03291nam 2200709 450 991078679250332120200520144314.00-252-09615-0(CKB)3710000000202191(EBL)3414369(SSID)ssj0001266232(PQKBManifestationID)11745144(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001266232(PQKBWorkID)11250035(PQKB)11121107(MiAaPQ)EBC3414369(StDuBDS)EDZ0001639680(OCoLC)884725862(MdBmJHUP)muse32423(Au-PeEL)EBL3414369(CaPaEBR)ebr10901917(CaONFJC)MIL629332(OCoLC)889305823(EXLCZ)99371000000020219120140816h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrC. Francis Jenkins, pioneer of film and television /Donald G. GodfreyUrbana, [Illinois] :University of Illinois Press,2014.©20141 online resource (305 p.)History of CommunicationDescription based upon print version of record.0-252-03828-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.""Title""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""Chapter 1. Jenkins' Heritage and Youth""; ""Chapter 2. Early Film Experiments""; ""Chapter 3. A Lifetime of Struggle""; ""Chapter 4. Jenkins' Motion Pictures""; ""Chapter 5. Founding the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers""; ""Chapter 6. Visionary Entrepreneur""; ""Chapter 7. RadioVision: The Genesis and Promotion""; ""Chapter 8. Radio Pictures: Going Operational""; ""Chapter 9. Television: Seeing by Electricity""; ""Chapter 10. The Eyes of Radio""; ""Chapter 11. The Jenkins Television Corporation""""Chapter 12. American Visionary""""Epilogue""; ""Appendix A. U.S. Patents Issued to C. Francis Jenkins""; ""Appendix B. Selected Jenkins Patents Referenced in Modern Patent Applications""; ""Notes""; ""A Selected Research Bibliography""; ""Index""This is a biography of the important but long-forgotten American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934). Historian Donald G. Godfrey documents the life of Jenkins from his childhood in Indiana and early life in the West to his work as a prolific inventor whose productivity was cut short by an early death.History of communication.Charles Francis Jenkins, pioneer of film and televisionInventorsUnited StatesBiographyCinematographersUnited StatesBiographyTelevisionBiographyTelevisionHistoryCinematographyHistoryInventorsCinematographersTelevisionTelevisionHistory.CinematographyHistory.621.3880092Godfrey Donald G.1522593MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786792503321C. Francis Jenkins, pioneer of film and television3762360UNINA