The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World

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Invention Geek – Edison Spirit Phone?". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015 . Retrieved November 11, 2013. One might think that the money value of an invention constitutes its reward to the man who loves his work. But… I continue to find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success.

Mrs. John Eyre Sloane Has a Son at the Harbor Sanitarium Here". The New York Times. January 10, 1931. Edison and Ford Winter Estates. Media kit. Retrieved on 10/9/2019" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on October 9, 2019 . Retrieved October 9, 2019.Edison’s story is a good example of the way we tend to think about the future – as shaped by great individuals making giant steps forward. Ironically, it’s this myth that he helped foster that is now taking the edge off his reputation, and making his very real achievements look suspect. Edison the businessman McCusker, J. J. (1997). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States: Addenda et Corrigenda (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1700–1799: McCusker, J. J. (1992). How Much Is That in Real Money? A Historical Price Index for Use as a Deflator of Money Values in the Economy of the United States (PDF). American Antiquarian Society. 1800–present: Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis. "Consumer Price Index (estimate) 1800–" . Retrieved May 28, 2023. Edison was said to have been influenced by a popular fad diet in his last few years; "the only liquid he consumed was a pint of milk every three hours". [53] He is reported to have believed this diet would restore his health. However, this tale is doubtful. In 1930, the year before Edison died, Mina said in an interview about him, "Correct eating is one of his greatest hobbies." [113] She also said that during one of his periodic "great scientific adventures", Edison would be up at 7:00, have breakfast at 8:00, and be rarely home for lunch or dinner, implying that he continued to have all three. [101] In the first public demonstration of his incandescent lightbulb, American inventor Thomas Alva Edison lights up a street in Menlo Park, New Jersey. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company ran special trains to Menlo Park on the day of the demonstration in response to public enthusiasm over the event. Edison's Companies – The Edison Papers". Archived from the original on October 8, 2013 . Retrieved December 30, 2016.

Bradley Jr., Robert L. (2011), Edison to Enron: Energy Markets and Political Strategies, John Wiley & Sons, pp. 28–29. Over his desk Edison displayed a placard with Sir Joshua Reynolds' famous quotation: "There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking." [38] This slogan was reputedly posted at several other locations throughout the facility. Adrian Wooldridge (September 15, 2016). "The alphabet of success". The Economist. Archived from the original on September 16, 2016 . Retrieved September 16, 2016. I never did anything by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work. Green Chemistry: The Nexus Blog: Thomas Edison'... | ACS Network". communities.acs.org. May 21, 2014. Archived from the original on August 18, 2016 . Retrieved August 1, 2016.In 1878, Edison formed the Edison Electric Light Company in New York City with several financiers, including J. P. Morgan, Spencer Trask, [57] and the members of the Vanderbilt family. Edison made the first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb on December 31, 1879, in Menlo Park. It was during this time that he said: "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles." [58] The Oregon Railroad and Navigation Company's new steamship, the Columbia, was the first commercial application for Edison's incandescent light bulb in 1880. Vegetarianism Quotes from Noteworthy People". Archived from the original on April 13, 2016 . Retrieved April 5, 2016. Biographiq (2008). Thomas Edison: Life of an Electrifying Man. Filiquarian Publishing. p.15. ISBN 978-1-59986-216-3. a b Homans, James E., ed. (1918). "Edison, Thomas Alva". The Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: The Press Association Compilers, Inc.

Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York). [9] [10] His patrilineal family line was Dutch by way of New Jersey; [11] the surname had originally been "Edeson". [12] Edison’s incredible intellect and ingenuityare all the more inspiring for being the productof his own voracious appetite for learning — and all the more instructive for arising from a process of self-education that was tailoredto harnessing his own unique potential. His Life". The Thomas Edison Birthplace Museum. Archived from the original on August 4, 2020 . Retrieved May 31, 2020. Robert Friedel: There would be a set of tables just filled to the gills with apparatus of all sorts: chemical apparatus, mechanical devices, measuring devices, but especially electrical meters for batteries, other experimental devices. It was just a playland, if you will, for the inventor at work.a b Reader's Digest, March 1930, pp. 1042–1044, "Living With a Genius", condensed from The American Magazine, February 1930. Life magazine (USA), in a special double issue in 1997, placed Edison first in the list of the "100 Most Important People in the Last 1000 Years", noting that the light bulb he promoted "lit up the world". In the 2005 television series The Greatest American, he was voted by viewers as the fifteenth greatest. Derek Thompson (2019). "Thomas Edison's Greatest Invention". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on October 17, 2019 . Retrieved October 17, 2019. Gabriela: That's David Burkus. He's the author of “The Myths of Creativity” and he wants to set the record straight when it comes to Thomas Edison.