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

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

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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.”

4. 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.”

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

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

7. The End