Complex sentence: The system was reported to have just been invented by an eminent scientist of the city', and the vivid description added inspiration to the research in the area which took off following the discovery of photoconductivity in selenium.
Split into simpler sentences: The system was reported to have just been invented by an eminent scientist of the city'. The vivid description added inspiration to the research in the area which took off following the discovery of photoconductivity in selenium.