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BIRTH
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847. -
She Moved to Port Huron, Michigan.
He moved to Port Huron, Michigan with his family at the age of 7. -
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Sells newspapers and sundries on train between Port Huron, Michigan, and Detroit
Sells newspapers and sundries on train between Port Huron, Michigan, and Detroit -
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Years as a traveling telegrapher
Years as a traveling telegrapher -
Works on stock ticker and printing telegraph, New York
Works on stock ticker and printing telegraph, New York -
First substantial income from an invention (stock ticker)
First substantial income from an invention (stock ticker) -
Marries Mary Stilwell
Marries Mary Stilwell -
Quadruplex telegraph (sending four messages over a wire at the same time)
Quadruplex telegraph (sending four messages over a wire at the same time) -
Carbon-resistance telephone transmitter
Carbon-resistance telephone transmitter -
Phonograph
Phonograph -
Incandescent lamp
Incandescent lamp -
Pearl Street Station, New York
Pearl Street Station, New York -
Discovers and experiments with electrical discharge inside lamp (called "Edison Effect;" basis of the vacuum tube)
Discovers and experiments with electrical discharge inside lamp (called "Edison Effect;" basis of the vacuum tube) -
Wife Mary dies
Wife Mary dies -
Marries Mina Miller
Marries Mina Miller -
Newer, larger laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey
Newer, larger laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey -
Motion pictures
Motion pictures -
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3 different activities
-]Concentrated activity on electromagnetic ore-separation
work, Ogdensburg, New Jersey -]More work on phonograph -]Development of storage battery -
Attempts to find alternative sources of rubber
Attempts to find alternative sources of rubber -
Inauguration of Menlo Park laboratory as a museum, Dearborn, Michigan
Inauguration of Menlo Park laboratory as a museum, Dearborn, Michigan -
Dies October 18, West Orange, New Jersey
Dies October 18, West Orange, New Jersey