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John Logie Baird, Scottish Inventor

Editorial use only . Captioned: On January 27, 1926, John Logie Baird, a Scottish inventor, gave the first public demonstration of a true television system in London. John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish scientist, engineer, innovator and inventor of the world's first television. He built what was to become the world's first working television set using items including an old hatbox and a pair of scissors, some darning needles, a few bicycle light lenses, a used tea chest, sealing wax and glue. In 1925, he successfully transmitted the first television picture with a greyscale image: the head of a ventriloquist's dummy nicknamed Stooky Bill. He made many contributions to the field of electronic television after mechanical systems had taken a back seat. In 1939, he showed colour television using a cathode ray tube in front of which revolved a disc fitted with colour filters. In 1944, he gave the world's first demonstration of a fully electronic colour television.
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John Logie Baird, Scottish Inventor
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Editorial use only . Captioned: On January 27, 1926, John Logie Baird, a Scottish inventor, gave the first public demonstration of a true television system in London. John Logie Baird (1888-1946), Scottish scientist, engineer, innovator and inventor of the world's first television. He built what was to become the world's first working television set using items including an old hatbox and a pair of scissors, some darning needles, a few bicycle light lenses, a used tea chest, sealing wax and glue. In 1925, he successfully transmitted the first television picture with a greyscale image: the head of a ventriloquist's dummy nicknamed Stooky Bill. He made many contributions to the field of electronic television after mechanical systems had taken a back seat. In 1939, he showed colour television using a cathode ray tube in front of which revolved a disc fitted with colour filters. In 1944, he gave the world's first demonstration of a fully electronic colour television
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3600 x 3171 px | 32.7 MB
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30.5 x 26.8 cm | 12.0 x 10.6 in (300 dpi)
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