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FEMUSINDO.com - Thomas Alva Edison or Thomas Edison was a great scientist. His name is recorded in world history with his extraordinary discoveries.
Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor and entrepreneur who developed many important devices, was born in Milan, Ohio, United States, February 11, 1847 and died in West Orange, New Jersey, United States, October 18, 1931.
He developed many devices in various fields, such as power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and moving images.
These discoveries, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and an early version of the electric light bulb, had a broad impact on the modern industrial world.
He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork in the discovery process.
He worked with many researchers and employees and he founded the first industrial research laboratory.
Not a Smart Kid in School
During his childhood, Edison always got bad grades in school. Therefore, his mother stopped him from school and taught him herself at home.
At home, little Edison could read adult scientific books freely and began to conduct various scientific experiments himself.
At the age of 12, he started working as a seller of newspapers, fruits, and sweets on the train. Later, he became a telegraph operator. He moved from one city to another.
In New York, he was asked to be the head of an important telegraph machine. The machines sent business news to all the leading companies in New York.
Edison the Inventor
In 1870, he created a better telegraph machine. His machines could print messages on long paper tapes. The money generated from his invention was enough to establish his own company.
In 1874, he moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey. There he created a large scientific workshop and the first in the world.
After that, he did many important inventions. In 1877, he invented the phonograph. In 1879, he successfully invented electric lights, and invented a projector for small films.
In 1882, he installed electric lights on the streets and houses for one kilometer in New York City.
This was the first time in the world that electric lights were used on the streets. In 1890, he founded the General Electric company.
Holds a Record of 1,093 Patents in His Name
Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors of his time, holding a record of 1,093 patents in his name.
He also helped a lot in the defense field of the United States government. Some of his research, including detecting airplanes and destroying periscopes with machine guns.
Then, detecting submarines, stopping torpedoes with nets, increasing the power of torpedoes, camouflage ships, and many more.
Inventor of the Phonograph, the First Machine to Store and Play Music
Of his many inventions, Thomas Alva Edison's contribution to the world of music is the phonograph. The phonograph is the first machine that can store and play music.
Edison discovered the phonograph accidentally while working on research looking for a way to record telephone communications in his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey.
His work led him to experiment with a stylus on a tin foil cylinder. Surprisingly it could play back a short song he recorded entitled "Mary Had a Little Lamb".
On December 24, 1877, Edison filed a patent for the phonograph and the patent was issued on February 19, 1878.
Because of his invention, he was nicknamed the “Wizard of Menlo Park.” Although its sound quality was limited and it could only be played a few times, the phonograph made Edison a household name.
Edison put the invention aside in 1878 to work on the incandescent light bulb, and other inventors moved forward to improve the phonograph.
In 1887, Edison returned to work on the device, using the wax cylinder technique developed by Charles Tainter.
That same year, he founded The Edison Phonograph Company and introduced the Improved Phonograph a year after founding The Edison Phonograph Company.
Although originally used as a dictation machine, the phonograph proved to be a popular entertainment device.
Edison announced the creation of the Edison Disc Phonograph in 1913 and continued to make Blue Amberol cylinders until the company closed in 1929.
Thomas Alva Edison died of complications from diabetes on October 18, 1931, at his home, "Glenmont" in Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey. (*)
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