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brief introduction
Chinese name: Edison. Full name: Thomas Alva Edison.
English name: Thomas Alva Edison
Edison (1847 ~ 193 1) is a world-famous American electrician and inventor, and is known as the "king of invention". In addition to his inventions and contributions in phonograph, electric light, telegraph and film, he also has many famous creations and opinions in mining, architecture, chemical industry and other fields. Edison had about 2,000 inventions in his life, which made great contributions to the progress of human civilization.
Edison was also a great entrepreneur. 1879, Edison founded "Edison Electric Lighting Company". 1880, incandescent lamps went on sale. 1890, Edison merged its various businesses into Edison General Electric Company. 189 1 year, Edison's thin filament and high vacuum incandescent bulb were patented. 1892, Tom? Houston Company and Edison Electric Lighting Company merged to form General Electric Company, which opened the hegemony of General Electric in the electrical field for a century.
all one's life
Edison's earliest interest in natural science was in chemistry. 10 years old, he loved chemistry. He collected about 200 bottles and saved every penny to buy chemicals and put them in bottles. At the age of 1 1, he experimented with his first telegram. In order to make money to buy chemicals and equipment, he began to work. At the age of 12, he got a job selling newspapers on the train and traveled between Portron, Michigan and Detroit. While selling newspapers, he also deals in fruits and vegetables. Whenever he is free, he goes to the library to read books. 186 1 year, the American civil war broke out. Edison, who just turned 14 years old, bought an old money printing machine and used the convenience of taking the train to run a tabloid (weekly) Herald to convey the war situation and news along the way. The first weekly was printed on the train. He is also a journalist, editor, typesetter, proofreader, printer and publisher. The tabloids are very popular, and he also gained talent, knowledge and experience from his intense work, and earned a lot of money to continue his chemical experiments. With the money he earned, he set up a chemistry laboratory on the baggage car. Unfortunately, when he was doing an experiment on the train, the train suddenly bumped, causing a piece of phosphorus to fall on the board and cause burning. The conductor came to put out the fire and gave him a heavy slap, which made his left ear deaf. He was kicked off the train when Edison was 16 years old. Another way of saying it is: Unfortunately, once a chemical caught fire, he was thrown out of the car with his equipment. Another time, when Edison tried to board a freight train, a conductor grabbed him by the ear and helped him get on the train. This action led to Edison's lifelong deafness. )
Frustration did not discourage Edison. He fell in love with the telegraph again. After repeated research, he invented the automatic power recorder at 1868, which was his first invention. Later, he invented two new types of telegrams. 1877, he invented the carbon telephone transmitter to make the original telephone sound clearer. In addition, he invented the phonograph.
1878 In September, Edison began to study electric lights when he was 3 1 year old. At that time, the gas lamp had replaced the kerosene lamp, but the flame flickered and when it was extinguished, it would produce harmful gas; Arc lamp has also been invented and used in public places, but it is not suitable for indoor use because it hisses when burning and is too bright. At that time, many European and American scientists were already exploring to make a new and stable luminous body.
Edison studied the arc lamp and announced that he could invent a satisfactory lamp, but he needed money. At that time, he was a man with 170 invention patents, and his inventions brought huge profits to capitalists, so a consortium was willing to provide him with financial assistance. After thousands of failures, in April of 1879, he improved the rod-shaped and tubular lamps of his predecessors and made a glass ball. 1879 65438+1Oct. 2 1 He fixed a carbon-treated cotton thread in a glass bulb, pumped out air, sealed the mouth, applied current to make it glow, and a new lighting object appeared.
Edison died in 65438 at the age of 84. However, so far no one can break his record of holding 1099 invention patents, and people call him the king of invention.
Interesting life
(1) Mom, I want to be a night sunshine.
One snowy night, Edison's mother suddenly fell ill, and his father hurried to call a doctor. The doctor said, "Your mother has acute appendicitis and needs surgery." . At that time, there were only oil lamps without electric lights, and the light of oil lamps was very dim, so if you were not careful, you would open the wrong knife. Edison suddenly had a good idea. He took out all the oil lamps at home and put a mirror behind him to let the doctor finish the operation smoothly. The doctor said, "Son, you saved your mother with your wisdom and cleverness." Edison took his mother's hand and said, "Mom, I want to be a sun at night."
(2) Why can hens hatch chicks and I can't?
Once, when it was time for dinner, Edison still didn't come back. My parents are worried and look around. It was not until the evening that I found him in the hut next to the yard. Seeing him lying motionless in the haystack with many eggs, his father asked very strangely, "What are you doing?" Little Edison replied unhurriedly, "I'm incubating chickens!" " "It turned out that he was surprised to see that hens could hatch chicks, and he always wanted to try it himself. At that time, his father pulled him up with anger and laughter and told others not to hatch chickens. On the way home, he asked doubtfully, "Why can hens hatch chicks and I can't?"? "
well-known saying
Genius is 99% perspiration and 1% inspiration, but 1% inspiration is more important than 99% perspiration.
02● The so-called genius is deceptive, and hard work is true.
Invention is one percent cleverness and ninety-nine percent diligence.
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.
05● Surprise (curiosity) is the seed of science.
If you want to succeed, you should regard persistence as your good friend.
07● Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Love will not become indifferent because of reason, nor will it be lost because of ambition. This is the second life; It permeates the soul, warms every blood vessel and beats in every pulse.
09● Friendship can enhance happiness and relieve pain.
10● I always don't want to give up my struggling life. I attach great importance to the experience gained in the struggle, especially the pleasure gained after overcoming difficulties. A person must experience difficulties first, and then step into wealth, in order to feel useful and comfortable.
1 1● Life is short, there are too many things to do, and we have to race against time.
12● Life is short, and our best reward for this short life is work.
13● Honor is an excellent quality, so only noble, positive and well-educated people have it.
Education is to the soul what sculpture is to marble.
15● Nothing really valuable in the world can be obtained without hard work.
16● Failure is also what I need. To me, it is as valuable as success.
17● Climbing high will make you feel inferior. If you think too high, you will not succeed. Therefore, successful people must cultivate a cool head and focus on everything. This is the key to success.
19● If you don't make up your mind to cultivate people who can think, you will lose the greatest pleasure in life.
20● There is no expedient measure that can make people escape from real labor thinking.
2 1● If I have more or less inspired the efforts of some people, our work has more or less expanded the scope of human understanding, thus adding a little joy to the world, then I will be satisfied.
22● My philosophy of life is work. I want to reveal the mysteries of nature and benefit mankind.
23● Many people miss opportunities by pretending to be "hard work".
24● Most people are unemployed because these jobs are covered with "hard work".
When a person is young, if he can't think, he will accomplish nothing.
26● Positive and unsatisfied are the first conditions for progress.
27● Most inventions that inventors come up with in their minds are not practical, and only inventions that naturally arise from social needs are meaningful.
28● Every problem has a solution, and nothing is unimaginable. If it is really hard, you can only blame yourself for being a fool and a lazy person.