Landmarks of Human Thought I - Catalog - Page 34
Philo
Taylor
Farnsworth
Television
System
National Inventors Hall of Fame®
U.S. Patent No. 1,773,980
Inducted in 1984
Born Aug. 19, 1906 - Died Mar. 11, 1971
P
hilo Taylor Farnsworth's electronic inventions
made possible today's TV industry, the TV
shots from the moon, and satellite pictures.
Born in Beaver, Utah, Farnsworth, while still in
high school, delved into the molecular theory of
matter, electrons, and the Einstein theory. In 1924
he enrolled in Brigham Young University, but left at
the end of his second year.
In 1926 Farnsworth joined the Crocker Research
Laboratories in San Francisco. At the age of 21 he
produced the first all-electric television image.
Crocker Research Laboratories was reorganized as
Television Laboratories, Inc., and was renamed
Farnsworth Television Inc., of California.
Farnsworth's television patents covered scanning,
focusing, synchronizing, contrast, controls, and
power. He also invented the first cold cathode ray
tubes, the first simple electronic microscope, used
radio waves to get direction (later called radar), and
black light for seeing at night. During the 1960s he
worked on special-purpose TV, missiles, and
peaceful uses of atomic energy. He also worked on
a nuclear fusion process to produce clean, virtually
unlimited energy.
At his death, he held more than 300 U.S. and
foreign patents. In 1983 he was honored by the U.S.
Postal Service with a stamp bearing his portrait.
Philo T. Farnsworth was inducted into
the National Inventors Hall of Fame®
for this U.S. Patent No. 1,773,980.
Reference: National Inventors Hall of Fame (2024, 23. February)
Inductee: Philo Taylor Farnsworth Invented Television System.
NIHF. https://www.invent.org/inductees/philo-taylor-farnsworth
