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Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and…
Alice was beginning to get very tired of sitting by her sister on the bank, and of having nothing to do: once or twice she had peeped into the book her sister was reading, but it…
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Alright mate, fancy a brew round mine
Alright mate, fancy a brew round mine
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aluminium
aluminium
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American English Pronunciation: EH [ɛ] vs. AA [æ] Vowels
In this American English pronunciation video we're going to compare the vowels EH and AA
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American English Vowels - IPA - Pronunciation - International Phonetic Alphabet
Take a look at these letters They're not always pronounced the same In the word 'boo'
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American Inventions: The Television
Television has made it possible for people around the world to share in many different experiences sports, music shows, films, and more.
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American Inventions: The Television
Yet many people would find it difficult to name the inventor of the television.
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American Inventions: The Television
They might also be surprised to learn that the inventor came up with the idea when he was just fourteen years old.
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American Inventions: The Television
Today, we explore the life of one of the great inventors of 20th century America: Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
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American Inventions: The Television
The house he lived in for the first few years of his life had no electricity. But Philo read about electricity and quickly began to experiment with it.
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American Inventions: The Television
One night, Philo read a magazine story about the idea of sending pictures and sound through the air.
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American Inventions: The Television
The story said some of the world’s best scientists were working on the idea.
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American Inventions: The Television
It said these scientists were using special machines to try to make a kind of device to send pictures.
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American Inventions: The Television
Fourteen-year-old Philo decided these famous scientists were wrong. He decided that mechanical devices would never work.
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American Inventions: The Television
Philo believed such a device would have to be electronic. Philo knew electrons could be made to move very fast.
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American Inventions: The Television
All he would have to do was find a way to make electrons do the work. Soon, Philo had an idea for such a receiver.
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American Inventions: The Television
It would trap light in a container and send the light on a line of electrons. Philo called it “light in a bottle.”
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American Inventions: The Television
Several days later, Philo told his teacher about a device that could capture pictures. He drew a plan for it and gave it to his teacher.
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American Inventions: The Television
Philo’s drawing seemed very simple. But it still clearly showed the information needed to build a television.
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American Inventions: The Television
Philo’s teacher was Justin Tolman. Many years later, Philo would credit Mr.
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American Inventions: The Television
Tolman with guiding his imagination and helping him open the doors of science.
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American Inventions: The Television
Inventor In September 1927, Philo turned on a device that was the first working television receiver. In another room was the first television camera.
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American Inventions: The Television
Philo had invented the special camera tube earlier that year. While the image produced on the receiver was not very clear, the device worked.
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American Inventions: The Television
Within a few months, Philo had found several people who wanted to invest money in his invention.
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American Inventions: The Television
In August 1930, the United States government gave Philo patent documents. These documents aimed to protect his invention from being copied by others.
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