trailercock
trailercock t1_iyf5r90 wrote
Reply to comment by Alan_Smithee_ in TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field. by chapstickninja
From what I underatand, Farnsworth did prove the concept could work or at least diagramed how electronic television could work in 1914 while he was still in school. So he probably was the first known person to publicly communicate the concept of electronic television.
trailercock t1_iyfaube wrote
Reply to comment by Alan_Smithee_ in TIL The inventor of the television was a 15 year old farm boy who got the idea for scanning an image in rows from the back and forth motion of plowing a field. by chapstickninja
Gotcha. Good to know.