Links
to all things "Farnsworth"and "ancient
television" on the web
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who made the "Top 100!
- Offers a special selection of titles related to Farnsworth, inventors, and the history and politics of media. Quite worth the visit if you want to continue your reading.
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- The Pioneers of Electronic & Mechanical Television
- Includes rare photo of Paul Nipkow, German researcher generally regarded as the first to propose or use a spinning disk for scanning, hence the name "Nipkow Disk."
- A.G. Tannenbaum's Homepage
- Offers an extensive listing of vintage Farnsworth TVs, radios, and service manuals, as well as Antique, Amateur, Audio, and Test Equipment. We buy and sell Vintage Radios, TVs, Tube Hi-Fi Equipment, Test Equipment and Hard to Find Repair Parts as well as Books, Catalogs, and Magazines.
History of Radio- Extensive chronology of evolution of radio technology by Steven E. Schoenherr.
- History of Television
- Similar choronolgy of television, also by Steven E. Schoenherr.
- History of Philco
- Details of the old Philadelphia Storage Battery Company, later Philco Radio Corp, which sponsored Farnsworth's research in the early 1930s.
- Auman Museum of Radio and Television
- Website full of photos of old radios and televisions.
- HISTOIRE DE LA TELEVISION
- An On-line Anthology of early texts on television; very interesting
if you can read French.
The American Experience- Complete transcript of the PBS Special first aired in 1997.
- Farnsworth's Statue in Washington D.C.
- Dedicated in May, 1990, this gift to the U.S. Capitol from the citizens of Utah stands in Statuary Hall, one of just two statues allowed each state. Utah's other is Brigham Young.
Charles Herrold- A nice site dedicated to broadcast pioneer and inventor Charles Herrold
- From Television to Fusion
- An overview of Farnsworth's fusion work, in case you missed it elsewhere...
more links to come as time allows.