Name: Tanay Due Date: October 15 or 16 Section: C / D / E / F
The boy who invented TV.
Memoir Historical Investigation for The boy who invented TV By
Tanay Lalwani
Primary Source My primary source is a picture of Philo, while he was making the television. On September 7, 1927. In the picture you can see the hard work of Philo, and how the first TV looked like. It’s a photograph. On the picture you can see Philo making the first TV.
I chose this picture because it clearly shows Philo working on his first ever television, and this is the thing the book is mainly about. It is connected to my book because my book is about the process of making the first TV.
Secondary Source The secondary source for my book is an article about Philo Farnsworth on SIRS discover. The article called Philo T. Farnsworth: Father of the television by Lori Fillmore. Click here for the article. “Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell were heroes of Philo Taylor Farnsworth. In 1912, six-year old Philo used a telephone for the first time. He knew then he wanted to be an inventor, just like his heroes. When Philo was eleven, his family moved to Rigby, Idaho to help on his uncle's farm. As they approached the farm, Philo noticed wires strung from the buildings. Philo knew what the wires meant; this place had electricity! Philo loved the electrical generator that provided light and running water to the farm. He was fascinated by the moving parts and frequently experimented with it. Often the experiments ended with blown fuses. The generator broke so often that Philo learned to fix it himself. The Farnsworths called Philo their "chief engineer" and he helped fix machines that broke down on the farm. Philo looked for ways to make farm life easier. One of Philo's least favorite chores was cranking the handle on his mother's washing machine. He cranked the machine for hours until the clothes were clean. To save time, Philo found an old motor and hooked it to the handle of the machine. The motor kept the crank turning, which gave Philo freedom to read and invent.”
My secondary source is an article about Philo.
I chose this source because it has lots of information and it is connected to my book, Because my book is about the inventor of TV. This article is about (Philo Farnsworth) the inventor of television. It also tells about Philo’s life and how he came up to think of a TV and how he thought up of it.
I have read an amazing book about the inventor of television. His name is Philo Farnsworth. He started making the television at the age of 14. Then he achieved his dream, He had made an amazing invention. What are at least 2 reasons why you think someone else would enjoy this memoir? People would enjoy this because everyone watches TV and it’s interesting to know who made it. Another reason is that people it’s really interesting to see how he struggled to make the TV.
People would enjoy this because everyone watches and it’s interesting to know who made it. How would life be without TV? Did you guys know who made the TV? “ And there was no television. That’s right. NO TV. In 1906, Inside a log cabin on a farm in Utah, A boy was born who would change things. His name was Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
How he thought of a TV, Where he got the idea from. He was plowing in his farm, And he was thinking about a TV. Then he realized that if” he breaks down the images into parallel lined of light, Capturing them and transmitting them as electrons, then reassembling them for a viewer.” “Then he almost fell off the plow seat. All his thoughts fused together. Instead of seeing rows of dirt, He saw a way to create television.
Memoir wrote in LA:
Tanay Lalwani Ms.Cross LA8 C October
Philo’s amazing Invention
My name is Philo Taylor Farnsworth. I am fourteen years old. I was born in the western side of America, in a farm. I love exploring new things. It’s my hobby. My neighbour has a hand-cranked telephone. Holding the phone one day, hearing the voice of his beloved aunt, I got goosebumps. I couldn’t believe it. It was amazing. Another neighbour brought a hand-cranked phonograph to a dance. Music swirling out a machine-It seemed impossible to believe. It seemed like magic, How is it even possible? This is not normal. I was amazed. Then after a few days I was sitting on the couch reading the Continental newspaper that had been delivered to my house. On the front page of the newspaper, there was amazing news. It was called the television. No one had heard of it but scientists were racing to make it.
My mouth dropped open. “What was this thing? How did it work?” It said that the TV (Television for short) was still not made and scientists were trying to make the light machine that delivered pictures. From that day I promised myself that I will make that machine. No one can stop me. I can do it. I felt it in my guts. Then for dinner in the fancy restaurant in New York. I met a few really famous and rich business men. I went step by step and explained to them what a television would do to the world, I told them how I would make it and I explained everything to them. They were amazed. I said “Dissector: A camera tube that would dissect an image into a stream of electrons, converting them into pulses of electrical current. A receiver would capture the current, Then convert it back into points of light—the original image.” That’s how I explained to the businessmen the television would work and change the world and how people saw things.
As I talked I got more and more passionate. After scanning images line by line, just like potato fields. I told them “This light machine would beam into people homes and make them amazed. That’s the best thing about a television; it would make everyone be together. It would let families and the whole communities share the same story and it would make people less ignorant of other. It will teach and inspire other to make better product, it going to be a revolution. It might even lead to world peace.” I talked and talked about how it’s a brilliant product and it would replace the radio, then the businessmen exchanged looks. They were confused and weren’t sure whether to put money in a thing like this. But they agreed to put up 6000$ for this so I could build the first model. They gave me exactly one year to work on it.
After that I got to work, I worked all day long and gave myself problems to solve while I was sleeping, I worked on the television all the time, Even my girlfriend left me because of the television. But I wouldn’t let go, I worked day and night. I had many failed times. It was hard but I knew I could do it. I worked in an office not far from New York. I also filed several government patents that would protect my ideas for the next seventeen years and no one would copy my work. Finally I got what I wanted so I went to the businessmen one year later to show them my model. They got all the lights, wires and tubes to work in unison. Everyone was in their seat, Ready to watch the television. They were all excited. But at the first demonstration, I forgot one item. I failed to take power surge into account. The entire image dissector exploded in front of everyone and everyone was really disappointed at me. They called it “Bang! Pop! Sizzle!” I felt really embarrassed. How could have I forgotten about the power surge… Although, I was able to find new investors, that gave me another year to work at the image dissector.
Then after exactly one year in a new lab in San Francisco, I finally met the deadline. In 1927, a not so enormous group of people watched as the first image in history flickered on TV. It was amazing. It was impossible. Philo said” That’s it folks, we’ve done it- There you have the electronic television.” The first image might’ve not been fancy. It was a straight line, Blurry and bluish. Later he was able to show a dollar
sign, and then a motion of a cigarette smoke. Then that was it. It was made. Everyone was amazed and astonished. The first person to be on television was his true love Pem, who didn’t know she was on television and had her eyes closed.
Then the following year in front a crowd of reporters, Twenty-two year old Philo Farnsworth announced the invention of television. Everyone cheered. They were all in a huge room in the most grand hotel in New York. Every single famous person had arrived. Then everyone praised the young genius. Philo was a real inventor; Thanks to him the future would include TV. :D
4. Works Cited George Everson, and Richard C. Patterson, Jr. Photograph, January 1939, Washington, D.C. The Boy Who Invented TV: The Story of Philo Farnsworth. 2009. Photograph. N.p.