Thomas Alva Edison Thesis: Thomas Alva Edison was the greatest inventor in history. On February 11th, 1847 in some hospital in Milan, Ohio, a new inventor was born. His parents, Samuel and Nancy, named this inventor Thomas Alva Edison. He was the seventh child. In his early life he set up a laboratory in the cellar of his house. Young Thomas thought that if given enough gas to a person, that person would float. That turned out to be a wrong hypothesis because when he tried this experiment on his friend, his friend got sick and his laboratory was closed by his parents. At the age of twelve Edison became a newsboy and a candy butcher on the Grand trunk Railway. When he fifteen he published his first newspaper, "The Weekly Herald", on a moving train. His railroad was quickly finished when his laboratory caught on fire in one of the boxcars. Fortunately for him he saved the son J. U. Mackenzie from a certain death in a train accident. The father of the boy he saved was the station agent at Mount Clemens, and Mr. Mackenzie taught Edison telegraphy. After he was done with his telegraph job, on October 11th, 1868 he got his first patented invention for an electrical vote recorder. To Edison's surprise it wasn't popular enough among the people. After this incident, Edison became more determined towards making certain there was a strong public demand for anything he was going to invent. He improved the original stock ticker and invented the Universal Stock Ticker and the Unison Device. I... ... middle of paper ... ...ne buoys, destroying periscopes with machine guns, smudging skyline, airplane detection, increased power for torpedoes, oleum cloud shell, the increase of a ships maneuverability, sailing lights for convoys, cartridges for taking sounding, and observing periscopes in silhouette were made possible by Thomas Alva Edison. Edison was awarded 1,368 separate and distinct patents during his lifetime. One of Edison's favorite quotes was "Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration." He passed away at the age of 84 on October 18, 1931 - on the anniversary date of his invention of the workable incandescent light bulb. Before Mr. Edison died he said "It's beautiful over there." This is why Thomas Alva Edison was the greatest inventor of his time.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that thomas alva edison was the greatest inventor in history. he set up a laboratory in the cellar of his house.
- Explains how edison got his first patented invention for an electrical vote recorder, which wasn't popular enough among the people. he improved the original stock ticker and invented the universal stock ticker and the unison device.
- Describes the inventions he made in the years of 1872 through 1886, including insulating tape, switches, and sockets, the monograph and automatic telegraph system, paraffin paper, electric pen, mimeograph machine, carbon rheostat, microtasimeter.
- Explains how edison used a thousand different filaments to make the workable incandescent light bulb. edison switched on the world's first electrical power distribution system and built the kinetoscope.
- Explains that edison was awarded 1,368 separate and distinct patents during his lifetime. edison's favorite quote was "genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration."
- Explains that edison died on october 18, 1931, on the anniversary of his invention of the workable incandescent light bulb.
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- Thomas Edisonexplanatory essayEdison, Thomas Alva, American inventor, whose development of a practical electric light bulb, electric generating system, sound-recording device, and motion picture projector had profound effects on the shaping of modern society. Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. He attended school for only three months, in Port Huron, Michigan. When he was 12 years old he began selling newspapers on the Grand Trunk Railway, devoting his spare time mainly to experimentation with printing presses and with electrical and mechanical apparatus. The train left Port Huron about 7:00 in the morning and returned at 9:00 or 9:30 at night. The trip included a six-hour layover in Detroit, during which time he claims to have read "the entire public library." He was an omnivorous reader and loved to experiment with chemicals and machinery. He constantly wanted to investigate how things worked and liked to see if he could make things better. On the train he was allowed a table in an empty baggage car on which to work. He even brought a broken printing press, repaired it and taught himself to print. He may have produced the first newspaper printed on a moving train. Edison began noticing a loss of hearing around this time, which increased throughout his life. In 1862 he published a weekly, known as the Grand Trunk Herald, printing it in a freight car that also served as his laboratory. For saving the life of a station official's child, he was rewarded by being taught telegraphy. While working as a telegraph operator, he made his first important invention, a telegraphic repeating instrument that enabled messages to be transmitted automatically over a second line without the presence of an operator.
