17. John Logie Baird Scottish by birth. Calvinist by upbringing. Loner. Driven. Tireless. Working in obscurity and poverty. He is considered the inventor of mechanical television, basing his system on the the Nipkow Disc.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23. Baird - The Televisor http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcz4k7_milestones-in-science-engineering-n_shortfilms http://www.hulu.com/watch/135526/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-nipkow-baird-zworykin-the-development-of-television
24. Baird - The Televisor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DFcYRxFdTI
25. Baird - The Televisor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GYGxEk0btA
26. Baird - The Televisor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-yO07MQPMA
27.
28. Baird - The Televisor “ The Man With the Flower in His Mouth (1930) - the first televised drama produced in Britain, screened by the BBC as part of their experimental transmissions. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJoYskwKxsM
29.
30.
31.
32. Baird - The Televisor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upoWPhjZksk
33. Baird - The Televisor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGzFz2Nrq6s
34. Baird - The Televisor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6O_I9l1kok