tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144412872099377367.post7923215847758306269..comments2024-03-12T17:35:28.786-06:00Comments on South Fork Companion: Philo Farnsworth, Inventor of the First Practical Television Camera [otd 08/19]Revue Guruhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10925903211294652386noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144412872099377367.post-19350245569708393832017-09-07T16:54:55.591-06:002017-09-07T16:54:55.591-06:00Fascinating story about an amazing and gifted man ...Fascinating story about an amazing and gifted man whose inventions contributed greatly to the development of television.T May In Thailandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03262879665219644875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144412872099377367.post-57938976727033735692012-08-10T08:14:49.563-06:002012-08-10T08:14:49.563-06:00As a freelance writer I do work from home, of cour...As a freelance writer I do work from home, of course -- as do most.Revue Guruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925903211294652386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144412872099377367.post-62338948187506572332012-08-10T07:15:45.557-06:002012-08-10T07:15:45.557-06:00Good post. I absolutely love this site. Thanks! Ch...Good post. I absolutely love this site. Thanks! Check out my website <br />to get more info about work from home, if you like.<br /><i>Here is my homepage</i> ; <b><a href="http://workfromhomeideass.com/top-4-work-from-home-ideas/" rel="nofollow">Full Report</a></b>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144412872099377367.post-77393352292747893952010-09-18T12:41:42.090-06:002010-09-18T12:41:42.090-06:00Yes, (Sorry to take so long getting back) Uncle Ph...Yes, (Sorry to take so long getting back) Uncle Philo, as he was simply known around my house, was my grandmother's brother. I'm aware of the way he dropped to "Phil" in the Navy, and that's what Pem (his wife and our Auntie) called him, but Grandma always talked about him as Philo so that's how we knew him.<br /><br />I thought you did a great job of describing the process without losing anybody, but more important I thought you "got it right" because you didn't hold back on where the credit lies. So many articles of this kind come through as puff pieces that are willing to say something nice about him nowadays, but still launch into "but lets not forget the many contributions . . ." yada yada yada.<br /><br />As you so rightly pointed out, there were many scientists working along the same lines as Philo, all over the world in fact. That's how he was inspired to start. (Those science magazines, again.) But the great and extraordinary difference between him and them--the important and same spark that put him in a class with Bell and Edison--was that he saw how to make it work.<br /><br />Unfortunately, he did not have the business genius of Bell and Edison, or we would today be talking about Farnsworth Television in the way we still speak of AT&T and Edison Power.Eric Playerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241500955340280427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144412872099377367.post-29364007062983359012010-08-24T15:42:06.713-06:002010-08-24T15:42:06.713-06:00Thank you. (I note that Philo was your Great Uncle...Thank you. (I note that Philo was your Great Uncle, making your comment particularly gratifying.)<br />Accounts that focus just on the field plowing bit always annoyed me -- in my mind that basically trivializes his accomplishment. I did some extra research to better understand the technical context OF HIS TIME to see what he had to work with. (I have a physical science degree.) Paring that down to the fundamentals, without getting too long or too "techie," took some work. I'm glad you think I succeeded.Revue Guruhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10925903211294652386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8144412872099377367.post-1059192201956696642010-08-24T14:24:57.163-06:002010-08-24T14:24:57.163-06:00A great article that gets it right, with no reserv...A great article that gets it right, with no reservations! (for once!)Eric Playerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11241500955340280427noreply@blogger.com