Boris Alexandrovich Rcheulov (born Boris Aleksandres dze Rcheulishvili; ka, ბორის ალექსანდრეს ძე რჩეულიშვილი; 10 August 1899 – 10 February 1942), also spelt Rtcheouloff, was a
Georgian scientist
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, and the
inventor
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of “
videotape
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”. Early attempts to record television signals on magnetic material had started when Boris Rtcheouloff applied for a
British
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patent
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on
4 January 1927 for a technique of
recording
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television
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signals on 'a magnetic record of the
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telegraphone type'. Sound would be recorded in sync on the reverse side. These ideas incorporated a way to record sound or pictures by causing a strip, disc, or cylinder of iron or other
magnet
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ic material to be magnetized. He did not pay the annual renewal fee, so his patent soon lapsed.
His godfather was the renowned opera singer
Feodor Chaliapin
Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin ( rus, Фёдор Ива́нович Шаля́пин, Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin, ˈfʲɵdər ɨˈvanəvʲɪtɕ ʂɐˈlʲapʲɪn}; 12 April 1938) was a Russian opera singer. Possessing a deep and expressive bass voic ...
.
''Из истории магнитной видеозаписи''
Computer Museum, Authors: Н. В. Дунаевская, В. А. Урвалов, М. Г. Шульман
References
1899 births
1942 deaths
20th-century scientists from Georgia (country)
People from Tbilisi
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