"Genius is one percent talent and ninety-nine percent perspiration" is what Edison said.
The original text is: Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration. (Harper's Monthly in the United States, September 1932)
Translated into Chinese, it is: Genius is one percent talent and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931), was born in Milan, Ohio, USA, and died in West Orange, New Jersey, USA . Inventor, entrepreneur.
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Edison was the first person in human history to use mass production principles and electrical engineering research laboratories to engage in invention patents that had a profound impact on the world. His inventions of the phonograph, movie camera, and electric light had a great impact on the world. He made more than 2,000 inventions in his lifetime and held more than 1,000 patents. Edison was ranked ninth among the 100 most influential people in the United States by the authoritative American magazine "The Atlantic Monthly".
In 1877, Edison discovered that the diaphragm in the telephone microphone would vibrate with the sound of speech, so he experimented with a short needle and got great inspiration from it. The speed of speaking can cause the short needle to vibrate in different ways. Then, in turn, this vibration must also be able to produce the original speaking sound, so he began to study the problem of sound reproduction.
On August 15, Edison asked his assistant to make a "weird machine" consisting of a large cylinder, a crank, a receiver and a diaphragm according to the drawing. After it was made, Edison took out a piece of tin foil and rolled it. On a metal cylinder engraved with spiral grooves, let one end of the needle rub against the tin foil and rotate, and the other end was connected to the receiver. Then Edison cranked the crank, sang to the receiver, and then put the needle back to its original place, and then Crank the crank, and the machine plays back Edison's voice.
In December, Edison publicly displayed this "tinfoil cylinder phonograph", which caused a sensation all over the world.