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John Logie Baird - Televised Human Face

John Logie Baird is best remembered for inventing a mechanical television system

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John Logie Baird - televised human face

John Logie Baird - televised human face

John Logie Baird circa 1925
John Logie Baird is best remembered for inventing a mechanical television system. During the 1920's, John Logie Baird patented the idea of using arrays of transparent rods to transmit images for television. John Logie Baird was the first person to transmit moving silhouette images using a mechanical system based on Nipkow's disk.

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