Televisor invented by John Logie Baird

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This television receiver, or 30 line Model A 'televisor', was invented by John Logie Baird. The model dates from 1930. It has a wood base and aluminium cover.

The model dates from 1930. It has a wood base and aluminium cover.

In 1925 John Logie Baird, 1888-1946, developed a machine which converted light reflected from an object into a varying electric current. A receiver converted the signal back into an image made up of dark and light lines. Baird called it television.

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• Online ID: 000-000-099-915-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: Innovators and Innovations (multimedia essay)
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  T.1963.48
• Date: 1930
  
• Material: Wood base, aluminium cover. Inscription: SERIAL No. 205
  Receiver, television
  
• Dimensions: 27.00" x 12.50" x 21.00" H
  
• What: Receiver, television
  
• Subject:
• Who: Baird (Television maker)
  
• Where: GREAT BRITAIN
  
• Event:
• Description: Television receiver, Baird 30-line, 1930, on a wooden base with a brown painted aluminium cover
  
• References:
  • Baird, John Logie. Sermons, soap and television: autobiographical notes. London: Royal Television Society, 1988
  • McArthur, Tom and Waddell, Peter. The secret life of John Logie Baird. London: Hutchinson, 1986
  • Tiltman, Ronald F. Baird of television: the life story of John Logie Baird. London: Seeley Service, [1933]
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