Books and Periodicals

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Books and Periodicals

Online Books

Online archives of several television related magazines at americanradiohistory.com

Vision by Radio	Jenkins	1925
ABC of Television(or Seeing by Radio)	Yates	1929
An Introduction to Television	Hylander	1941
Electronic Television	Eckhardt	1936
Experimental Television; a series of simple experiments with television apparatus; also how to make a complete home television transmitter and television receiver	Collins	1932
Here is Television: Your Window to the World	Hutchinson	1948
Newnes Television & Short Wave Handbook	F. J. Camm	1934
Movies for TV	Battison	1950
Oscillographs	Irwin	1925
Practical Television	Larner	1928
RCA Technical Book Series	American Radio History	1939-46
Seeing by Wireless	Herbert	1996
Telecasting and Color	Tyler	1946
Television - Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania	WPA	1942
Television Primer of Production and Direction	Sposa	1947
Television Standards and Practice; selected papers from the Proceedings of the National television system committee and its panels	National Television System Committee	1943
Television the Revolutionary Industry	Lee	1944
Television, its Methods and Uses	Felix	1931
Television, the eyes of tomorrow	Eddy	1945
Television ; a practical treatise on the principles upon which the development of television is based	Hathaway	1933
Television; present methods of picture transmission	Sheldon	1929
The Boyhood of an Inventor	Jenkins	1931
The Fundamentals of Television	Bolan	1950
The Mechanics of Television	Peter Yanzer	1987
The Miracle of Television	Gable	1949
The Outlook for Television	Dunlap	1932
The Story of Television, the life of Philo T. Farnsworth	Everson	1949
The Victory of Television	Kerby	1939
Understanding Television	Dunlap	1948

History of Television

British Television, the Formative Years, R.W.Burns, Peter Peregrinus Ltd. 1986. British television from 1923 through 1936.

Distant Vision, Romance and Discovery on an Invisible Frontier, Elma G. Farnsworth, Pemberly Kent Publishers, 1993. Philo Farnsworth's story.

Old Television, Andrew Emmerson, Shire Publications, 1998. A small book with the early history of television in England.

Please Stand By, Michael Ritchie, Overlook Press, 1994. A history of early television, mostly in the U. S.

Television, an International History of the Formative Years, R. W. Burns, Institution of Electrical Engineers, 1998. Television development from 1877 through 1939 in Europe and the U.S.

The Box, Jeff Kisseloff, Penguin Books, 1995. An oral history of television in the United States from 1920 to 1961.

The Great Television Race, Joseph H. Udelson, University of Alabama Press, 1982. A history of the American television industry 1925-1941

Tube, the Invention of Television, David E. Fisher and Marshall Jon Fisher, Counterpoint, 1996. The story of the invention of television, from Baird through color television.

Tube of Plenty, Erik Barnouw, Oxford University Press, 1990. The evolution of American television.

Zworykin, Pioneer of Television, Albert Abramson, University of Illinois Press, 1995. Zworykin's role in the development of electronic television.

Construction of Mechanical TV Sets

Experimental Television, A. Frederick Collins, Reprinted by Lindsay Publications, 1991. A 1932 book with information on building a scanning disk set.

The Mechanics of Television, Peter F. Yanczer, Experimental Television Society, 1987. Detailed instructions on how to build scanning disk television cameras and sets using modern parts.

Picture Books and Collectors Guides

Classic TVs, Pre-War thru 1950s, Scott Wood, L-W Books, 1992. Price guide of early American TV sets.

Collectors Guide to Vintage Televisions, Bryan Durbal and Glenn Bubenheimer, Collectors Books, 1999. Price guide of early postwar American TV sets.

Historic Televisions and Video Recorders, Michael Bennett-Levy, Page Pre-Press Ltd, 1993. Pictures and information on English TV sets from 1936 through the 50s, and early video recorders.

Poster's Radio and Television Price Guide, Harry Poster, Wallace-Homestead Book Co., 1991. Price guide of early American radios and television sets.

The Golden Age of Televisions, Philip Collins, General Publishing Group, Inc., 1994. Pictures of sets from 1928 through the early 50s.

TV is King, Michael Bennett-Levy, Page Pre-Press Ltd, 1994. Photographs and information on English TV sets from 1928 through the middle 50s.

Periodicals

NBTV, newsletter of the Narrow Bandwidth Television Association, Nottingham, England. A group dedicated to construction of mechanical television equipment.

The Old Timers Bulletin, publication of the Antique Wireless Association, Holcomb, NY. Articles on early radio and television.

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