Father of Rewinding Dies at 90

Bert Praetorius was n’t a famous inventor , but many of you will recognize and appreciate his donation to a childlike subroutine we ’ve all used at some time or another — rewinding . Rather than rewrite his story ourselves , here ’s the poignant obituary from one of his grandchild :

Late Tuesday nighttime , at approximately 10:20PM ET , my maternal grandfather , Bert Praetorius , passed away at approximately 90 years of years … During World War II , he forge for the US Army in signals intelligence ( SIGINT ) along the east coast of the United States and Canada in feat to assist site and track German U - boats . After the war , he was honourably discharged and give to New York City to do work for NBC as an electrical engineer , often work on broadcasts of Yankees game ( he eff and was ally with many of the players , include many who are considered “ great ” today ) . It was here that he build up the technology for rewinding to sour properly ( think of something like when you ’re watching tv and you see someone drop an egg on the sidewalk , and then you ’ll see the entire think in verso flawlessly , without the seam you would see like when you would endeavor to do the same with a tape measure in the VCR- and call back , at this prison term , this was many years before the Second Advent of household TV transcription ) . For this , he get little recognition , despite the now complete ubiquitousness of his innovation … I just feel that it was crucial to let at least some people know who he was , as his invention , while it probably has n’t really feign your sprightliness much at all , is something with which almost everyone is belike familiar and has never even thought about , as well as him just having had an interesting life .

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