Thomas Edison

  • Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio

    Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio
  • Marries Mary Stillwell

    Marries Mary Stillwell
    Mary dies in 1884
  • Edison invents the electric pen

  • Designed phonograph and the carbon transmitter

  • Edison invents the light bulb

  • Edison marries Mina Miller

    Edison marries Mina Miller
  • Developed a system for making motion pictures

    Developed a system for making motion pictures
    Thomas A. Edison, to whom the world owes the Moving picture Idea.
  • Edison works on alkaline storage battery

    1901 Alkaline Storage - Thomas Alva Edison invented the alkaline storage battery. Thomas Edison's alkaline cell had iron as the anode material (-) and nickelic oxide as the cathode material (+).http://inventors.about.com/od/bstartinventions/a/History-Of-The-Battery.htm
  • Edison dies in Llewellyn Park, New Jersey

    Edison dies in Llewellyn Park, New Jersey