the life of Philo T Farnsworth - Early Television Foundation

Introduction
THIS BOOK is a tribute to the inventive genius of Philo T. Farnsworth,
one of the greatest yet least publicized scientists of our
generation. It also stands as a tribute to the American way of
life,
in which ingenuity and progress are encouraged by our
system of free enterprise, and to the courage, vision and faith of
modern pioneers of American industry such as George Everson
and Jesse McCargar.
This story of Philo Farnsworth, who through perseverance
and unending research rose from an obscure farm boy with an
idea to a famed inventor with a discovery that is enriching our
living, contains all the elements for a Horatio Alger tale. But
the story of Farnsworth is true. Moreover, it didn't take place in
the days of Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and other
great inventors a period when America was "growing up" and
when the vast field of science was first
opening to historic discoveries.
This story has occurred entirely during the twentieth
century; it belongs to our generation.
Farnsworth was a teen-aged youth when in 1922 he conceived
his scientific ideas for an all-electronic television system the
system that provides the basis for television in use today. At the
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