1928 in Science - Technology

Technology

  • June 11 - Hungarian inventor Kálmán Tihanyi files patents in Germany, the United Kingdom and France for a cathode ray television transmission system.
  • July 3 - Ulster-born engineer Harry Ferguson obtains a British patent for his three-point linkage for tractors.
  • July 7 - The first machine-sliced and machine-wrapped loaf of bread is sold in Chillicothe, Missouri, using Otto Frederick Rohwedder's technology.
  • September 3 - Philo Farnsworth demonstrates to the Press the world's first working all-electronic television system, employing electronic scanning in both the pickup and display devices.

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