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“National Geographic Society" and “Baird’s Televisor” This Day in History – Jan 27th
"National Geographic Society " and "Baird's Televisor" This Day in History – Jan 27th
Washington, D.C Debuts National Geographic Society
Back in 1888, a diverse group of professionals who consisted of 33 men formed the National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C. This organization’s mission statement was, “for the increase and diffusion of geographical knowledge.” These members, along with their Society’s president lawyer and philanthropist, Gardiner Greene Hubbard, shared not only knowledge of geography but also opinions on discovery, inventions, mass communication and change.
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History.com stated that, “Today, the National Geographic Society is one of the world's largest non-profit scientific and educational institutions. National Geographic continues to sell as a glossy monthly, with a circulation of around 9 million. The Society also sees itself as a guardian of the planet's natural resources, and in this capacity, focuses on ways to broaden its reach and educate its readers about the unique relationship that humans have with the earth.”
According to the U.S. Department of State, “the National Geographic Society is one of the largest nonprofit scientific and educational organizations in the world. It reaches more than 280 million people worldwide each month through its five magazines, the National Geographic Channel, television documentaries, radio programs, films, books, videos and DVDs, maps and interactive media. National Geographic has funded more than 7,500 scientific research projects and supports an education program combating geographic illiteracy.”
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Scottish inventor, demonstrates "televisor"
Back in 1926, the area of evolution of the television was about to take place with the debut of Scottish inventor, John Logie Baird’s true television system. The demonstration was held in London with a “televisor,” a pictorial-transmission device that displays, rotating disks and scanned moving images within a low-resolution pattern of light and dark electronic impulses.
According to history.com, “The first home television receiver was demonstrated in Schenectady, New York, in January 1928, and by May a station began occasional broadcasts to the handful of homes in the area that were given the General Electric-built machines. In 1932, the Radio Corporation of America demonstrated an all-electronic television using a cathode-ray tube in the receiver and the "iconoscope" camera tube developed by Russian-born physicist Vladimir Zworykin. These two inventions greatly improved picture quality. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) inaugurated regular high-definition public broadcasts in London in 1936. In delivering the broadcasts, Baird's television system was in competition with one promoted by Marconi Electric and Musical Industries. Marconi's television, which produced a 405-line picture--compared with Baird's 240 lines--was clearly better, and in early 1937 the BBC adopted the Marconi system exclusively. Regular television broadcasts began in the United States in 1939, and permanent color broadcasts began in 1954.”
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