gastroscope which viewed inside the human's stomach without surgery.Ironically, at the 1939 World's Fair Philo Taylor Farnsworth was known more for his baby incubator than histelevision. In the early 1940s Farnsworth made a machine that could send copies of documents over the phone lines.Yes, Philo Farnsworth invented the fax. Unfortunately, in the 1940's phone lines were expensive and delivery boyswere cheap. So much for the fax at that time. Later most of Farnsworth's patents were sold to RCA and ValdimirZworykin, the executive engineer at RCA got most of the credit. He and Phil were great rivals. In 1957 Phil appeared on the television show, I've got a Secret. Host, Gary Moore, introduced him as "Mr.X." Panelists had to guess each contestant's secret. Moore was sure Phil's name would give him away. The panelistscould not guess his secret. While Phil whispered into Gary Moore's ear, the words flashed on television sets all overthe country:"I invented electronic television in 1922 at the age of fourteen" (Dugan, 1997). It must of been fun for Philto be on the other side of the camera for a change.Some of the shows in the 1950s and 1960s seemed ridiculous to Phil. He told Pem that he was sorry he hadanything to do with the creation of television, but on July 20, 1969 when he saw men walk on the moon he toldPem,"This has made it all worthwhile" (Farnsworth, E., 1990, p.328). He believed even mo...
