Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison

By: Rio Hall

1866

Edison became telegraph operator for Western Union when he was 19

1876

Edison used the 10,000 dollars to open his first industrial research lab in Menlo Park, NJ

Dec. 25th, 1871

He married Mary Stilwell

Nov. 4th, 1879

Edison got a patent for an improved, more practical incandescent lamp.

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Oct. 18, 1931

Thomas Edison died from complications of diabetes in his home in New Jersey. He was 84 years old.

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1910

1920

June 1st, 1869

Edison patented his first invention, the electric vote recorder.

1930

Feb. 11, 1847

Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, OH.

Feb. 19th, 1878

Edison patents the first phonograph.

1892

Edison establishes the company General Electric

1940

1874: Western Union company paid him 10,000 dollars for an improved version of the telegraph.

Timeline of Thomas Edison's Life and Achievements

Bibliography

How does the Incandescent Lamp Work?

The electric vote recorder was made with the goal of helping legislators in the US Congress record their votes in a quicker fashion than the voice vote system. It was useful because it made voting faster and more reliable.

How is the Incandescent Lamp Useful to Us Today?

The incandescent light bulb or lamp is a source of electric light that works by incandescence, which is the emission of light caused by heating the filament.

How Did the EVR Work?

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Without Edison's incandescent lamp invention, we would be in the dark... LITERALLY! We rely on lights in every situation. Because of his invention, we can light up our homes and other buildings such as offices, stores, schools, etc.

How is the Phonograph Useful to Us Today?

What is the EVR?

Edison's vote recorder was used by having each voter move a switch to either a yes or a no position. Then a signal was transmitted to a central recorder that listed the names of the voting members in two columns of metal type headed "Yes" and "No."

Congress was not interested in speeding up the voting process and Edison's vote recorder was never used!

I promise I won't list all 1,093 of Edison's patents, but let's take a look at just one more.

The phonograph has been improved and turned into many different sound devices since Edison invented it in 1877. For example, it has been changed into the record player, the radio, and the speaker.

Electric Vote Recorder

The Incandescent Lamp

How does the Phonograph Work?

The Phonograph

The phonograph's receiver consisted of a tin foil wrapped cylinder and a very thin membrane, called a diaphragm. The diaphragm was attached to a needle. Sound waves were directed into the diaphragm, making it vibrate. This vibration produced sound.

Another famous invention of his was the phonograph. The phonograph was the first machine to produce recorded sound.

What is the Kinetoscope now?

Who Was Thomas Edison?

The kinetoscope was invented in 1891. It was later updated into a movie camera.

Most people know Thomas Edison for his incredible invention of the light bulb, but did you know that he wasn't the one who invented it? The first person to invent the light bulb was Humphrey Davy. Thomas Edison created a new and improved version of the lightbulb called the incandescent lamp. The incandescent lamp wasn't his only invention. Edison patented 1,093 inventions!

What is the Kinetoscope?

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who developed and patented many different ideas. He was born on Feb. 11, 1847 and died on Oct. 18, 1931.

The Kinetoscope was an early version of a video camera or movie player. The Kinetoscope was designed for films to be viewed by only one person at a time

through a peephole

at the top of the

device.

How Did the Kinetoscope Work?

A strip of film was passed quickly between a lens and a light bulb. Behind the peephole, a spinning wheel with a slit for a shutter flashed 46 frames per second. This made people and objects appear to move.

Thomas Edison with his incandescent light bulb