Meet Hugo Gernsback

I am often asked, where did the term "television" actually come from.  There are numerous accounts of the origin of the term.  One of them attributes its first use to the writings of one Hugo Gernsback, who published numerous magazines about science and invention during the early 20th century.  I recall the first time I […]

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Oral History: Videos with Pem Farnsworth, ‘The Mother of Television’

Here’s something I should have linked to long ago, which only occurs to me now that I have this handy way to quickly add new links to this website.  Elma G. ‘Pem’ Farnsworth, the widow of Philo T. Farnsworth and affectionately known by all who knew her as ‘The Mother of Television,’ died last May

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