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Mechanical TV

science · 13 June 1925 · 100 years ago

In 1925, the first telecast in the U.S. of objects in motion was invented by Charles Jenkins. He called it "visions by radio." The first mechanical TV system broadcast used 48 scanning lines and showed a model of Dutch windmill with its blades turning.

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