The Amp Hour #649 - Kathy Joseph & The History of the Cathode Ray Tube

Kathy Joseph from Kathy Loves Physics joins Dave on The Amp Hour to discuss history and physics and we end up discussing the intricate history of the development of the Cathode Ray Tube. Read Kathy's Book The Lightning Tamers: https://tinyurl.com/TheLightningTamers https://www.youtube.com/@UCYrX5FiWjiPd0JytMh6NX1Q Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1577-history-of-cathode-ray-tubes-with-kathy-joseph/ 00:00 - Kathy Loves Physics 02:45 - Philo Farnsworth, the farmboy who invented television 10:00 - Professor Julius Plucker & Heinrich Ruhmkorff 11:13 - Heinrich Geissler and Geissler tubes 14:28 - Johann Wilhelm Hittorf 16:15 - William Crookes and the Crookes Radiometer 20:00 - Heinrich Hertz 25:00 - Scintillating Scotoma 27:00 - Philipp Lenard 31:25 - Wilhelm Rontgen 38:45 - Mihajlo Pupin 44:00 - Francis Perrin 49:10 - Henri Becquerel 55:39 - Curie Piezoelectric Quartz Balance Electrometer 1:07:46 - Philco & Bob Pease 1:08:44 - Vladimir Zworykin 1:15:12 - Free Energy & Debunking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philo_Farnsworth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_Pl%C3%BCcker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Daniel_Ruhmkorff https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Gei%C3%9Fler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Wilhelm_Hittorf https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Crookes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crookes_radiometer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Hertz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philipp_Lenard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Perrin_(physicist) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_Becquerel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir_K._Zworykin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihajlo_Pupin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_R%C3%B6ntgen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philco