There are many differences of opinions which crop up while deciding who invented the television. This is so because there are a number of inventions and discoveries which led to the development of the television.
Early Origins
The pioneering works of Michael Faraday, Joseph Henry, the invention of pantelegraph in 1862 by Abbe Giovanna Caselli and significant works by scientists such as George Carey, Eugene Goldstein, Sheldon Bidwell, Edison and Bell during the latter 1800s cannot be underestimated.
Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, a German national, invented the ‘Nipkow disc’ which was a rotating disc technology capable of transmitting images through cable, way back in 1884. A few decades later, a Scottish inventor named John Logie Baird, developed technology which used arrays of transparent rods to transmit images which could be delivered to and be seen on TV sets.
In 1924, Baird was successful in televising the first pictures of moving objects and in 1925; he successfully transmitted the image of a human face. The year 1926 was to see another milestone with Baird transmitting the first live moving object.
Role of Philo Farnsworth
However, it is the American inventor Philo Farnsworth who is widely credited with developing the first electronic television. Farnsworth successfully transmitted the image of a dollar sign which was double the resolution which Baird was able to achieve.
Role of Werner Flechsig
The German, Werner Flechsig, created the forerunner of the analog signal TV in 1938 which he patented and unveiled at international fairs in 1939. The world’s first monochrome compatible, electronic, color television was developed by RCA Laboratories during1946-1950. In 1948, the Dumont Company started manufacturing TV sets which soon became the standard for other TV sets.
