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ass Logie Baird and His Miraculous Television Advancement     innate(p) and raised in Scotland, buns Logie Baird received a science head and took an engineering job. At twenty-six years old Baird decided he didnt like his job, so he quit and decided to create an inventor. He spent nearly ten years producing failed inventions then he put full thought into television development. By the end of 1923 John Logie Baird, through sheer determination, had finally managed to build what were effectively the worlds freshman sub television transmitter and receiver. The first image that was transmitted was a airfield cardboard cross, the camera and transmitter being just a some feet away on the other side of the room. Public interest grew greatly in January 1924 when Bairds success was reported on by the Daily News. barely because Baird had electrocuted himself twice and caused a picayune explosion during this process, Mr. Twigg, the landlord, evicted John Baird at t his time.     John Baird moved to London in August of 1924 and then in April of 1925 he showed his Televisor at Selfridges Department store. Viewers gathered in a small dark room, to strain their eyes and see a flickering, but withal miraculous image of a doll on a harbor of about four by two inches. Though not more more than the shadow of the doll, the image represented a significant achievement. This was the first time a picture had been created from reflected light. "The image of the dolls head formed itself on the screen with what appeared to be an almost unbelievable clarity. I had got it I could only believe my eyes and felt myself shaking with excitement," said John Baird.     In October 1925 Baird succeeded in transmitting full television images. These were real television pictures which picked up reflected light and showed light and shade effects. The first human being to be televised was a frightened teenage office boy, W illiam Taynton, who had to be bribed to stay beneath the hot lights.      At that time there were no moving images. Bairds scan discs and photo electronics were to slow and insensitive to capture moving objects. But straightaway that has all changed now that he got upgrades. This year on January 26, 1926 Baird showed a amply working prototype of mechanical television to members of the Royal Institution.