In this essay, the author
- Describes edison, thomas alva, as an omnivorous reader who experimented with printing presses, electrical and mechanical apparatus, and was rewarded by being taught telegraphy.
- Explains edison's invention of a vote recorder, stock-quotation printer, automatic telegraph system, and carbon telephone transmitter.
- Describes edison's inventions, including the phonograph, kinetoscope, microtasimeter, and wireless telegraphic method.
832 wordsRead More - The Great American Inventorexplanatory essayIn 1868 Edison, an independent inventor flourished with an acquiring reputation as a top inventor. In Newark, by creating and improving stock tickers, he managed and prepared a manufacturing shop. His profession comprised upon improving the achievement of the quadruplex telegraph, which sent two messages simultaneously in each direction on one wire. Here, he met Alexander Graham Bell and his associate Benjamin Franklin Bredding. Bredding was much more advanced in the techniques of telegraphy and electricity out of both Edison and Bell.Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, to Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. and Nancy Matthews Elliott. However, in 1854, the family was forced move to Port Huron, Michigan, where Edison was raised at the age of seven. After attending twelve weeks of public education in a schoolhouse, Edison’s teacher became so annoyed with his persistent questioning to which she remarked how “addled” or scrambled his brain was due to his giant forehead. Becoming aware of this incident, Edison’s mother, a school teacher, took quick action to withdraw him from this horror and took the responsibility of homeschooling him herself. As the seventh and last child in his family, Edison was his mother’s favorite to which she was instantly convinced his abnormally big head was a sign of intelligence. Edison’s father was also very encouraging to which he would reward Edison ten cents for every great classic he completed. This developed a serious desire in literature for Edison which gradually advanced. By the age of twelve, he consumed the entire World Dictionary of Science as well as many pieces from Practical Chemistry. This eventually led to his ever increasing fondness of Sciences and Physics to which at o...
In this essay, the author
- Describes thomas alva edison as an independent inventor who flourished with an acquiring reputation as a top inventor.
- Describes how edison's interest in science led him to work on the grand trunk railroad, where he sold newspapers, snacks, magazines, and fruits and vegetables. he also performed chemical experiments in a baggage-car laboratory.
- Narrates how edison, an independent inventor, flourished with an acquiring reputation as a top inventor. he resigned from western union to enhance further trialing on multiplexing telegraph signals.
- Describes edison's industrial research site, a machine shop, and the edison electric light company in new york city.
- Explains that edison created the first commercially practical incandescent electric lamp in 1879, which was finalized on october 21st, in menlo park.
1307 wordsRead More - A Pioneer of A New Age- Thomas Edisonexplanatory essayBorn on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio, Thomas Edison, the wizard of Menlo Park, was a leading American inventor in the electrical age. As he vowed, "never waste time inventing things that people would not want to buy.”(Beals 1) His world-changing inventions not only move people into the electrical age, but also contributed to mass communication, including a long-lasting and practical electric light bulb, a mechanical vote recorder, the phonograph, and electrical power. Edison owned 1,093 American patents in his name, becoming a cultural icon and a symbol of American ingenuity. He died on October 18, 1931, at the age of 84 in New Jersey.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that thomas edison, the wizard of menlo park, was a leading american inventor in the electrical age. he owned 1,093 american patents in his name.
- Explains that thomas edison was the last child of samuel and nancy edison. his father was a proscriptive political activist from canada.
- Describes how edison became a telegrapher in 1868 and became an inventor after receiving repugnant comments from congress. his first invention was an electric vote recorder.
