Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| 4656396 | Fluorescent lamp circuit breaker with low contact resistance A rapid-start fluorescent lamp includes a circuit breaker therein having a sealed glass bottle, a thermally sensitive bimetal switch within the glass bottle, a pair of electrical conductors sealed into and passing through the sealed bottle with one electr... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4314181 | Arc discharge lamp starting device Disclosed is an arc discharge lamp starting device which comprises a starting aid circuit connected in parallel to an arc tube and disposed within an outer envelope. This starting aid circuit comprises a thermal switch, a heater and a resistor. This therm... | 02/02/1982 |
