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Thomas Alva Edison Life And Accomplishments

Thomas Alva Edison Life And Accomplishments. GROUP 17 & 19 Michelle Diaz Nubia Marquez Paul A. Lyons Ulises Ambriz Jacob Gonzalez. Table Of Context. PREFACE LIFE INVENTIONS ACOMPLISHMENTS SOURCES. Preface.

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Thomas Alva Edison Life And Accomplishments

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  1. Thomas Alva EdisonLife And Accomplishments GROUP 17 & 19 Michelle Diaz Nubia Marquez Paul A. Lyons Ulises Ambriz Jacob Gonzalez

  2. Table Of Context • PREFACE • LIFE • INVENTIONS • ACOMPLISHMENTS • SOURCES

  3. Preface Thomas Alva Edison Was Rather an inventor than a Scientist. With the creation of the light bulb, electric generating system, sound-recording device, motion picture projector, and his observations on the Edison Effect he helped to shape and accelerate the modern society.

  4. Life • 1847 born on February 11th in Milan, Ohio. • 7th and last child. • Parents were Samuel Edison Jr. & Nancy Elliot Edison. • He only attended school for three months in port Huron, Mich. • He began selling newspapers when he was twelve years old. • He was known as Alva up until his 2nd marriage.

  5. Life • 1854 moved to port Huron, Mich. • 1863 he became an apprentice telegrapher. • 1876 he built a laboratory and a machine shop . • 1883 observed the Edison effect. • 1931 died in West Orange on October 18. • He lived exactly 84 years, 8 months and 7 days.

  6. 1872 Invented the motograph. Invented the automatic telegraph system. Invented duplex, quadruplex, sextuplex, and multiplex telegraph system Invented the carbon rheostat 1875 Discovered “Etheric Force”, and electric phenomenon that is the foundation of wireless telegraphy. 1876 Invented the electric pen used for the first mimeographs. Inventions

  7. 1877 Invented the carbon telephone transmitter, including the microphone used in radio. Invented his favorite creation, the phonograph. 1879 Discovered incandescent light. Radically improved dynamos and generators discovered a system of distribution, regulation, and measurement of electric current switches, sockets, and meters 1880 Discovered the “Edison Effect”, the fundamental principle of electronics. Inventions

  8. Inventions 1886 • Invented the electric vote recorder 1891 • Invented the motion picture camera 1896 • Invented the fluoroscope • Invented the fluorescent lamp 1900 • Invented the nickel-iron-alkaline storage battery 1914 • Invented the electric safety miner’s lamp Discovered the process for manufacturing synthetic carbolic acid.

  9. Accomplishments • Began his career in 1863 • Held a world record on 1093 patents • Created worlds first industrial research laboratory. • Founded the motion picture industry. • In 1892 he was awarded the Albert Medal of the Society of Arts of Great Britain • In 1928 he received the Congressional Gold Medal

  10. Thomas Edison 1847 -1931 “Hell, there are no rules here — we're trying to accomplish something”.                                                                               -Thomas Edison

  11. Sources *http://www.thomasedison.com *The new Encyclopedia Britannica Vol. 17, 15th edition, Macromedia, is knowledge in depth, Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc Chicago Funk And Wallace New Encyclopedia Vol. 9, Funk And Wallace, Inc. Thomas A. Edison Benefactor of Mankind Francis Treveman Miller

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