531 wordsRead More - Thomas Edison: The Blue-Collar Inventorexplanatory essayThomas Edison only had 3 months of formal education, and his schoolmaster thought that Edison may have been retarded. And no one not even his family could envision that Edison would become the inventor that he would eventually end up to be. Born in Milan, Ohio, youngest of 7 children, Edison would often ask questions that his father and mother both could not answer. So naturally he sought out answers through experimentation. Through out his younger years Edison’s mother tried to make learning fun for him, describing it as “exploring”. At age 12 Edison had begun selling newspapers on a railroad line. After purchasing some old type, he soon began printing his own newspapers Grand Truck Herald, the first known newspaper to be printed on a train. However, printing soon halted due to the fact that Edison had set the boxcar on fire, and Edison along with his equipment was thrown from the train. At age 16 Edison got his second job as a telegrapher. He would have to signal Toronto every hour, and Edison thought this to be pointless, thus creating his first invention something to automatically signal Toronto every hour. At 21 Edison made his commercial debut as an inventor with an electric vote-recorder. It did not sell so thereafter he decided to concentrate his efforts on inventions that he was sure would be in universal demand. Then in 1869 Edison arrived in Boston, practically penniless he persuaded a broker to let him sleep in his office. Then when the broker’s stock ticker broke Edison was able to repair it where many others had failed. Amazed the manager quickly made Edison one of his superiors. Soon after Edison invented the printing telegraph, but before approaching the company president to sell the device he thought he should settle on a fair selling price, 3,000$. But Edison decided to let the president of the company to make an offer on his machine, which turned out to be 40,000$ Edison accepted the offer. After selling the patents for the stock ticker Edison had enough money to open his own workshop known as Menlo Park, it was here that some of his most important inventions were created. Of these were
In this essay, the author
- Explains that thomas edison was born in milan, ohio, the youngest of 7 children. he sought out answers through experimentation.
- Explains how edison designed the first power station, added sound to motion pictures, and patented 1093 intentions. he was growing deaf due to experiments as a child.
478 wordsRead More - Invention, Innovation, and Interdependenceanalytical essayThomas Edison is widely regarded as one of the most influential inventors and innovators of the Twentieth Century. Edison’s efforts ushered in a new era of technology; a world in which electricity would be harnessed and made to bow before man’s will. Walter Lippman wrote, “It is impossible to measure the importance of Edison by adding up the specific inventions with which his name is associated” (qtd. in Baldwin 409). Edison’s decades long career was a synergistic melding of his success as an inventor and his prowess as a promoter and businessman. He exemplified the ideals of intelligence married to hard work and perseverance. He forever changed the landscape of American invention and the limits of technological change (Baldwin 409).
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- Explains that apple's emphasis on ease of use and intuition is not limited to the general design of their physical devices. jobs and company have also wrought a revolution in how users interface with their computers and electronic devices
- Argues that edison's vision of providing electrical power to the world would not be possible without the breakthroughs of nikola tesla.
- Describes mearian, lucas, "dennis ritchie and steve jobs: quite the juxtaposition."
- Analyzes how edison's career was a synergistic melding of his success as an inventor and his prowess as promoter and businessman.
- Compares tesla's accomplishments to those of edison. tesla was a man of theory and principles, despite his superior intellect and theoretical aptitude. ritchie was an educated scientist.
1665 wordsRead More - Thomas Edisonexplanatory essayThomas Alva Edison or Al as he was usually called was the seventh and last child born to Sam and Nancy Edison in 1847 in Milan, Ohio. Edison's father dabbled in a number of things from lumber to real estate, none of them proved very profitable. As a result, the family's financial state was very shaky.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that thomas alva edison was the seventh and last child born to sam and nancy edison in 1847 in milan, ohio. edison's father dabbled in lumber and real estate, but none of them proved profitable.
- Narrates how al was a sickly child and his mother took over his education. edison had absorbed gibbons decline of the roman empire, the dictionary of sciences, and other technical work.
- Analyzes how edison was struck by the value of the telegraph in transmitting news about the civil war. he was restless and changed jobs frequently.
- Explains that edison considered the phonograph his greatest invention. he spent years improving the recording as well as the reproducing apparatus.
- Explains that edison and his financial backers introduced the edison electric light company in 1878. the incandescent electric light and systems of distribution were considered the crowning inventions of mr. edison's life.
