LEADER 03291nam 2200709 450 001 9910786792503321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-252-09615-0 035 $a(CKB)3710000000202191 035 $a(EBL)3414369 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001266232 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11745144 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001266232 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11250035 035 $a(PQKB)11121107 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3414369 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001639680 035 $a(OCoLC)884725862 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse32423 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3414369 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10901917 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL629332 035 $a(OCoLC)889305823 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000202191 100 $a20140816h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aC. Francis Jenkins, pioneer of film and television /$fDonald G. Godfrey 210 1$aUrbana, [Illinois] :$cUniversity of Illinois Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (305 p.) 225 1 $aHistory of Communication 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-252-03828-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""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"" 327 $a""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"" 330 8 $aThis is a biography of the important but long-forgotten American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934). Historian Donald G. Godfrey documents the life of Jenkins from his childhood in Indiana and early life in the West to his work as a prolific inventor whose productivity was cut short by an early death. 410 0$aHistory of communication. 517 3 $aCharles Francis Jenkins, pioneer of film and television 606 $aInventors$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aCinematographers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aTelevision$vBiography 606 $aTelevision$xHistory 606 $aCinematography$xHistory 615 0$aInventors 615 0$aCinematographers 615 0$aTelevision 615 0$aTelevision$xHistory. 615 0$aCinematography$xHistory. 676 $a621.3880092 700 $aGodfrey$b Donald G.$01522593 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786792503321 996 $aC. Francis Jenkins, pioneer of film and television$93762360 997 $aUNINA