Thomas Edison

By danjai1

  • Date of birth

    Date of birth
    Milan
    Village in Ohio

  • Late speaker

    Late speaker
    He did not learn to talk until he was almost four years of age

  • First newpaper

    First newpaper
    Edison publishes the first newspaper printed aboard a moving train.

  • First inventment

    Edison invents the stock ticker.

  • Love

    Love
    Edison marries Mary Stilwell

  • A new invention for Western Union

    A new invention for Western Union
    Thomas invented a new telegraph system for Western Union that could send four telegraphs at once.

  • Edison invents the first version of a copy machine

    Edison invents the first version of a copy machine
    Thomas called his invention the electric pen. It was an early form of a copy machine

  • Phonograph and carbon-button telephone

    Phonograph and carbon-button telephone
    He invents the phonograph and the carbon-button telephone transmitter

  • General Electric is established

    General Electric is established
    Thomas Edison merged his electric company with The Thomson-Houston Company to form General Electric.

  • Thomas Edison dies

    Thomas Edison dies
    Thomas Edison died on October 18, and the country dimmed their lights in his honor on the day of his funeral. Thomas's inventions changed the way our world worked, and he gave us some of our most prized conveniences-electricity, batteries, and even a way to listen to music!