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Mechanical Television

Jenkins Drum Prototype

Jenkins articles

The first version of this scanner appeared in 1928. It used a drum scanner and a multi-section neon tube:

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Radio Movies and Television for the Home - Radio News, August 1928

In late 1929, the mehanism was altered somwhat and put in a cabinet:

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