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8 hours ago · This can be traced back to Thomas Edison’s labs in New Jersey, where he practiced systematic invention to exploit the great commercial opportunities that modern life created. The electrical and chemical industries formed the vanguard for the blending of science and the useful arts during this era.
3 days ago · The light bulb invented by Cruto lasted five hundred hours as opposed to the forty of Edison's original version. In 1882 Munich Electrical Exhibition in Bavaria, Germany Cruto's lamp was more efficient than the Edison's one and produced a better, white light.
5 days ago · More practically, the Thomas Edison National Historical Park tells how he invented a light bulb that lasted long enough for daily use. He wasn't satisfied with that, though. He wanted to make a ...
2 days ago · In 1877, Thomas Edison proposed "hello" as the standard telephone greeting in a letter to the president of the Central District and Printing Telegraph Company of Pittsburgh. Edison's suggestion was adopted, and the simplicity and clarity of "hello" made it ideal for the rapidly expanding telephone network.
4 days ago · Although electric typewriters would not achieve widespread popularity until nearly a century later, the basic groundwork for the electric typewriter was laid by the Universal Stock Ticker, invented by Thomas Edison in 1870.
3 days ago · The contributions of people like Michael Faraday, Thomas Edison, Heinrich Hertz, J.J. Thomson, and even Albert Einstein paved the way for understanding the properties of semiconductors. From theory to practice, the transition from vacuum tubes to transistors was a significant milestone.
2 days ago · 1877: Thomas Edison invents the first working phonograph. 1878: Henry Fleuss is granted a patent for the first practical rebreather. 1878: Lester Allan Pelton invents the Pelton wheel. 1879: Joseph Swan and Thomas Edison both patent a functional incandescent light bulb.
