In the late 1920s, John Logie Baird - considered to be the inventor of television - was experimenting with 'phonovision' in which he attempted to record television signals onto gramophone discs. This unique book sheds new light on the activities of John Logie Baird and the definition and invention of television itself.

Donald F McLean CEng FIEE is European Director of a consulting practice in a multi-national professional services company. His professional career started in R&D but after several years the attraction of management made him move into the professional services sector. It is in his spare time that he has been pursuing his interests in restoring the earliest-known recordings of television and in communicating through the media these dramatic findings.

• Chapter 1: As Others See Us


• Chapter 2: Distant Vision


• Chapter 3: The Path to Television


• Chapter 4: Phonovision


• Chapter 5: Restoring Vision


• Chapter 6: Discoveries


• Chapter 7: Television Develops


• Chapter 8: It's All in the Groove


• Chapter 9: Capturing the Vision


• Chapter 10: Revising History