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---# Philo T. Farnsworth ~ Television ~ RCA

**URL:** [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth)

Philo T. Farnsworth | Television | RCA wiki The story of Philo T. Farnsworth and the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) is a pivotal chapter in the history of television, marked by innovation, legal battles, and corporate power struggles. Farnsworth, a farm boy from Idaho, conceived the fundamental idea for electronic television at the age of 14 while plowing a potato field, envisioning images being scanned line by line using electrons.


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