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  1. He was a quick student in mechanical and electrical technology, repairing the troublesome generator. He found a burned-out electric motor among some items discarded by the previous tenants and rewound the armature; he converted his mother's hand-powered washing machine into an electric-powered one. [13] .

  2. May 17, 2024 · Philo Farnsworth, American inventor who developed the first all-electronic television system. He made his first successful electronic television transmission in 1927. Farnsworth’s later work included the fusor, a proposed nuclear fusion device.

  3. Apr 2, 2014 · Philo T. Farnsworth was a talented scientist and inventor from a young age. In 1938, he unveiled a prototype of the first all-electric television, and went on to lead research in nuclear...

  4. Mar 28, 2020 · Philo Farnsworth (August 19, 1906 – March 11, 1971) was an American inventor best known for his 1927 invention of the first fully functional all-electronic television system.

  5. lemelson.mit.edu › resources › philo-farnsworthPhilo Farnsworth | Lemelson

    Philo Farnsworth was a self-taught genius who patented the world's first all-electronic television at the age of 15. He also invented many other devices, such as radar, a baby incubator, and a fusion reactor, and fought a long legal battle with RCA over TV patents.

  6. Aug 28, 2017 · Philo Taylor Farnsworth was just 14 when he had the idea that would shape the rest of his life. Farnsworth, had aspired to be an inventor since the age of six, writes Evan I. Schwartz for the...

  7. Philo T. Farnsworth, (born Aug. 19, 1906, Beaver, Utah, U.S.—died March 11, 1971, Salt Lake City, Utah), U.S. engineer and pioneer inventor in the development of television. In 1927 he successfully transmitted the first image using electronic means.