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Author Godfrey, Donald G

Title C. Francis Jenkins, pioneer of film and television / Donald G. Godfrey
Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2014]

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Description 1 online resource
Series History of Communication
History of communication.
Contents Title -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue -- Chapter 1. Jenkins' Heritage and Youth -- Chapter 2. Early Film Experiments -- Chapter 3. A Lifetime of Struggle -- Chapter 4. Jenkins' Motion Pictures -- Chapter 5. Founding the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers -- Chapter 6. Visionary Entrepreneur -- Chapter 7. RadioVision: The Genesis and Promotion -- Chapter 8. Radio Pictures: Going Operational -- Chapter 9. Television: Seeing by Electricity -- Chapter 10. The Eyes of Radio -- Chapter 11. The Jenkins Television Corporation
Chapter 12. American VisionaryEpilogue -- Appendix A.U.S. Patents Issued to C. Francis Jenkins -- Appendix B. Selected Jenkins Patents Referenced in Modern Patent Applications -- Notes -- A Selected Research Bibliography -- Index
Summary The achievements of a pioneer inventor of television and film
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-277) and index
Notes English
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Subject Jenkins, C. Francis (Charles Francis), 1867-1934.
SUBJECT Jenkins, C. Francis (Charles Francis), 1867-1934 fast
Subject Inventors -- United States -- Biography
Cinematographers -- United States -- Biography
Television -- Biography.
Television -- History
Cinematography -- History
Motion pictures -- History.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Science & Technology.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical.
PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- History & Criticism.
Cinematographers
Cinematography
Inventors
Television
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
History
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019718241
ISBN 9780252096150
0252096150
130698081X
9781306980814
Other Titles Charles Francis Jenkins, pioneer of film and television