Edgar Larner

Edgar Thomas Larner (* 1869, † 1930) was a British radio and television engineer and pioneer. He was born in the city of Norwich, Norfolk, England. Professionally, he worked as an engineer and scientist for the GPO ( General Post Office ) in engineering - phone. At that time the GPO is part of the British Civil Service, so he was a Civil Service staff. He was a television and radio Experimenteur and pioneer. He also taught at the Hackney Institute in London. Two of his friends were John Logie Baird and Philo Farnsworth. He died in 1930 at the age of 61 in Hackney, London.

Works

  • Radio and High Frequency Currents. London, 1923. Series ( Lockwood 's Technical Manuals )
  • Alternating Currents ... including " The Principles of Alternating Currents, " etc. London, 1908, 1915, 1923, 1929 ( Lockwood 's Technical Manuals )
  • Crystal sets, etc. A. Rogers & Co.: London, 1924
  • Radio and High Frequency Currents ... second, expanded edition, VC Lockwood & Son: London, 1925
  • Valve sets: construction and maintenance, Rogers & Co.: London, 1925
  • Practical Television, etc. (With plates ) & foreword by close friend John Logie Baird Ernest Benn: London, 1928
  • Practical Television, etc. 2nd edition (With plates ) & foreword by close friend John Logie Baird, Ernest Benn: London Van Nostrand New York, 1928
  • Present - Day Valve sets. Construction and maintenance. Rogers & Co.: London, 1930

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  • Born in 1869
  • Died in 1930
  • Engineer
  • Inventor
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  • Briton
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