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.
It was in June of 1956, that the practical television remote controller first entered the American home. However, as far back as 1893, a remote control for television was described by Nikola Tesla in U.S. Patent 613809.The Germans used remote control motorboats during WWI.he first Space Command units were expansive due to the necessary use of six vacuum tubes in the receiver units that raised the price of a television by thirty percent. In the early 1960s, after the invention of the transistor, remote controls came down in price, and in size, as did all electronics.