- Describes how edison was ready to begin operation of the pearl street power station in new york city. edison threw the switch at 3:00 p.m.
- Explains edison's fascination with the work of eadweard muybridge, who mounted photographs inside a rotating zoetrope, which when spinning gave the appearance of movement.
- Explains that edison knew that the kinetoscope was only a small model of progress. the motion picture patents company was formed in 1908.
- Explains that edison foresaw the time when motion pictures would become much more than merely entertainment. edison realized that nonfiction would appeal to audiences in the form of newsreels and documentaries.
- Explains that edison continued to make important contributions until his death. he improved the operation of the first typewriter, designed a new type of mimeograph machine, and succeeded in vulcanizing rubber from goldenrod.
- Explains that edison fell ill late in the summer of 1931; he was eighty-four years old. he was the only person in our country ever to have a patent granted every year for sixty-five years.
- Explains that thomas edison was born in 1847 in a world of gaslights and still photography. he departed in 1931 from the world transformed by electric lights, motion pictures, and the phonograph.
- Explains that edison was not a good husband or father. he had two wives, six children, 2 girls and 4 boys, and was an inattentive husband.
- Opines that edison never considered himself a genius, but described him perfectly. edison's success was his optimism, imagination, and persistence in achieving his goals.
1530 wordsRead More - The Wizard of Menlo Park and the Master of Lightinganalytical essayThomas Edison’s inventions were simplistic at heart, and they satisfied a direct and immediate need. “Among the best known of his inventions are a stock-ticker machine, the incandescent light bulb, an automatic telegraphy machine, the phonograph, and the motion picture machine” (“Thomas Alva Edison”). All of Edison’s inventions required DC or direct current to work. Edison’s constant use of the direct current power source for all his inventions set his work apart from Tesla’s. The constant need for Edison’s inventions caused a drastic increase in Edison’s productivity. As a young man, Edison developed very productive habits, which he translated into the latter part of...
In this essay, the author
- Compares thomas edison and nikola tesla, two of the most influential minds in the 1800s. edison is widely known by the american public, but tesla is more obscure.
- Explains that edison's inventions were simplistic at heart, and they satisfied a direct and immediate need. edison’s constant use of the direct current power source set his work apart from tesla.
- Analyzes how edison's inventions, productivity, and wealth all amount to his fame. although egotistic, he was a remarkable man.
- Explains that tesla was not a man for the present, he was constantly looking toward the future with his inventions. tesla started his own electric company and became more productive than edison.
- Opines that tesla's financial success was hard to obtain, and he was nominated for a nobel prize in physics.
- Argues that thomas edison and nikola tesla have done incredible things with the powers of their minds and should be remembered and honored just as much as edison, because their inventions go hand in hand.
- Explains that edison, tesla, and the battle of the currents: should electricity be ac ordc?
- Cites mone, gregory, and strass, randall. "edison the inventor, edison the showman."
1184 wordsRead More - Thomas Edisonexplanatory essay...f a projector but failed. Edison had trouble making a new and improved projector so he settled for helping other inventors further develop theirs. Edison strongly backed the invention of the vitascope. The vitascope was a more efficient version of Edison’s kinetoscope. This new projector was very popular in New York, however, cinematography quickly took its place in the eyes of the public. On the topic of cinematography, the feelings of the public can best be summed up by this quotation, "Moving pictures somehow seemed more important and exciting than seeing actors and actresses strutting around on a mere stage" (Allen 175). Bibliography Thomas Alva Edison was a man who influenced America more than anyone else. Some of the inventions he pioneered are still used to this day. He was a man who spent almost his entire life working as a scientist, and receiving more than 1,200 patents in his lifetime. (Anderson pg.7) Thomas Edison’s life was probably twice as productive as a modern day chemist, he was a firm believer of an eight hour work day, eight hours in the morning, and eight in the afternoon. Aside from his amazing history as an adult Edison lived an equally exciting childhood.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that thomas edison's life was twice as productive as a modern-day chemist, and he believed in an eight-hour work day.
