Whenever you turn on the light, listen to recorded music, or watch a movie, you are enjoying one of Thomas Alva Edison's discoveries. In fact, it's hard to spend a day without using one of his many important discoveries.
Edison won 1093 patents in his life. He helped us communicate better by improving the telegraph and telephone. He invented the phonograph and brought music into our family.
He designed and built the first indoor electric lighting system, which lit up our house with electricity.
Experience Edison's music, because it was originally recorded before CD!
Thanks to the invention of the first phonograph, you will hear Edison's early recordings played on the old "hand-cranked" cylinder and diamond disc model phonograph. Then guess the many different uses Edison proposed for this extraordinary invention.
Send information in Morse code through the working telegraph key.
Explore the boarding house describing Edison's life in Louisville 1866-67, and discover the significance of telegraph.
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Thomas Edison's invention
Whenever you turn on the lights, listen to music or watch movies, you are enjoying the discovery of Thomas Alva Edison. In fact, it's hard to get through a day without using one of his many important discoveries. Edison obtained 1093 patents in his life. He helped us communicate better by improving telegrams and telephones.
He invented the phonograph and brought music to our home. He designed and built the first indoor electric lighting system, which lit up our house with electricity.
Experience Edison's music, because it was recorded before the CD!
Thanks to the invention of the first phonograph, you will hear Edison's early records played on the old-fashioned "hand-cranked" cylinder and diamond disc phonograph. Then try to guess the many different uses Edison proposed for this outstanding invention.
Send information in morse code.
From 1866- 1867, this paper explores and describes Edison's lodging place during his life in Louisville, and discovers the significance of telegraph.