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Philo Farnsworth

American inventor

Died when: 64 years 204 days (774 months)
Star Sign: Leo

 

Philo Farnsworth

Philo Taylor Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor and television pioneer.He made many crucial contributions to the early development of all-electronic television.

He is best known for his 1927 invention of the first fully functional all-electronic image pickup device (video camera tube), the image dissector, as well as the first fully functional and complete all-electronic television system.

Farnsworth developed a television system complete with receiver and camera—which he produced commercially through the Farnsworth Television and Radio Corporation from 1938 to 1951, in Fort Wayne, Indiana.

In later life, Farnsworth invented a small nuclear fusion device, the Farnsworth–Hirsch fusor, employing inertial electrostatic confinement (IEC).Like all fusion devices, it was not a practical device for generating nuclear power, although it provides a viable source of neutrons.

The design of this device has been the inspiration for other fusion approaches, including the Polywell reactor concept.Farnsworth held 300 patents, mostly in radio and television.


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