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Karissa Leduc-moreauAnswerare you asking aboutthe light bulb in the sense of the the shape or the designand why it like that. that part i don't...
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The Electric LightbulbThe PhonographThomas Edison's first invention was a phonograph developed in Menlo Park.
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He was a genius!
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Thomas Edison invented 1,093 inventions.
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Bell & Watson's telephone had a parchment diaphragm. Thomas Edison recognized that if the diaphragm were replaced with a...
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Dictaphone Incandescent Light bulb Movies
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Thomas Edison filed over a thousand patents for various inventions. Among them are the phonograph, electrical vote recorder,...
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Because he didn't! Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.
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yes Thomas Edison in 1879 invented the incandescent light bulb to replace the candle. Answer:No. Sir Joseph Swann of...
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He went to school and started his career as an inventor in New Jersey.
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I don't think he did improve the telephone.
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Humphrey Davy created the electric arc in 1800 (no bulb). Joseph Wilson Swan created the carbon filament which produced light in...
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Answerthe electric lightbulb and the phonograph, which is a cylinder, kind of like a record for playing music
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December 25,1871 to Mary Stilwell (She was 16 he was 24)
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5' 7'' Einstein was five feet seven inches tall; at most he was five feet seven and a half inches tall. See the entry by...
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Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11, 1847. .
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most people wanted a faster way to get a hold of people over seas and around the states instead of the pony express. witch it...
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to work on a farm and he's mom was stay at home and cook for ppl all over the city
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Thomas Edison was married to Mary Stilwell between 1871 and 1884.
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Thomas Edison set up his experimental facilities in the village of Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876. At h the time of his death on...
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Edison had a large and talented staff working full time at Menlo Park. Men like Nikola Tesla had worked for Edison but left his...
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Thomas Edison invented the first successful electric light bulb. He and his staff at his workshop in Menlo Park New Jersey were...
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He was 14 years old, his father Peter Jefferson died in 1757. This is when he inherited the 5000 acre plantation that became his...
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West Orange, New Jersey
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he invented the lightbulb.
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He lightened up her life with the question "Will you marry me?" under a tree during a lightning storm.
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Samuel and Nancy Edison.Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on February 11, 1847. His parents were Samuel and Nancy...
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Because it's safer than an open flame.
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AnswerIs this a vinyl record (has a little flex and give to it) or an acetate (no flex and thicker than a modern record)? The...
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Thomas Edison and his team invented the incandescent lamp in his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Thomas Edison's greatest...
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Thomas Edison was an US inventor & businessman, he develop many devices including phonograph and light bulb and he was one of...
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"99% heart 1% genious" Thomas Alva Edison
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That he couldn´t read in the dark and he didn´t like candels
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Edison perfected the light bulb by refining the filament. He used tungsten
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Although there were many scientist who were competing to invent the first practical light bulb, it was Thomas Alva Edison who is...
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Google his name and you will find a lot of information about him.
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No alexandre gram bell did
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To change the way the world operates or to make his mark in history or to be creative.
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No, it was Manfred Man
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no hes been dead since 1932
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Here's a few: He was issued 1,093 patents. Some inventions: Electric Light Bulb, Storage Battery, Kinetoscope, Electric...
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Because Thomas Edison made it PRACTICAL, by discovering a filament that would last more than a few seconds.
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So many participated in the development that it is impossible to answer the question "Who invented television?", but a few were...
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No Thomas Edison did not invent photography. Employing data from the researches of Johann Heinrich Schulze-who, in 1727,...
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you could add more electrical components (except batteries or cells ) so that each component will have a little less power from...
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invent stuff like light bulbs which are very important.
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1093 US patents were granted to Thomas Edison in his lifetime, as well as several hundred patents in the UK, France, and Germany....
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Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, USA (20 kilometers south of Sandusky), and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan.
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Best Known As: The man who invented the light bulb. Thomas Edison was the great genius inventor of the electrical age. His...
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Deathplace of Thomas EdisonThomas Edison died in West Orange, New Jersey on 18 October 1931.
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he used many different threads, he made the first light bulb with horse's tail hair.
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He had more than 10,000 prototypes
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Samuel Edison and Nancy Elliot Edison
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Thomas Edison was credited to make the light bulb.
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In the study and the practice of science positive attitudes are very important. Thomas Edison was curious,he had perseverance...
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Considering that Edison had 3 children by his first wife and then when she died he remarried and had 3 more, it is doubtful he...
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nothing
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the electric company
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-Compact fluorescent bulbs use 66% less energy than a standard incandescent bulb, and last up to 10 times longer. -A 32-watt CFL...
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Thomas Edison's favorite invention was the phonograph.
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Twice, Mary and Mina were their names.
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He was issued 1093 patents, including the lightbulb, the microphone, and the phonograph, which was an analog (vinyl disc) sound...
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Yes there is, there are several places have been named after Edison, most notably the town of Edison, New Jersey.
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They had 7 children
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Current passes through the filament of the bulb causing it to heat up. When it heats up, it becomes so hot it incandesces. That...
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He didn't. Thomas Edison did.
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Maxwell, Newton, Einstein, Tesla, Candela, Joule, Weber, Curie, Edison, Bohr, and those are just a few.
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United States:The word phonograph was the trade name for Edison's device, which played cylinders rather than discs. The machine...
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in 1838 Edison put together a practical light bulb on October 22, 1879. (A number of others had light bulbs before...
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One of the most famous composers back in the day, his beautiful music, and most of all his famous peice " Spem In Alium"
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No horse hair in light bulbs. Today's incandescent light bulbs feature a tungsten filament. Since the filament must be heated to...
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No, Isaac Newton died long before Edison was born.
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Three of his siblings died before he was born. So after that he had a brother named Pitt and two sisters named Marion and Harriet...
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Fuc king Thomas Edison
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Marion,Thomas,William
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He never did he got all his knowledge from his mother.
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It took him 10000 tries
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He was born in Milan, Ohio, and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. actually no this is incorect.
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Thomas A Edison is fine. It has a regional accreditation which is most important.
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This answer needs improvement the last answer on here was completely incorrect and was very immature.
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No Thomas Edison did but Ben Franklin invented how to use the lightbulb!
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Thomas was born in Milan, Ohio but at age seven Young Thomas moved to Port Huron, Michigan {thats where I live}
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Thomas Edison is the one who invented electricity. So without him, you probably wouldn't be on this computer device right now.
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Born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio; the seventh and last child of Samuel and Nancy Edison. When he was seven his family...
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It means that even though many have the potential to do great things, it doesn't mean anything unless one actually does something...
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His first wife was Mary Stillwell, and his second wife was Mina Miller.
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