thomas alva edison

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  • Birth

    Born, 11 February, Milan, Ohio
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    Sold out

    Sells newspapers and sundries on train between Port Huron, Michigan, and Detroit
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    Telegraph

    Years as a traveling telegrapher

  • First Invention

    Patents first invention, Boston

  • Work

    Works on stock ticker and printing telegraph, New York

  • Stock-ticker

    First substantial income from an invention (stock ticker)

  • Married

    Marries Mary Stilwell

  • Sending Messages

    Quadruplex telegraph (sending four messages over a wire at the same time)

  • Telephone Transmitter

    Carbon-resistance telephone transmitter

  • Phonograph

  • Incandescent Lamp

  • Pearl Street Station

    Pearl Street Station, New York

  • Edison Effect

    Discovers and experiments with electrical discharge inside lamp (called "Edison Effect;" basis of the vacuum tube)

  • Mary Stilwell Death

    Wife Mary dies

  • Marries Mina Miller

  • Laboratory

    Newer, larger laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey

  • Motion Pictures

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    Ore-Separation Work

    Concentrated activity on electromagnetic ore-separation work, Ogdensburg, New Jersey

  • Rubber

    Attempts to find alternative sources of rubber

  • Inauguration of Menlo Park Laboratory

    Inauguration of Menlo Park laboratory as a museum, Dearborn, Michigan

  • Thomas Edison Death

    Dies October 18, West Orange, New Jersey