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Philo T. Farnsworth | |
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| Born | August 16, 1906 |
| Died | March 11, 1971 |
| Residence | Salt Lake City, UT, United States |
| Nationality | USA |
| Known for | Cold Fusion |
Philo Taylor Farnsworth was an American inventor. He is best known for inventing the first completely electronic television. In particular, he was the first to make a working electronic image pickup device (video camera tube), and the first to demonstrate an all-electronic television system to the public. In his later life, Farnsworth also invented a small nuclear fusion device known as a fusor. - Wikipedia
Farnsworth anticipate cold fusion by several decades.
Patents:
- "Cold Cathode Electron Discharge Tube," USP #2,184,910 (1939).
- * Cupshaped electrodes provide a cold cathode discharge which has some similarity to the hollow cathode discharge.