THOMAS ALVA EDISON

Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847 – died October 18, 1931 at age 84 years) is the inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. The Wizard of Menlo Park is one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production in the process of discovery.

He was born in Milan, Ohio, United States on February 11, 1847. In his childhood in the United States, Edison always scored poorly in school. Therefore, his mother taught him from school and at home. At home with small Edison freely to read scientific books mature and begin to conduct various scientific experiments alone. At the age of 12 he began working as a newspaper seller, fruit and sweets on the train. Then he became a telegraph operator, he moved from one city to another. In New York he was asked to become head of the telegraph machine that matters. The machines that send business news to all the leading companies in New York.

In 1870 he found a better telegraph machine. The machines can print the messages on a long paper tape. The money generated from its discovery was enough to establish his own company. In 1874 he moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey. There he made ??a major scientific workshop and the first in the world. After that he did a lot of important discoveries. In 1877 he discovered gramophone. In 1879 he managed to find the electric light and then he also found a projector for small films. In 1882 he installed electric lights in the streets and houses as far as one kilometer in the city of New York. This is the first time in the world of electric lights in use on the streets. In 1890, he founded the General Electric Company.

Thomas Edison was a young age Edison is seen as one of the most prolific creators of his time, holding a record 1,093 patents in his name. He also helps a lot in the field of defense the United States government. Some of his research include: detection of the aircraft, destroying the periscope with machine guns, submarine detection, stop the torpedo with nets, increased the strength in torpedo, ship camouflage, and many more.

In 1928 he received the award in the form of a special medal from the United States Congress. Thomas Alva Edison died at the age of 84, on the anniversary of his discovery of the famous, modern light bulbs.