Thomas Edison

The Talking Doll Once Edison had patented his phonograph, he began to develop ways to use it. One idea was to miniaturize the phonograph and insert it into a doll or other toy. The phonograph was enclosed in a tin casing that composed the doll's chest. Then arms, legs, and head were attached for the complete look. Little girls sat in factory stalls and recorded the songs and nursery rhymes that were inscribed on the wax cylinders for the phonographs to play. Unfortunately, the idea of a talking…

skyrocketed when he was employed for the Continental Edison Company in France as a designer of electrical equipment. After two years of working there, he was shifted to New York to work for Thomas Edison. Edison asked if he could turn Edison's DC (direct current) motors and generators to AC (alternating current). He prompted him to do this by offering a reward of 50,000 American dollars if he did it. He completed his task and when he asked for the money Edison laughed and said, "Tesla, you don't…

fire, something that would help you stay awake at night in presence of light. Burning firewood and lighting up oil lamps remained sources of light until the Nineteenth century when the Incandescent light bulb was co-invented by two scientists - Thomas Edison and Joseph Swan. Since then, the lightbulb has been the invention of the 19th century that has shined on us for generations and has contributed most to the economic growth of the United States. The lightbulb was the key to bring-about the…

5 years old, was pressured into studying. He studied chemistry, engineering and philosophy. He later emigrated to the United States of America in 1884, where he was offered a job at the company of Thomas Edison. He quit his job a few months later after a disagreement over his salary and because Edison refused to give a reward he promised after finding a solution to his problem. Tesla invented the transformator and the induction-engine. He also developed certain lighting-systems, including…

They say that the sweetest victory is the one that’s most difficult. I didn’t believe defeat was necessary to succeed in life. I thought that if we failed, we failed. We can’t do anything more to overcome our failures. Over the years I’ve learned that failure is just a stepping stone towards success. I learned that we must drive, dig deeper, and have a lot of determination to reach our goals in life. We will have those people in our lives telling us, “It’s impossible.” or “You might fail, and…

In the midst of a technologically saturated lifestyle, I stand by the idea that technology’s impact on the United States was once empowering, but has began to hinder the minds of average Americans. Many individuals go about their day without recognition of their use of short cuts that weren’t available a mere ten years ago, let alone the use of developed inventions that began one hundred years ago. I feel immensely fortunate to be apart of what seems like one of the last generations to…

society was invented by none other than Thomas Edison in 1879, however, the first attempts in accomplishing so were made by Sir Humphry Davy in 1802. In 1878, Edison conducted countless hours of research into developing an incandescent lamp and he filed his first patent for “Improvement in Electrical Lights” on October 14, 1878. On November 4, 1879, he filed a patent once again utilizing a “Carbon filament or strip coiled and connected… to platina contact wires.” Edison is said to have made…

Later Thomas Browne wrote several books to investigate the Gilbert’s work and used the word “electricity” 1752: Benjamin Franklin conducted his experiment with a kite, a key, and a storm to prove lightning and tiny electric sparks were same. As I mentioned in…

After the civil war, Americans ran on money and new devices of business. With the expansion of businesses and the nations rail system this lead to bigger markets and industries. Railroads were the biggest industry in the late 19th century because this allowed trade with other markets and cities. The railroad was privately owned but publicly financed by land grants from the government. Along with the expansion of the rail road, there was an invention of the telegraph. The telegraph was invented…

Engineering and theProfession 06-85-118 September 25th 2015 Impact of Technology on Society Often times, small innovations can have the largest impacts on the way in which people live their lives. This is famously shown by Thomas Edison who, upon thinking about the light bulb decided that it would one day be possible to illuminate an entire city. The technology of creating light with electricity had existed since 1800 when Humphry Davis managed to create the first electric arc lamp by feeding…