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8235fe!·01353  3(+10:0  \n# The History ofthe Television\n\nElizabeth Raum  \nwww.heinemann.co.uk/libraryVisit our website to find out more information about Heinemann Library books.  \nTo order:  \nPhone 44(0)1865888066Send a fax to 44 (0)1865314091Visit the Heinemann Bookshop at www.heinemann.co.uk/library to browse our catalogue and order online.  \n# Acknowledgements\n\nFirst published in Great Britain by Heinemann Library,Halley Court,Jordan Hill,Oxford OX28EJ,part ofHarcourt Education.  \nThe publishers would like to thank the following forpermission to reproduce photographs:p.4 akg-images,p.5Science &Society/NMPFT/Daily Herald Archive,p.6 SciencePhoto Library,p.7 History of Advertising Trust,p.8 Corbis,p.9 Getty Images/American Stock,p.10 Corbis/Bettman,p.IICorbis/Bettman,p.12 Corbis/Bettman,p.13 Camera Press/TLB,p.14 Getty Images/AFP,p.15 Topfoto,p.16 Photolibrary.com,p.17 Corbis/Russell Underwood,p.18 Mary Evans PictureLibrary,p.19 Corbis/Stockbyte,p.20 Topfoto/lmage Works,p.21 Art Directors/Ark Religion,p.22 Corbis/Jose Luis Pelaez,Inc.,p.23 Alamy/Huw Jones,p.24 Getty Images/Tim Boyle,p.25Getty Images/Stone/Flying Colours,p.26 Rex Features/HeikkiSaukkomaa,p.27 Corbis/Jose Luis Pelaez,Inc.  \nHeinemann is a registered trademarkof Harcourt Education Ltd.  \n◎ Harcourt Education Ltd 2008The moral right of the proprietor has been asserted.  \nAll rights reserved.No part of this publication may bereproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in anyform or by any means,electronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwise,without either the prior writtenpermission of the publishers or a licence permitting restrictedcopying in the United Kingdom issued by the CopyrightLicensing Agency Ltd,90 Tottenham Court Road,LondonWIT 4LP(www.cla.co.uk).  \nCover photograph of a boy watching sports on aGeneral Electric television receiver reproduced withpermission of Corbis/Hall of Electrical History Foundation/Schenectady Museum.  \nEditorial:Kristen Truhlar and Diyan Leake  \nDesign:Victoria Bevan and Tower Designs Ltd  \nEvery effort has been made to contact copyright holdersof any material reproduced in this book.Any omissions willbe rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to thepublishers.  \nPicture research:Mica Brancic  \nProduction:Julie Carter  \nOrigination:Dot Gradations  \nPrinted and bound in China by South ChinaPrinting Co.Ltd  \n## Disclaimer\n\nAll Internet addresses(URLs)given in this book were validat the time of going to press.However,due to the dynamicnature of the Internet,some addresses may have changed orceased to exist since publication.While the outhor and thepublishers regret any inconvenience this may cause readers,no responsibility for any such changes can be accepted byeither the author4  \nISBN 9780431191508  \n12 II 100908  \n1098765432I  \nBritish Library Cataloguing in Publication Data  \nRaum,Elizabeth  \n.7  \nThe history of the television.-(Inventions that changedthe world)  \n\n| 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