What does keep the black dog at bay mean? I wonder whether âblack dogâ is used as a pun with âwinter blueâ in the headline. Is âkeep the black dog at bayâ a well-established idiom?
Although many people claim television was invented by Philo Farnsworth in America, it was actually invented by John Logie Baird, a Scotsman who carried out his research in London England. He first demonstrated his system in 1925 and it was in commercial use by 1929.
On January 23, 1926, John Logie Baird (of Scotland) gave the world's first public demonstration of a mechanical television apparatus to approximately 40 members of the Royal Institution at his laboratory on Frith Street.