[rellimpank]

--(this is a vanity reply)--Philo Farnsworth was my son-in-law's first cousin, three times removed-

[martin_fierro]

There was a Ken Burns documentary that took a pretty dim view of ol' Philo.

[raisincane]

The Farnsworth Radio Factory, Marion, IN, later became the RCA Plant, then Thomson Consumer, then on to Mexico just 2 years ago. Farnsworth is a household word around here.