FIRST - operational all-electronic "television system - San Francisco, CA
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N 37° 48.022 W 122° 24.164
10S E 552580 N 4183834
Site of the invention of the first operational all electronic "television system.
Waymark Code: WM5X3V
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/23/2009
Views: 19
"In a simple laboratory on this site, 202 Green Street, Philo Taylor Farnsworth, U.S. pioneer in electronics, invented and patented the first operational all-electronic "television system" on September 7, 1927. The 21-year-old inventor and several dedicated assistants successfully transmitted the first all-electronic television image, the major breakthrough that brought the practical form of this invention to mankind. Further patents formulated here covered the basic concepts essential to modern television. The Genius of Green Street, as he was known, died in 1971."
FIRST - Classification Variable: Place or Location
Date of FIRST: 09/07/1927
More Information - Web URL: Not listed
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