Watch a silent short of Thomas Edison, who invented the phonograph and incandescent electric light
Watch a silent short of Thomas Edison, who invented the phonograph and incandescent electric light
Thomas Edison, seen late in life in this video, was the most famous inventor in American history. Though he is best known for his invention of the phonograph and incandescent electric light, Edison took out 1,093 patents in a variety of fields, including electric light and power, telephony and telegraphy, and sound recording. His public image as a homespun, untutored genius actually concealed a thinker who was quite systematic and methodical and who collaborated closely with machinists, designers, and scientists in his laboratory at Menlo Park, N.J.
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Thomas Edison, seen late in life in this video, was the most famous inventor in American history. Though he is best known for his invention of the phonograph and incandescent electric light, Edison took out 1,093 patents in a variety of fields, including electric light and power, telephony and telegraphy, and sound recording. His public image as a homespun, untutored genius actually concealed a thinker who was quite systematic and methodical and who collaborated closely with machinists, designers, and scientists in his laboratory at Menlo Park, N.J.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about how potential energy and kinetic energy are harnessed to generate electricity through facilities such as the Aswan High Dam.
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail Gary Todd; © Georgios Kollidas/Dreamstime.comOverview of the invention of the telephone, with a focus on the work by Alexander Graham Bell.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.Learn about the relationship between current and resistance in an series circuit.
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© Chicago Architecture Foundation (A Britannica Publishing Partner)Learn how cutting-edge construction methods and amenities helped make Chicago's Monadnock Building (first half, 1891; second half, 1893) a prototype for the modern office high-rise.
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Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting and Recorded Sound Division, Washington, D.C.Strip Kinetograph recording of Fred Ott sneezing, 1894.
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Public Domain VideoMark Twain at Stormfield, his home in Connecticut, with his daughters Clara and Jean; excerpt from a silent movie shot by Thomas Edison, 1909.
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© MinutePhysics (A Britannica Publishing Partner)The properties of electromagnetic fields and waves.
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© American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)How Thomas Edison changed the world.
