Living in the current technological era, it’s hard to imagine a society with no telephone, electric light, videos, or even music, but this was the world less than two centuries ago. The many conveniences like been to speak to someone with just a press of a button from anywhere in the globe, capturing a special event on video tape, or listening to your favourite band; all these are made possible today with birth of one man, Thomas Edison.Thomas Edison can be considered as one of the most famous inventor in the world with over 1,093 US patents under his name. Although Edison is most famously recognized for his contribution to the light bulb, he also made many other great contributions to society as mentioned earlier - telephone, light bulb, recording
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Although Edison did not invent the telephone, he was the one to developed it and made it practical. Edison improved the telephone in many ways such as increasing signal strength over long distance, clearer and louder sound, and he also invented Carbon Button Transmitter to allow for the separation of the receiver and transmitter. Eventually, Edison and Bell company merged to make United Telephone Company. While working with the telephone, Edison was inspired to invent one of his most famous device, The Phonograph; which earned him the name The Wizard of Menlo Park. The phonograph is a machine that is able to record sound and plays it back, the first recording device. After working with the telephone and learning of the function of the diaphragm, Edison combined it together with his prior invention of the recording device for the telegraph, he was able to record sound wave and play it back to the user. The phonograph is a simple device which has needle connect to a diaphragm and tin foil which impressions can be transferred from the needle. Recording is possible as sound causes vibrations in the diaphragm which causes the needle to move with vibration and thus making specific impression patterns on a sheet of tin foil as it moves across the needle. Sound can be played back using a similar machine which has a needle traversing the exact pattern on the foil and causing vibration in the diaphragm producing the exact sound. Edison’s sound machine made him an instant favourite among the scientific community and many people travel across the country to hear his magical device. His phonograph machine eventually evolved into disc recordings which allows many people the pleasurable experience of music anywhere and
Although Edison did not invent the telephone, he was the one to developed it and made it practical. Edison improved the telephone in many ways such as increasing signal strength over long distance, clearer and louder sound, and he also invented Carbon Button Transmitter to allow for the separation of the receiver and transmitter. Eventually, Edison and Bell company merged to make United Telephone Company. While working with the telephone, Edison was inspired to invent one of his most famous device, The Phonograph; which earned him the name The Wizard of Menlo Park. The phonograph is a machine that is able to record sound and plays it back, the first recording device. After working with the telephone and learning of the function of the diaphragm, Edison combined it together with his prior invention of the recording device for the telegraph, he was able to record sound wave and play it back to the user. The phonograph is a simple device which has needle connect to a diaphragm and tin foil which impressions can be transferred from the needle. Recording is possible as sound causes vibrations in the diaphragm which causes the needle to move with vibration and thus making specific impression patterns on a sheet of tin foil as it moves across the needle. Sound can be played back using a similar machine which has a needle traversing the exact pattern on the foil and causing vibration in the diaphragm producing the exact sound. Edison’s sound machine made him an instant favourite among the scientific community and many people travel across the country to hear his magical device. His phonograph machine eventually evolved into disc recordings which allows many people the pleasurable experience of music anywhere and