Thomas Edison By mmathews3 1847 Thomas Alva Edison is born 1868 First patented invention, the electrical vote recorder 1870 Improved Telegraph https://visionlaunch.com/when-did-thomas-edison-invent-the-telegraph/ 1877 Invents phonograph https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRnTFiXkNFw 1878 Invents the electric light system 1879 Invents a longer lasting lightbulb 1887 Invents the motion picture camera https://www.pbs.org/video/american-experience-kinetoscope/ Period: 1900 to 1910 Worked on an improved storage battery for electric cars https://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https%3A%2F%2Fedison.rutgers.edu%2Fwebimages%2Fbattery.jpg&imgrefurl=https%3A%2F%2Fedison.rutgers.edu%2Fbattery.htm&tbnid=mliXP0O_k2jcsM&vet=12ahUKEwjc1uW5567xAhVLT1MKHa1eCO8QMygAegUIARD6AQ..i&docid=8aQPhZv3qaTNcM&w=300&h=238&q=improved%20storage%20battery%20for%20electric%20cars%20thomas%20edison&hl=en&ved=2ahUKEwjc1uW5567xAhVLT1MKHa1eCO8QMygAegUIARD6AQ 1927 Tried to find a new source of natural rubber 1931 Thomas Alva Edison Dies 2021 Quiz https://www.softschools.com/quizzes/biographies/thomas_edison/quiz3809.html
