Philo Was Invented

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A man who lived in Utah and Idaho and who is nameless to most of the world invented the T.V. His name is Philo Taylor Farnsworth. He started by making a carbon arc lamp and a camera tube and then created the television. Now, we have got virtual reality, projectors, 3-D, and holograms. Technology is advancing as we speak. I will inform you how the television was created and how we are developing technology because of Philo's product.

An ordinary man, Philo Taylor Farnsworth, just let his imagination loose. He began experimenting with a lot of objects. At twelve years old, he made an electric motor. During that year, he also won his first national science contest with "a thief-proof automobile ignition switch" ("The Technology Behind 3-D Films" …show more content…

Everyone was impressed with what he had made. However, another man by the name of Vladimir Zworykin (an electrical engineer at R.C.A) invented a television. Using a cathode ray tube and an "all-electric camera tube," he made a name for himself. During the time, a company by the name of R.C.A asked Philo if they could buy his patents for $100,000, but he declined the offer. Philo decided to join the Philco Company. Getting hit with a patent battle, Philo fought with the R.C.A. It was about who invented the television. The R.C.A was very stubborn about stealing the idea. They fought for a while, and one of them had to get the judge's favor. Therefore, Philo had someone ("Tolman") sketch the original television produced for evidence. This helped Philo win the favor of the court, therefore causing R.C.A to pay Philo …show more content…

The TV had so many parts that it led to over 100 items that were patented. It was featured in the New York World's Fair in 1939. It caused more popularity for the TV. After that, the commerce of the product went booming! Although more and more people were buying the television, Philo could not pay his royalties. Therefore, the R.C.A. decided to "take advantage of the situation" and raised the prices of their T.V.s. Due to that, Zworykin and Sarnoff were publicized as the inventors of the television (which was not true). Philo decided to give up on the situation. After that, he started doing other things like the radar and the first pure electronic microscope. After the making of those products, it led to his making the first baby incubator and nuclear fusion. He still was unknown after all the things he had made.

Three-dimensional (3-D) technology started to evolve in the 1950s. However, a lot of people do not believe that the 1950s weren't the first time audiences watched a 3-D film; instead, they thought that it was in 1922 that the audience had to look through anaglyph glasses. The glasses included a red lens on the left and a green lens on the right. Now, most 3-D glasses are more advanced, using a somewhat clear lens instead of the red and green lenses. During the "heyday," which was from 1952 to 1955, very few studios used the anaglyphic process. During that time, the image quality of the anaglyph films was