Title: Television : an international history of the formative years /
Authors: Burns, R. W.; Institution of Electrical Engineers.; Science Museum (Great Britain)
Publisher: Institution of Electrical Engineers in association with the Science Museum,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Television History; Television broadcasting History; Television Receivers and reception History.
Contents: Images and society (c. 16th century to c. mid-19th century) -- Images by wire, picture telegraphy (1843 -- c. 1900) -- Seeing by electricity, the earliest notions (1878-1880) -- Persistence of vision and moving images (1825 -- c. 1900) -- Distant vision (1800-1920) -- A possible way forward (1900-1920) -- Developments of importance to television.