What Are The Roles Of Television In The Early 1920's

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In the early 1920's, John Baird patented the idea of using arrays of transparent rods to transmit images for television. Baird created 30 line images that were the first demonstrations of television by reflected light. Baird later went on to create televised objects in 1924, and was able to successfully transmit human faces onto a television in 1925. The first television transmission was sent in 1928 using Baird’s technology. The Transmission was sent across the Atlantic Ocean from London to New

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