tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13401748.post7842965427655702829..comments2024-03-25T10:55:14.348-04:00Comments on ARCANE RADIO TRIVIA: Dr. Elman B. MyersUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13401748.post-19385803489315824092024-03-19T15:45:27.615-04:002024-03-19T15:45:27.615-04:00This post is cited in a book! https://books.googl...This post is cited in a book! https://books.google.com/books?id=PXOvAAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&lpg=PA233&dq=https%3A%2F%2Ftenwatts.blogspot.com%2F&pg=PA233#v=onepage&q=https://tenwatts.blogspot.com/&f=falseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13401748.post-8343021648922212092023-10-16T11:02:52.074-04:002023-10-16T11:02:52.074-04:00I took that to mean the first radio tower... in Al...I took that to mean the first radio tower... in Albany NY. Which is definitely possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13401748.post-82751786903671432272023-10-15T16:19:15.827-04:002023-10-15T16:19:15.827-04:00Radio towers were built by others before 1911, Reg...Radio towers were built by others before 1911, Reginald Fessenden being one of them.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13401748.post-69150403742683129142022-04-20T18:19:18.216-04:002022-04-20T18:19:18.216-04:00The NY Times reported on the show and the demo. Fe...The NY Times reported on the show and the demo. Few others did. Mechanical lo-res tv had been overhyped in the US, and interest in it was flagging badly by 1932. <br /><br />Paid link at:<br />https://www.nytimes.com/1932/10/12/archives/television-makes-debut-in-political-campaign-democrats-stage-group.html<br />pwlsaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301642133484044429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13401748.post-2920438102147676202013-01-07T17:18:29.507-05:002013-01-07T17:18:29.507-05:00That one is totally news to me. Do you have a lin...That one is totally news to me. Do you have a link?Jose Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688454434303787206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13401748.post-7958899501876924172013-01-07T11:24:57.159-05:002013-01-07T11:24:57.159-05:00Dr. Elman Myers also did work on a television rece...Dr. Elman Myers also did work on a television receiving tube called the "cold light" tube. This was demonstrated at least once, at Myers' laboratory in the Chrysler Building, NYC. The occasion was a broadcast from CBS' TV experiment station in 1932. Talent provided by the Democratic National Committee made it the first political campaign telecast.pwlsaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15301642133484044429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13401748.post-65511010397346228892009-04-14T19:49:00.000-04:002009-04-14T19:49:00.000-04:00Wonderful. Sorry about the spelling, (now correct...Wonderful. Sorry about the spelling, (now corrected) I used sources that disagreed and should have gone with his own signature on that patent. I'd be thrilled to post any information you have.Jose Fritzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10688454434303787206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13401748.post-40766149268724295542009-04-14T15:54:00.000-04:002009-04-14T15:54:00.000-04:00I am Dr. Myers's (check your spelling) son. Among ...I am Dr. Myers's (check your spelling) son. Among his accomplishments were the co-invention of the Audion Tube with Dr. Lee DeForest; sole inventor of the Peanut Tube (accredited and displayed in the Smithsonian); construction of the first radio tower, built in 1911 in Albany, New York; inventor of the RAM jet (named after my Grandfather, Richard Alexander Myers, and the list goes on. If you would care for more detailed information on his career, contact me and I will provide the details.<br /><br />Cornelius MyersUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08194076939699598999noreply@blogger.com