- Explains that tom's experiments were expensive and he had plenty of time to earn money by himself. he started selling newspapers on the grand trunk railway when his mother became sick of the noises of exploding beakers.
- Describes how edison invented an automatic vote counter, a telegraph machine that could count presidential votes in fractions of the time it used to take.
- Narrates how edison's biggest payday was when he was given a check. he didn't believe that any bank would honor it.
- Explains how edison started his own laboratories in menlo park, new jersey, to continue research and development. he invented the phonograph and the incandescent light.
- Explains that edison wanted to create a practical, ten to twenty candlepower light. he experimented with 6000 different materials for the filament in his light bulb before finding one that worked.
- Explains how edison got a patent on carbon and turned the current on, which led to the first real electric light. electric lights were growing in popularity and edison needed someone to run them.
- Describes how eadweard muybridge invented the zoopraxiscope, a slide projector, and edison's kinetoscope.
- Explains that edison backed the vitascope, which was a more efficient version of edison's kinetoscope.
2372 wordsRead More - Spending a Day with Thomas Edisonopinion essayThomas Edison was born in Ohio, USA on February 11, 1847. When he was seven, he was expelled from school, because his short-tempered teacher got fed up of his curiosity for learning about how everything worked. The teacher added that Thomas’s brain was “addled”. But his patient mother simply withdrew him from school, and started teaching him at home. She always held the belief that Thomas’s strange outward behaviour was just a sign of his incredible intelligence. Being free from schoolwork, Thomas had time to read various educational books, and by the age of 12, he had read Gibbon's Rise And Fall Of The Roman Empire, Sears' History Of The World, Burton's Anatomy Of Melancholy, the World Book of Science, and lots of other books about Practical Chemistry. You can easily see how intelligent Thomas Edison really was, despite what his teacher had said about him. No wonder he grew up to invent light bulbs, phonographs, carbon telephones, electric lighting systems, incandescent chandeliers, kinetographic cameras, alkaline batteries, fluorescent electric lamps, etc. The list goes on. So what do you think now? Do you still want to go with that pop star or would you rather spend an entire day with Thomas Edison?
In this essay, the author
- Opines that thomas edison was a genius. no sensible person would refuse if given the choice to spend an entire day with him.
- Explains that thomas edison was born in ohio, usa on february 11, 1847. he was expelled from school because his short-tempered teacher got fed up of his curiosity for learning about how everything worked.
- Opines that it would be exciting to spend an entire day with thomas alva edison.
- Opines that thomas edison, being one of the best inventors of his time, could help modern science and technology.
- Opines that even geniuses like thomas edison have their good and bad sides. they would like to ask him the truth about all these mysteries revolving around him.
- Opines that thomas alva edison was just a human being, just like all the rest of us. anyone can be as awesome as him if they have the courage and determination that he possessed.
993 wordsRead More - Thomas Edison Contributionsnarrative essayThomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. Thomas Edison was one of most famous American inventor and businessman in nineteenth century. He invented many great and remarkable devices during that period. His most famous inventions such as the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and electric incandescent light bulb. Those inventions bring great influences around the world; also his inventions improve the society. During Thomas Edison’s entire life, he created more than 2000 inventions as well he acquired 1093 patents in the Untied States. Also Thomas Edison became a successful businessman. He manufactures his inventions and selling them to the markets.
In this essay, the author
- Explains that thomas edison was one of the most famous american inventors and businessman in nineteenth century. his inventions brought great influences around the world and improved society.
- Narrates how thomas edison's father, samuel ogden edison, joined the mackenzie rebellion in 1837 and escaped to the united states.
- Narrates how thomas edison quit his job as a telegraph operator in 1868 and moved to new york to find investors to finance his inventions.
- Explains that thomas edison invented the phonograph in november 1877, which allowed recording the human voice's sound. everyone around the world knew about his inventions.
- Narrates how thomas edison expanded his inventions factory and built a shopping store behind the laboratory.
- Opines that the website, www.menloparkmuseum.org, contains more detail information about thomas edison's life and his inventions.
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