Thomas Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. "The Wizard of Menlo Park" was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention. In 1880 Edison founded the journal Science, which in 1900 became the journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

List of contributions

Main article : List of Edison patents

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• Phonograph
• Kinetoscope
• Dictaphone
• Edison provided financial backing for Guglielmo Marconi's work on Radio transmission, and obtained several related patents
• Edison purchased the Woodward and Evans patent for the electric bulb and improved the design
• Autographic printer
• Tattoo gun

For a discussion of Edison's Record company and its role in the recording industry, see: Edison Records. See also incandescent light bulb.

Related Topics:
Recording industry - Edison Records - Incandescent light bulb

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