Thomas Edison

Tesla and Edison During the late 1890s the inventions of two great minds, Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, helped turn electricity from a scientific concept into a household amenity. In this paper, I will review both of these men’s lives, give an overview of their accomplishments, and go over how these accomplishments still have an impact today. Nikola Tesla was born July 10, 1856 in Smiljan, Croatia. A bright child with an almost photographic memory and an aptitude for problem-solving, Tesla…

“Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” (Edison) Thomas Alva Edison always had a creative mind, even as a child. He was able to find work at the age of 12 selling newspapers to passengers riding the Grand Trunk Railroad line. He used his access to convert one of the unused train cars into a makeshift lab, in which he performed various experiments. He promptly caused a chemical fire in the car, resulting in him being fired. While he was working…

Thomas Alva Edison is known for making the first incandescent light bulb that has had a huge impact on the world today. He is important in United States history because he made electric light that plays a huge role on how we live, light is everywhere. Edison started from nothing and made his way to U.S. history. This wouldn’t have been possible without his motivation, preparation, and his contributions to change the World as we know it. Motivation Thomas Edison was motivated to finish the work…

world credited Nikola Tesla as the inventor of the Ratio and not Marconi, no on these days Nikola Tesla haves around 300 or more patents, most of them the government of the United States have them secured and hidden somewhere. Sadly Marconi and Thomas Edison were into the radio invention too much that left Nikola Tesla without opportunity of overstanding, so he just left them win, to just abandon the…

father of radio. Many other people have taken advantage of Tesla. Thomas Edison was the most known and most hated rival of Tesla. Tesla actually worked for Thomas Edison in his early career. Edison granted a million dollars to fix the problems he was having with the DC generators and motors. When Tesla finished fixing the machines and he asked for the money promised, Edison said, “Tesla you don't understand our American humor.” Edison correlated his inventions with how much money it would make…

harness the power of the Niagara Falls. He came to America with a letter of introduction for Edison from Charles Batchelor. In the letter Batchelor said “I know two great men. One is you and the other this young man.” Tesla spent the next 59 years of his life in New York. Tesla set about improving Edison’s line of dynamos while working with him in his lab in New Jersey. It was there that the feud between Edison and Tesla began. That disagreement turned into a full out war Tesla pointed out the…

desire (“hope”). During the nineteenth century hope was a hard thing to find. This century was filled with disease, immigration, unthinkable working conditions, and crowded cities. People who seemed to bring hope where the inventors, like Edison. Thomas Edison brought hope to the nineteenth century and people today with his brilliant mind and invention of the light bulb. The nineteenth century was the time of the Industrial Revolution. The century was filled innovation and discovery in many…

date on which the patent is issued. There has been many famous engineers in the past including Thomas Edison, that have acquired a patent for their invention. During his lifetime, Thomas…

Thomas Edison The Warlock of Menlo Park Thomas Edison was a gift to the modern world and was able to bring many technological wonders to this day and age. Edison was not just brought into greatness and fortune but had a troubling childhood. Without Edison, the wonders that we have today may not have existed or would have been delayed. Edison was also not short of rivals or criticisms and tried his best to get past his adversities. Thomas Edison was a spark that helped light the nation onto a…

World War I, spiritualism was undergoing a revival, and many people hoped science could provide a means to contact lost loved ones. Edison himself was not a believer and admitted he had no idea if a spirit world even existed. Edison corresponded with British inventor Sir William Crookes, who claimed to have captured images on "spirit photographs." Edison was intrigued. Edison took the idea of the telephone and the telegraph a bit further and announced in October of 1920 that he was working on a…