Vacuum Tubes Past and Present History The Last Scan, Inside The Desperate Fight To Keep Old TVs Alive The wonderful story about Chi-Tien Lui and his CTL Electronics company, since 1968 refurbishing, repairing and restoring CRTs (Cathode Ray Tubes). But the article covers so much more, the history of television and the different methods of…
The rumor is that that the long-anticipated Volume II of the famous book, Tube Lore, may be coming later this year. The original Tube Lore by Ludwell A. Sibley is the best and leading book of its kind. Period. We can’t wait to see the fruits of Lud’s many long years of laborious labor to…
Vacuum Tubes Past History 1950 Vacuum Tube Trains Were Predicted in 1950 Vacuum Tube Trains were predicted in 1950 (Now called the Hyperloop)
Vacuum Tubes Past History January 1, 1946 Largest Electronic Machine in the World On this date, physicist John William Mauchly and electronics engineers John Adam Presper Eckert Jr. and Arthur Walter Burks finished the Electronic Numerical Integrator machine at the Moore School of Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania. The machine contained almost 20,000 vacuum tubes,…
Vacuum Tubes Past History November 16, 1904 Happy Birthday to the Vacuum Tube! On this day, Sir John Ambrose Fleming invented the Fleming valve, the first thermionic valve, now known as the vacuum tube. Sir Fleming is widely considered to be the father of modern electronics, and his invention is the foundation for radios, televisions,…
Vacuum Tubes Past History October 20, 1906 The Triode Tube On this day, Dr. Lee de Forest presented his paper, “The Audion. A New Receiver for Wireless Telegraphy.” to the American Institute of Electrical Engineers.