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  2. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).

  3. Thomas Alva Edison Birthplace - Wikipedia

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    The Thomas Alva Edison Birthplace is a historic house museum at 9 Edison Drive in Milan, Ohio, Built in 1841, it was the birthplace of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847–1931), born on February 11, 1847.

  4. Milan, Ohio - Wikipedia

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    Birthplace of Thomas Edison. During the canal era, Milan became the birthplace of businessman and inventor Thomas Alva Edison, and the small hillside brick home where he was born on February 11, 1847, is open to the public as a museum.

  5. Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Edison discovers thermionic emission. This effect forms the basis for the vacuum tube and the cathode ray tube. approximately 1893: The selenium phototube invention allows the conversion of brightness values into electrical signals. The principle is applied in wirephoto and television technology for a short time.

  6. How the 173-year-old glassmaker behind Edison’s light bulb ...

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    Dated Nov. 17, 1880, it’s Thomas Edison’s $311.97 order for Corning Glass Works to produce the glass for a risky new invention of his: the lightbulb. ... He was born in Scranton, Pa., where ...

  7. List of Edison patents - Wikipedia

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    Below is a list of Edison patents. Thomas Edison was an inventor who accumulated 2,332 [ 1 ] patents worldwide for his inventions . 1,093 of Edison's patents were in the United States , but other patents were approved in countries around the globe.

  8. Thomas Edison Conducted the First Job Interview in 1921 ... - AOL

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    By Jacquelyn Smith The job interview was born in 1921, when Thomas Edison created a written test to evaluate job candidates' knowledge. Since then, the process has come a long way.

  9. Edward Hibberd Johnson - Wikipedia

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    Edward Hibberd Johnson (January 4, 1846 – September 9, 1917) [1] was an inventor and business associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison.He was involved in many of Edison's projects, and was a partner in an early organization which evolved into General Electric.