Science Core 1-2 10/25/07 Logan Reinhart Arthur Korn Science Core 1-2 10/25/07 Logan Reinhart

Birth/Death Was born in Breslau, Germany on May 20, 1870 Died December 21, 1945 in Jersey City                    

                                                                                      What was he famous for? He was famous for inventing photoelectric  telephotography. “Dr Arthur Korn's facsimile system is used to transmit, by radio, a photograph.”

His impact on society… “Korn’s breakthrough of giving the fax machine “sight” prompted serious commercial experimentation  by three American telecommunications giants: AT&T, RCA and Western  Union. Korn’s success and achievement in using the fax brought new development and direction for broadcast publishing to the United States.” “By 1910, Paris, London and Berlin were all linked by  facsimile transmission over the telephone network.”

Interesting Fact Prof. Dr. Arthur Korn developed the first commercial fax system to transmit pictures between  Paris, London and Berlin.

Quotes “Don't upgrade all machines at once; somebody has to run into the bugs, right?”

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