Selasa, 28 Februari 2012

Biography Of Thomas Alfa Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847 - died October 18, 1931 at age 84 years) was an inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. The Wizard of Menlo Park is one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production in the discovery process.
 
Biography
 
 Childhood
He was born in Milan, Ohio, United States on February 11, 1847. On his childhood in the United States, Edison has always had a bad school. Therefore, his mother taught him from school and at home. In homes with small Edison can freely read scientific books and began to hold up its own scientific experiments. At age 12 he started working as a newspaper seller, fruits and sweets on the train. Later he became a telegraph operator, he moved from one city to another. In New York he was asked to become head of the telegraph machine is important. The machines were sent to the business news around the leading companies in New York.
Youth
In 1870 he invented the telegraph which is better. The machines can print the messages on a long paper tape. Money earned from his invention was sufficient to establish his own company. In 1874 he moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey. There he made a major scientific workshop and the first in the world. After that he made many important discoveries. In 1877 he discovered the phonograph. In the year 1879 he managed to find the electric light and then he also found a projector for small films. In 1882 he installed electric lights in the streets and houses as far as one kilometer in the city of New York. This is the first time in the world of electric lights in use on the streets. In 1890, he founded the company General Electric.Thomas Edison as a young
Edison is considered as one of the most prolific creator of his day, holding a record 1,093 patents in his name. He also helped in the field of defense the United States government. Some of his research include: detection of the aircraft, destroying periscopes with machine guns, submarine detection, stop the torpedo nets, increasing the power of the torpedo, the ship camouflage, and many more.
He died at the age of 84, on the anniversary of the famous inventions, modern light bulb.Appreciation
In 1928 he received the award of a special medal from the Congress of the United States.
The word virtue of Thomas Alva Edison is remembered are:
"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing can replace hard work. "
"Luck is what happens when opportunity meets with preparation. "
"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt is another step forward. "

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