This is his personal data:
Thomas Alva Edison (1847 ~ 193 1): Although Americans only studied in school for three months in their lives, they invented electric lights, telegrams, phonographs, movies and so on 1000. Through diligent study and diligent thinking, he became a famous inventor and was known as the "king of invention".
Edison was also a great entrepreneur. 1879, Edison founded "Edison Electric Lighting Company". 1880, incandescent lamps went on sale. 1890, Edison merged its various businesses into Edison General Electric Company. 189 1 year, Edison's thin filament and high vacuum incandescent bulb were patented. 1892, Tom? Houston Company and Edison Electric Lighting Company merged to form General Electric Company, which opened the hegemony of General Electric in the electrical field for a century.
This is his chronology of events:
1868 10 year 10 month 1 1, invented the "voting counter" and obtained the first patent right in his life.
1869, 10 In June, we established "Pop-Edison Company" with friends.
1870, he invented the universal printing press, granted the patent right and obtained $40,000. Set up their own manufacturing plant in new york.
1872- 1876, he invented the electric animation telegraph, the automatic recording telegraph method, the double four telegraph method, and made the wax paper carbon resistor.
1875, the acoustic analysis resonator was invented.
1876, a laboratory-the first industrial research laboratory-was established in Menlo Park, New Jersey. This is the creation of the modern concept of "research group". Invent carbon rod microphone. Apply for a patent for automatic telegraph.
1877, the telephone invented by Bell was improved and put into practical use in Monroe Park. Obtained three patents: puncture pen, pneumatic stylus and ordinary stylus. On August 20th, he invented the phonograph, which proved to be Edison's favorite project.
1878, Edison claimed to have solved the problem of electric lighting. The Royal Society held a phonograph exhibition. Improve the phonograph, design microphone, loudspeaker, aerial speaker, sound engine, tuning engine, microcalorimeter, taste tester, etc. On February 65438+9, 2009, he obtained a patent for the phonograph. In July, Professor Parker from the University of Pennsylvania and I went to Wyoming to observe the total solar eclipse and measured the temperature around the sun with the thermometer he invented. In August, I returned to Monroe Park and resumed my scientific research and experiments. Britain approved Edison's patent application for "recorder". Visit William Wallace in Connecticut in September. Began to study the invention of electric light. 654381October 5th filed a patent application for platinum wire "electric lamp".
1879 ——1880, after many hardships, invented the high resistance incandescent lamp. An improved generator. Design new current distribution method, circuit arrangement and calculation method. Invent the electric lamp holder and switch. The method of magnetic separation of ore was invented.
1879 On August 30th, Edison and Bell demonstrated their telephone equipment in the town hall of Saratoga Creek. So Edison's telephone number is clear. 101October 2 1 day, invented a high-resistance incandescent lamp, which was continuously lit for 40 hours. 1 65438+1October1applied for the patent of carbon filament lamp. 65438+February 2 1 new york Express reported Edison's incandescent lamp. On February 25th, 65438, Monroe Park held a public electric light show for 3000 tourists from new york.
1880, research helicopter. Obtain a patent for the invention of electric light. Making magnetic ore sieve. 654381October 28th, the patent of "power transmission and distribution system" was put forward. /kloc-in February of 0/8, Scripps published the article "Edison's electric light" and officially published the invention of electric light. In May, the first "Columbia" ship illuminated by electric lights made a successful trial.
In February 65438, new york Edison Electric Lighting Company was established.
188 1 year, the headquarters of Fifth Avenue in New York was established. Set up an incandescent lamp factory in new york. Set up manufacturers of generators, underground wires and electric lamp parts. Test the tram in Monroe Park.
1882, the present three-wire distribution system was invented. Patent application 14 1. The first central factory was established on September 4th. 65438+At the end of February, more than 50 small power stations/kloc-0 were established in all parts of the United States.
1885 filed a patent for wireless telegraph on May 23rd.
From 1887 to 1890, the cylinder phonograph was improved and more than 80 patents on phonograph were obtained. Engaged in the manufacture and sale of phonographs, records and sound machines.
1888, invented the phonograph.
1889, participated in the Paris Centennial Exposition. Invented all kinds of electrified railways. Complete the movie machine. Edison
1890 ——1899, design large stone crusher and grinder. I personally directed the large-scale development of iron ore by new methods in Ogden Mine.
189 1 year, he invented "Edison concentrator" and started his own mining career. Obtained the patent of "mobile film projector". On May 20th, the first successful movie mirror was shown to the public at Edison Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey.
1893, the world's first film "studio" was established in the courtyard of Edison's laboratory.
1894 On April 14, the first movable cinema projector was opened in new york.
1896 On April 23rd, the film was released for the first time in Koster-Baier Concert Hall in new york, which was warmly welcomed by the public.
1902 vehicle power test uses a new type of battery, the journey is 5000 miles, and it can run on one charge 100 miles, which is successful.
1903, Edison's company produced the first feature film great train robbery.
1909, the research on storage battery that lasted for ten years was finally successful. Send a fax or telegram. Obtained the design patents of raw material machine, fine grinding machine and long kiln.
1910-1914 years, the disc phonograph was completed without damaging records and diamond records. Complete the sound film machine.
19 10 years, invented the "disc record".
19 12 years, invented the "talking movie". Developed into a phonograph.
1914-1915, invented the comprehensive manufacturing method of carbonic acid, and combined the phonograph and dictation recorder into one as a teletypewriter, so that one party's telephone can automatically record the other party's speech. Homemade benzene, indigo oil, etc.
In1915-1918, as many as 39 inventions were completed, the most famous of which were torpedo mechanism, flamethrower and underwater periscope.
1927, completed a long record.
1928 successfully extracted rubber from weeds.
193 1 year1October18th, Edison died in west orange at the age of 84. 193 1 year1October 2 1 day, lights were turned off all over the United States to show condolences.
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