scanning to the mechnical guys, don't we?
> 
> Rob Flory
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: amagoun <amagoun at davidsarnoff.org>
> Sent: Aug 9, 2005 10:01 AM
> To: NJARC <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
> Subject: [NJARC] History Channel does J. L. Baird
> 
> Visit our web site - See http://www.njarc.org
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> FYI,
> 
>     Here's the teaser for The History Channel's "Man, Moment, 
> Machine,"
> 10:00 p.m./9c Tuesday, August 9".
> 
>     "If Johannes Gutenberg hadn't invented movable type in the 
> 1440's,
> you might not be reading this ad.---If John Logie Baird hadn't 
> invented
> a way to televise moving pictures in the 1920's, you might not be 
> able
> to see this show.
>     "MAN, MOMENT, MACHINE
> The right people, the right time, with the right technology.  Watch 
> what
> happens when they all come together."
> 
>     Actually, I would suggest that the development of Nipkow and
> electromechanical television had almost no bearing on the 
> development of
> the electronic systems we watch today, except to fill in during the
> early 1930s for all-electronic components not yet reduced to 
> practice.
> But if the show moves an audience to respect the resourcefulness 
> and
> determination of inventors, that's all to the good.
> 
> Alex
> 
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