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Joseph Plateau invents a toy called the Phantascope which shows a series of staged drawings which are displayed on a spinning disc creating an illusion of motion is created. This is considered the first motion picture device
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Constantin Perskyi made the first known use of the word "television."
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Campbell Swinton and Boris Rosing suggest using cathode ray tubes to transmit images via Electronic television.
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Vladimir Kosma Zworykin patents his iconscope television transmission tube leading the way for further advancement in the television.
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Television is introduced in the United States
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Charles Jenkins broadcasts the first TV commercial.
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January: Direct projection television with a 15ft by12ft screen is installed at the 1,190 seat Marble Arch Pavilion by Baird Company.
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Peter Goldmark invents a 343 lines of resolution color television.
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Color television introduced in the U.S.
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Television signals in both analog and digital formats