Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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אדיסון, תומס אלוה, 1847-1931

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Ėdison, Tomas Alʹva, 1847-1931

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Ai-ti-sheng, 1847-1931

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עדיסאן, תומס אלוה, 1847-1931

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Edison, Tomas Alʹva, 1847-1931

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トーマス· A ·エジソン, 1847-1931

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Ėdisson, Tomas-Alʹva, 1847-1931

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Edisson, Tomas-Alʹva, 1847-1931

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爱迪生, 1847-1931

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Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio – died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey), American inventor and businessman 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. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. 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 and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory. Edison was raised in the American Midwest; early in his career, he worked as a telegraph operator, which inspired some of his earliest inventions. In 1876, he established his first laboratory facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey, where many of his early inventions were developed. He later established a botanical laboratory in Fort Myers, Florida, in collaboration with businessmen Henry Ford and Harvey S. Firestone, and a laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, that featured the world's first film studio, the Black Maria. He was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as patents in other countries. Edison married twice and fathered six children. He died in 1931 of complications of diabetes.

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United States

Arctic Indians

Bamboo

Beyond Early America

Businessmen

Carbon

Cayuga Indians

Cigarettes

Colonial Politics

Communication in science

Early National Politics

Eastern Woodlands Indians

Motion pictures in education

Electric industries

Electric industries

Electricity

Electric lamps

Electric lighting

Electric vehicles

Electrification

Electrochemistry

Goldenrods

Group work in research

History of science and technology

Incandescent lamps

Research, Industrial

Instrumentation

Inuit

Inventions

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Inventors

Inventors

Inventors

Inventors

Iron industry and trade

Iron ores

Iroquois Indians

Isleta Indians

Magnetism

Mohawk Indians

Motion picture cameras

Motion picture cameras

Motion pictures

Motion pictures

Natural history

Ojibwa Indians

Oneida Indians

Onondaga Indians

Optics

Oregon

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Penobscot Indians

Pens

Phonograph

Physics

Platinum mines and mining

Platinum mines and mining

Portland cement manufacturing

Rubber

Rubber plants

Rubber plants

Scientists

Seneca Indians

Silver question

Solidago

Sound recordings

Sound recordings

Sound recordings and the arts

Southwest Indians

Storage batteries

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Telegraph

Telegraph

Tuscarora Indians

X-rays

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Milan

OH, US

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Menlo Park

NJ, US

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West Orange

NJ, US

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Port Huron

MI, US

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