Awards

• Winner of Kraszna-Krausz Book Award 1999
• Winner of Kraszna-Krausz Book Award 1999.

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Author:   R.W. Burns (Professor)
Publisher:   Institution of Engineering and Technology
Imprint:   Institution of Engineering and Technology
Volume:   v. 22
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 127.00cm , Length: 23.40cm
ISBN:  

9780852969144

ISBN 10:   0852969147
Pages:   676
Publication Date:   31 October 1997
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part I: The era of speculation, 1877 to c. 1922 Chapter 1: Images and society (c. 16th Century to c. mid-19th Century) Chapter 2: Images by wire, picture telegraphy (1843-c. 1900) Chapter 3: Seeing by electricity, the earliest notions (1878-1880) Chapter 4: Persistence of vision and moving images (1825-c. 1900) Chapter 5: Distant vision (1880-1920) Chapter 6: A possible way forward (1900-1920) Chapter 7: Developments of importance to television Part II: The era of low-definition television, 1926 to 1934 Chapter 8: The breakthrough, J.L. Baird and television (the 1920s) Chapter 9: The approaches of a lone inventor and a chief engineer (the 1920s) Chapter 10: Excellence in low-definition television (1925-1930) Chapter 11: German and French developments (the 1920s and early 1930s) Chapter 12: Some low-definition television broadcasting services, c. 1930 Part III: The era of pre-war and high-definition television, 1934 to 1939 Chapter 13: Large-screen television (1930-1935) Chapter 14: Between low and high-definition television (1930-1931) Chapter 15: Early electronic camera tubes, and the work of Farnsworth (c. 1920-1935) Chapter 16: Zworykin and the kinescope (1923-1930) Chapter 17: RCA, Sarnoff and television (1919-1932) Chapter 18: RCA and all-electronic television (1933-1935) Chapter 19: EMI, Shoenberg and television (1931-1934) Chapter 20: Progress in the UK and abroad (1934-1935) Chapter 21: The London station and foreign developments (1935-1938) Chapter 22: Television in the US (1935-1941) Chapter 23: The world's first, regular, public, high-definition service (1936-1939) Appendices

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'the story of television is not that of a single inventor, it is a star studded epic. Burns guides us through this epic in a book of similar proportions. An excellent book' * British Vintage Wireless Society * 'Definitive is not a word to be used lightly, but this magisterial study of television's development up to 1940 richly deserves the term' * Technology & Culture *

'the story of television is not that of a single inventor, it is a star studded epic. Burns guides us through this epic in a book of similar proportions. An excellent book' British Vintage Wireless Society 'Definitive is not a word to be used lightly, but this magisterial study of television's development up to 1940 richly deserves the term' Technology & Culture

Author Information

Russell Burns graduated in 1948 with a first class honours degree in Physics. Following postgraduate research he joined the Royal Naval Scientific Service, subsequently going on to hold various appointments in higher education before retiring in 1986. Professor Burns has been researching and writing on the history of electrical engineering for more than 25 years. His publications include the definitive account of British television, the formative years (1986), Radar development to 1945 (1988), and more than 50 papers. The IEE's SET Divisional Board Premium was awarded to him in 1993, and he shared the Maxwell Premium in 1994. Professor Burns is a past chairman of the IEE's Archives Committee, and the IEE's Science Education and Technology Divisional Board. Professor Burns is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers.

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