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Vision by radio, radio photographs, radio photograms

By C. Francis (Charles Francis) Jenkins

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

Discover a world on the cusp of a technological revolution, where images leap through the airwaves, promising to shrink distances and redefine how we perceive the world.

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2024-06-16
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"Vision by Radio, Radio Photographs, Radio Photograms" by C. Francis Jenkins is a book about the exciting technology of sending pictures through the air using radio waves. It explores how radio photography developed and the different ways pictures could be sent and received. The book highlights how important it was to get everything timed just right and to make better light sensors. The author wanted to show how this technology could change how we communicate and even entertain ourselves, imagining a world where seeing faraway events would become as simple as hearing them.

About the Author

Charles Francis Jenkins was an American engineer who was a pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies. His businesses included Charles Jenkins Laboratories and Jenkins Television Corporation. Over 400 patents were issued to Jenkins, many for his inventions related to motion pictures and television.

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