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Word: fernseh (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1936-1936
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Then Germany, which was sending blobby pictures with the mechanical scan ner, heard of Farnsworth. To his Philadelphia laboratories went suave, crisp Dr. Paul Goerz, head of Fernseh Radioaktien-gesellschaft of Berlin, and a tall, super cilious radio engineer named Rudolph Moeller. After secret conferences and demonstrations, the Germans leased the Farnsworth system for Fernseh, backed by the Nazi Government. The price was not revealed, but as part payment Farnsworth got U. S. rights to Bosch and Zeiss patents controlled by Fernseh. These include a yellow receiving screen which is supposed to be superior to RCA-Victor's green...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Television | 3/16/1936 | See Source »

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