Maurice LEBLANC

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Inventor, Industrialist, Businessman

FrenchBorn Charles Léonard Armand Maurice LEBLANC

French engineer and industrialist

Born on March 2, 1857 in Paris , France

Died on October 27, 1923 in Paris , France

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Maurice Leblanc (1857 – 1923) was a French engineer and industrialist.
Born in Paris, Leblanc worked primarily in improving induction motors and alternators, where he invented the damper winding. 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.
...   Maurice Leblanc (1857 – 1923) was a French engineer and industrialist.
Born in Paris, Leblanc worked primarily in improving induction motors and alternators, where he invented the damper winding. 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 French Academy of Sciences.


References


Sources
Kimbark, E.W. (1995). Power System Stability. Power System Stability. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-7803-1135-0. Retrieved 2023-07-04.


External links
Maurice Leblanc biography at ADVENTURES in CYBERSOUND
Leblanc's television system - article in French



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