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electronic communcation begins
Joseph Henry's and Michael Faraday's electromagnetism jumpstarts the era of electronic communication -
first still image transferred
Abbe Giovanna invents his Pantelegraph and becomes the first person to transmit a still imagw over wires -
18 lines of resolution
Paul Nipkow sends images over wires using a rotating metal disk technology calling it the electric telescope -
its now called television
At the World's Fair in Paris, the first International Congress of Electricity was held. That is where Russian Constantin Perskyi made the first known use of the word "television." -
First Mechanical Television System
Boris Rosing combines Nipkow's disk and a cathode ray tube and builds the first working mechanical TV system. -
25 First Moving Silhouette Images
John Baird becomes the first person to transmit moving silhouette images using a mechanical system based on Nipkow's disk. -
30 lines of resolution
John Baird operates a television system with 30 lines of resolution system running at 5 frames per second. -
first long distance television
Bell Telephone and the U.S. Department of Commerce conduct the first long distance use of television that took place between Washington D.C. and New York City on April 7th -
image dissector
Philo Farnsworth, files for a patent on the first complete electronic television system, which he called the Image Dissector. -
first coaxial cable lines
The first experimental coaxial cable lines were laid by AT&T between New York and Philadelphia -
color has now arrived
Peter Goldmark invents a 343 lines of resolution color television system. -
first regular installation
The first regular installation connected Minneapolis and Stevens Point, WI -
cable
Cable television is introduced in Pennsylvania as a means of bringing television to rural areas. -
remote control
Robert Adler invents the first practical remote control called the Zenith Space Commander. -
screen projection
Giant screen projection TV is first marketed. -
HDTV
The FCC approves ATSC's HDTV standard.
