Vision by Radio, Radio Photographs [with] Two Radio Photograms from 1923, each among the earliest original images transmitted over radio waves

JENKINS, C. Francis

Edité par C. Francis Jenkins, Washington, D.C., 1925

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First edition. Tall octavo. Dark green cloth gilt. 139, [1]pp. A little light fraying at the crown, a near fine and bright copy. Inscribed by the author three years after publication: "To Mr & Mrs J. V. Earl. In appreciation of their interest in my work. C. Francis Jenkins, 10/30/28." Accompanied by two original images that were transmitted by Jenkins using "Radiovision." One of the images is of a meteorological map, the other image is of a newspaper article, as follows: 1. Transmitted photograph. Image of a meteorological map dated Feb. 3, 1927. Approximately 4¾" x 6". Stamped with Jenkin Laboratories on the verso and captioned in pencil: "Photo reduction of 8 x 10 original received 2000 miles at sea." Fine. 2. Transmitted photograph. Image of an article about "Radio Vision" on the front page of the *The Sunday Star* of Washington, DC dated June 14, 1925. Not captioned. Approximately 4¾" x 6". Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934) is recognized as the earliest major American television pioneer, broadcasting the first public display of his Radiovision on June 23, 1925. By then Jenkins was already a well-known inventor whose Phantascope film projector paved the way for Thomas Edison (who purchased the device and released it as his Vitascope). Jenkins first began imagining a mechanical method of sending "images over radio" (aka television), as early as the 1890s, according to Albert Abramson s *History of Television, 1880 To 1941*. Three years after his first public display of wireless transmission of synchronized sound and images, Jenkins formed the first television station in the United States in Wheaton, Maryland on July 2, 1928 with the first broadcast of a moving image, a windmill. While his mechanical method was eventually eclipsed by an electronic form of television, he is still considered a television pioneer with The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Award named in his honor. The photos here were created by Jenkins during the early phase of his Radiovision. Using the prismatic ring approach to mechanical television, which he invented, it was reported that Jenkins transmitted the image of a woman by radio on June 14, 1923. Abramson says, "Whether live or a photograph, this was the first transmission of television by radio ever reported" (p. 60). The book itself is uncommon but accessible. However, early images such as these are seldom seen. There is one original held at the Library of Congress in the copyright collection, and seven others held in a private television museum. Rare and tangible artifacts of the birth of television.

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• Titre: Vision by Radio, Radio Photographs [with] Two Radio Photograms from 1923, each among the earliest original images transmitted over radio waves
• Éditeur: C. Francis Jenkins, Washington, D.C.
• Date de parution: 1925
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: Edition originale
• État de l'article: Near Fine
• État de la jaquette: Jaquette