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1 posted on 08/18/2006 9:02:38 PM PDT by Graybeard58
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He had been plowing a field when, with a jolt, he realized an image could be scanned by electrons the same way: row by horizontal row.

I really like that part.

2 posted on 08/18/2006 9:05:05 PM PDT by CheneyChick
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'philo-vision' would have been a cooler name than 'tv'


3 posted on 08/18/2006 9:07:02 PM PDT by InvisibleChurch (No.... wire .... hangers!)
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Ah yes, Winston's, my first cigarette.

Mama Dear and Col. Arthur smoked Pall Malls while doing the crossword and talking on the phone prior to tuning in Jack Parr and Perry Como.

I loved to watch them smoke. They had style and grace.

7 posted on 08/18/2006 9:28:29 PM PDT by battlegearboat
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[shouting] "stellarator! stellarator!" ;')
Google

10 posted on 08/18/2006 9:45:44 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (updated my FR profile on Thursday, August 10, 2006. https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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Farmsworth was outmaneuvered of his invention by RCA David Sarnoff!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth


11 posted on 08/18/2006 10:03:11 PM PDT by restornu (Steadfast as we move into troublesome days ahead: “We do not take counsel from our fears.”)
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Any relation to this guy?
12 posted on 08/19/2006 12:49:05 AM PDT by Ultra Sonic 007 (Conservatives teach you how to fish. Socialists give you the fish by stealing it from the fisherman.)
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