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What did John Logie Baird invent?

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In 1926 he gave the first demonstration of true television with a televisor of his own invention that differed from later instruments in being partially mechanical rather than wholly electronic. He also invented (1926) the noctovisor, an instrument for making objects visible in the dark or through fog by means of infrared light.

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