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The Egyptians, Persians, Greeks, used a rod or iron that was heated over fire to curl hair, beards, and wigs.
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Edwin Belin held the patent for the transmission of photos by wire and by fiber optics and radar. hedemonstrated a mechanical scanning device that was an early precursor to modern television
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Vladimir Kosma Zworykin created the Iconoscope. The iconoscope was an electronic image scanner - essentially a primitive television camera in 1923.
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John Logie Baird, a Scottish engineer and entrepreneur who 'achieved his first transmissions of simple face shapes in 1924 using mechanical television.
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Farnsworth was the first to successfully demonstrate the transmission of television signals, which he did on September 7, using a scanning tube of his own design.
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Zworykin wasn't able to copy Farnsworthï achievements until 1934 and his patent for a scanning tube was not issued until 1938. While Zworykin applied for the patent for his iconoscope, the invention was not functional until some years later.
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Zworykin wasn't able to copy Farnsworthï achievements until 1934 and his patent for a scanning tube was not issued until 1938. While Zworykin applied for the patent for his iconoscope, the invention was not functional until some years later.
