Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931
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Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931
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إديسون، توماس، 1847-1931
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إديسون، توماس، 1847-1931
אדיסון, תומס אלוה, 1847-1931
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אדיסון, תומס אלוה, 1847-1931
Edison, Tomas Al'va, 1847-1931
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Edison, Tomas Al'va, 1847-1931
Edison, Tomás Alva 1847-1931
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Edison, Tomás Alva 1847-1931
Edisson, Tomas-Al'va, 1847-1931
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Edisson, Tomas-Al'va, 1847-1931
Ėdison, Tomas Alʹva, 1847-1931
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Ėdison, Tomas Alʹva, 1847-1931
Ai-ti-sheng 1847-1931
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Ai-ti-sheng 1847-1931
Edison, T. Alva 1847-1931
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Edison, T. Alva 1847-1931
עדיסאן, תומס אלוה 1847-1931
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עדיסאן, תומס אלוה 1847-1931
Ėdison, Tomas Alʹva, 1847-1931
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Ėdison, Tomas Alʹva, 1847-1931
トーマス· A ·エジソン, 1847-1931
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トーマス· A ·エジソン, 1847-1931
توماس إديسون، 1847-1931
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توماس إديسون، 1847-1931
Ėdisson, Tomas-Alʹva 1847-1931
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Ėdisson, Tomas-Alʹva 1847-1931
Ėdisson, Tomas-Alʹva, 1847-1931
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Ėdisson, Tomas-Alʹva, 1847-1931
Aidisheng, 1847-1931
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Aidisheng, 1847-1931
爱迪生 1847-1931
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爱迪生 1847-1931
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Epithet: American inventor
Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was the most prolific American inventor to date. This collection contains typescript reproductions of his laboratory notebooks recording research for a domestic source of natural rubber sponsored by his Edison Botanic Research Corp. of Fort Myers. The company was founded in Florida by Edison, Harvey Firestone and Henry Ford. In collaboration with John Kunkel Small (1869-1938) of the New York Botanical Garden, over 17,000 plants were tested. Solidago (Goldenrod) was determined to be the best source. Experiments continued after Edison's and Small's deaths until World War II when the development of synthetic rubber eliminated the need for local sources. The records of the Edison Botanic Research Corp. were transferred to the Edison National Historic Site. In 1963 Mrs. Lillian Roth of Irvington, N.J. transcribed the laboratory notes related to this project from the microfilm. She presented it to Harold Moldenke who transferred it to the New York Botanical Garden.
Edison, born in 1847, was an American inventor and electrician.
Inventor, businessman.
American inventor, businessman and pioneer industrialist.
American inventor, holder of 1093 U.S. patents; numerous telegraph patents in 1870s; patented carbon button transmitter for telephone; invented phonograph; patented first practical incandescent lamp and numerous improvements in generators and early electrical equipment; patented first motion picture camera; invented the fluoroscope; patents in fields of magnetic iron ore concentration and cement manufacturing; developed wet alkaline nickel-iron storage battery; developed rubber from goldenrod plants. First organizer of team-based industrial scientific technical research.
Inventor.
Inventor of the incandescent electric lamp, phonograph and the motion-picture projector.
Thomas Alva Edison profoundly influenced modern life through inventions such as the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention. During his lifetime, he acquired a record 1,093 patents; most of these inventions, however, were not completely original but, rather, improvements of earlier patents and works of his numerous employees. Edison also founded the journal SCIENCE, which in 1900 became the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences.
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