Maurice Leblanc (1857 – 1923) was a French

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, Leblanc worked primarily in improving induction motors and alternators. He also invented an improved vacuum pump and worked in the area of refrigeration. The December 1, 1880 French publication "La Lumière électrique", published an article by Leblanc entitled "Etude sur la transmission électrique des impressions lumineuses". In this article Leblanc outlined five functions required for a television system. * a transducer to convert light into electricity * a scanner to break up a picture into its constituent parts * a method of synchronising the receiver and the transmitter * a means of converting electrical signals back into light * a screen for viewing the image Leblanc was awarded the ''Prix Poncelet'' for 1913 by the

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References

External links

Maurice Leblanc biography at ADVENTURES in CYBERSOUND

{{DEFAULTSORT:LeBlanc, Maurice 19th-century French inventors Television pioneers Members of the French Academy of Sciences 1857 births 1923 deaths Engineers from Paris