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   Apr 22, 2024 · Thomas Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio, U.S.—died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey) was an American inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world-record 1,093 patents. In addition, he created the world’s first industrial research laboratory. The role of chemistry in Thomas Edison's inventions.

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   Oct 22, 2021 · Oct 22, 2021 11:00 AMOct 22, 2021 10:59 AM. Experiments involving animals still take a heavy toll: By the year 2000, American scientists were going through half a billion mice, rats and birds per year. (Credit: Unol/Shutterstock) Newsletter. This story originally appeared in our November/December 2021 issue as "Cruel Inventions."

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   Did Thomas Edison test a light bulb?

   • Thomas Edison often claimed that Oct. 22, 1879 was the first successful test of his famous light bulb and, hence, the true anniversary of its creation. It was on this date that his incandescent light bulb glowed for 13.5 hours.

   The medical mystery that helped make Thomas Edison an inventor

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   How did Thomas Edison develop a light bulb?

   • Thomas Edison and his lab associates, called "Muckers," conducted thousands of experiments to develop the electric light bulb. To make it functional, each step required the invention of a new component, from vacuumed and sealed glass bulbs to switches, special types of wire and meters.

   Important Facts About Thomas Edison & the Invention of the Light Bulb

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   How long did Edison burn a light bulb?

   • Still, the lamp only burned for a few short hours. In order to improve the bulb, Edison needed all the persistence he had learned years before in his basement laboratory. He tested thousands and thousands of other materials to use for the filament.

   Edison's Lightbulb | The Franklin Institute

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   Who was Thomas Alva Edison?

   • Thomas Alva Edison, born in Ohio on February 11, 1847, was one of the most well-known inventors of all time. He spent a few of his early years in formal schooling, but he received most of his education at home. Thomas set up a laboratory in the basement of his family's Michigan home and spent most of his time experimenting.

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   Light Bulb Pioneers. Thomas Edison did not invent the incandescent light bulb. Twenty three different light bulbs were developed before Edison's. The principle was to pass an electric current through a filament powerful enough to cause it to glow without combusting.

5. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 2019/10/28The Real Nature of Thomas Edison’s Genius | The New Yorker

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   Oct 21, 2019 · Every decade or so, for a century now, a new book about Edison has appeared, promising to explain his genius or, more recently, to explain it away. In the earliest years after his death, those ...

6. www.fi.edu › collection › edisons-lightbulbEdison's Lightbulb | The Franklin Institute

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   Science and Education >. Collection Highlights >. Edison's Lightbulb. Thomas Alva Edison, born in Ohio on February 11, 1847, was one of the most well-known inventors of all time. He spent a few of his early years in formal schooling, but he received most of his education at home. Thomas set up a laboratory in the basement of his family's ...

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   The laboratory was built after Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Harvey S. Firestone pulled together $75,000 to form the Edison Botanical Research Corporation. Initially, only Ford and Firestone were to contribute funds to the project, while Edison did all the research.

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   Oct 22, 2018 · Tinkering with his bulb, he applied on Nov. 4, 1879 for U.S. Patent # 223,898, for an electric lamp using “a carbon filament or strip coiled and connected to platinum contact wires.” (Approved by...