
F39 Job:09-26878 Title:RP-Brand Bible
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led the rst U.S.
patent for an electronic device, fourteen years
before the “electron” was even discovered and three
years after he had observed an eect known as ther-
mionic emission: visible, visual evidence of invis-
ible parts of matter. The discovery would become
a crucial insight in the subsequent development of
electronic devices that have similarly magical prop-
erties—devices that can eliminate distance, bring
the future and past together, and make both the
word and image visible. This ma ...