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Who was ThomasAlva Edison?
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Early Life of Edison.
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Edison’s emergence as a leading inventor.
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Edison’s innovations with Electric Light
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Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American
inventor and entrepreneur who has
been described as America's greatest
inventor. He developed many devices
in fields such as electric power
generation, mass communication,
sound recording, and motion pictures.
He was one of the first inventors to
apply the principles of organized
science and teamwork to the process
of invention, working with many
researchers
researchers
established
and
employees
He
The
first
industrial
research laboratory
.
Early Life of Edison

Thomas Edison was born in
1847
in
Milan, Ohio
.

He was the seventh and last child of
Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. and Nancy
Matthews Elliott
.

Edison was taught reading, writing,
and arithmetic by his mother who
used to be a school teacher
.

When he was just
12
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Emergence as a Leading Inventor

From 1870 to 1875, Edison worked at
New Jersey, where he developed
telegraph-related products for both
Western Union Telegraph Company
and its rivals.

In 1876, His major innovation was the
establishment of an famous industrial research lab which was
named as Menlo Park Laboratory.
phonograph
notable as
the
first

In 1877, He invented the carbon
telephone transmitter for the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
His phonograph (patented 1878) was
successful instrument of its kind.
Innovations with Electric Light

In 1878, Edison set up the Edison Electric
Light Company and began research and
development.

He made a breakthrough in October 1879
with a bulb that used a platinum filament.

In
1880,
hit
on
carbonized
bamboo
as
a
viable
alternative
for
the
filament,
which
proved to be the key to a long-lasting and
affordable light bulb.

In 1881, he set up an electric light company in Newark, and the
following year moved his family to New York.

By 1889, AC current would come to dominate the field, and the
Edison General Electric Co. merged with another company in
1892 to become General Electric Co.
Conclusion
In 1931, Edison succumbed to complications from diabetes. He was
survived by his second wife and their three children, as well as his
three children by his first wife. By the time he died on October 18,
1931, Edison had amassed a record 1,093 US patents in his name, as
well as patents in other countries.
Everyone had heard of the "Wizard" and looked up to him. The
whole world called him a genius. But he knew that having a good
idea was not enough. It takes hard work to make dreams into reality.
That is why Edison liked to say,
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  • 1. Key points to be discussed  Who was ThomasAlva Edison?  Early Life of Edison.  Edison’s emergence as a leading inventor.  Edison’s innovations with Electric Light
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  • 7. Thomas Alva Edison Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and entrepreneur who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers researchers established and employees He The first industrial research laboratory .
  • 8. Early Life of Edison  Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio .  He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. and Nancy Matthews Elliott .  Edison was taught reading, writing, and arithmetic by his mother who used to be a school teacher .  When he was just 12 , nosidE nageb gnikrow rof eht dnarG knurT ,daorliaR gnilles srepapswen no sniart . eH neve detnirp sih nwo repapswen deman sa ehT dnarG knurT dlareH .
  • 9. Emergence as a Leading Inventor  From 1870 to 1875, Edison worked at New Jersey, where he developed telegraph-related products for both Western Union Telegraph Company and its rivals.  In 1876, His major innovation was the establishment of an famous industrial research lab which was named as Menlo Park Laboratory. phonograph notable as the first  In 1877, He invented the carbon telephone transmitter for the Western Union Telegraph Company. His phonograph (patented 1878) was successful instrument of its kind.
  • 10. Innovations with Electric Light  In 1878, Edison set up the Edison Electric Light Company and began research and development.  He made a breakthrough in October 1879 with a bulb that used a platinum filament.  In 1880, hit on carbonized bamboo as a viable alternative for the filament, which proved to be the key to a long-lasting and affordable light bulb.  In 1881, he set up an electric light company in Newark, and the following year moved his family to New York.  By 1889, AC current would come to dominate the field, and the Edison General Electric Co. merged with another company in 1892 to become General Electric Co.
  • 11. Conclusion In 1931, Edison succumbed to complications from diabetes. He was survived by his second wife and their three children, as well as his three children by his first wife. By the time he died on October 18, 1931, Edison had amassed a record 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries. Everyone had heard of the "Wizard" and looked up to him. The whole world called him a genius. But he knew that having a good idea was not enough. It takes hard work to make dreams into reality. That is why Edison liked to say,