A brief introduction to Edison's 50 words

Thomas Alva Edison (1847 February1-1931/kloc-0 October 18) was born in Milan, Ohio, and died in West Orange, New Jersey, USA. Inventors and entrepreneurs.

Edison was the first person in human history to make use of a large number of production principles and electrical engineering research laboratories to patent inventions, which had a far-reaching impact on the world. His invention of the phonograph, movie camera and electric light had a great influence on the world. He had more than 2,000 inventions and 1000 patents in his life. Edison was named the ninth among 100 people who influenced the United States by the authoritative American periodical Atlantic Monthly.

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Edison's main achievements:

1, phonograph

1877, Edison found that the diaphragm in the telephone transmitter would vibrate with the voice of speech, so he took a short needle and did an experiment, from which he was greatly inspired. Speech speed can make the short needle vibrate accordingly. On the other hand, this kind of vibration will definitely make the original sound, so he began to study the problem of sound reproduction.

2. electric light

Contrary to popular understanding, Edison was not the inventor of electric light at first, but Edison improved it. As early as 180 1 year, a British chemist named humphry davy used platinum wire to electrify and glow in the laboratory. 18 10, he invented the "electric candle" which was illuminated by the arc between two charged carbon rods, which was the earliest prototype of the electric lamp.

3. Movable film camera

1889 Edison invented the movable film camera. This camera uses a pointed gear to drive the tape with the width of 19mm. Under the control of the ratchet, it drives the tape to move intermittently and punch holes at the same time.

4. Audio movies

19 10, Edison invented a movie camera consisting of a phonograph and a camera. Under the energy of the motor, the camera's shading crankshaft is linked with the phonograph, which can record when the camera is running.

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