How or why did Thomas Edison become famous?

January 12, 2010 by famous · 12 Comments
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pinoy boy asked:

So we have a littl eproject for biology class. I need a little help.
So yeah, how or why is Thomas Edison famous?
lol sorry
im too lazy too look it up on google or something =]
u get points if you answer my question though right? lol

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12 Responses to “How or why did Thomas Edison become famous?”
  1. pepper says:
    January 15, 2010 at 4:18 am

    Hmm.
    I can’t believe you asked that. pepper

  2. fmiriam says:
    January 16, 2010 at 11:23 am

    because he invent the lamp/light.
    And after that, he keep doing small inventions but those inventions are very frequent.
    Moreover, he perfected Bell’s telephone. The phone that we have today will never present without his work fmiriam

  3. satans_lollies says:
    January 19, 2010 at 9:35 am

    Didnt he like, invent something or something, gravity or like the television satans_lollies

  4. Em Lay and Nin says:
    January 20, 2010 at 12:32 pm

    Wow… The lightbulb.. Em Lay and Nin

  5. Shazzzz says:
    January 20, 2010 at 2:58 pm

    you not got a search engine then? Shazzzz

  6. talk2bobbie says:
    January 21, 2010 at 3:32 am

    he invented the light bulb…. maybe not the one missing in your head though LOL just kidding! talk2bobbie

  7. torry says:
    January 21, 2010 at 11:40 pm

    light bulb!!
    that simple!!
    SEMPER FI!! torry

  8. Michael M says:
    January 23, 2010 at 3:36 am

    he invented the light bulb Duh! Michael M

  9. yasmin n says:
    January 25, 2010 at 10:52 pm

    Because he invent many things.. Light Bulb, Newer Design of Telegraph, and he is a kind man.. He won’t stop work until he get the best of his work. He is one of the greatest inventor!! yasmin n

  10. Krishna Das says:
    January 27, 2010 at 9:17 pm

    Dear,
    We shouldn’t forget Thosmas Alva Edicon for his great invesion”LIGHT”He invented the “Electric Bulb” for the first time in world.And now we are capable to see everything in the dark night,otherwise,there would’ve been total darkness in our whole life.He was borned in England. Krishna Das

  11. Me says:
    January 30, 2010 at 9:22 pm

    Yes i believe Thomas Edison took all the credit in inventing the light bulb…….From what i hear it was his assistant of ethnic origin that made the true discovery………..But what the heck it wont be the 1st time some one took full credit……..Oh well it was Thomas Edison’s Lab………so i guess he could take all the credit.

    Thomas Edison was famous for discovering the light bulb!

    Peace Me

  12. Tim W says:
    February 1, 2010 at 6:44 am

    Marge: I bet Thomas Edison didn’t talk about Thomas Edison all day.
    Homer: Oh, that’s not true Marge. He was a shameless self-promoter!

    Edison was very aggressive with his marketing. Although he did make some original inventions he was very quick to exaggerate his own role in many inventions. He often took credit for work done by his lab assistants for example. In his day the phonograph and the stock ticker where the major inventions that help Edison make his name.

    Me isn’t quite right about the light bulb, but is somewhat closer to the truth than many of the other answers. What Edison did was he purchased the patent of two Canadians, Henry Woodward and Matthew Evans, and worked to improve their design. The two Canadians lacked the financial backing of Edison and were forced to sell their patent to Edison. Meanwhile in England, Joseph Swan created a light bulb very similar to the bulb that Edison would eventually produce. Swan didn’t actually patent his design at first but instead published it in the journal Scientific America (of course Edison would never read a journal like that, would he?). Swan did eventually get around get around to patenting his light bulb after better vacuum pumps got him reignited his interest in the device. Swan’s patent actually pre-dates that held by Edison. At first they made a gentleman’s agreement that which effectively gave Edison the benefit of the doubt. However, Edison’s later blaze of self-promotion regarding the light bulb aggravated Swan who subsequently sued him and won. Edison work regarding the light bulb has much more to do with developing it and making it last longer, though again credit has to be given to his lab assistants, particularly the physicist Francis Upton. Edison also benefited from having the whole electrical infrastructure to make a commercial success of the lightbulb

    In addition to the names mentioned there are plenty of others who worked along the same principle of a filament heated in a vacuum. The next key development in the light bulb, the move from a carbon to a metal filament, eluded Edison. Tim W

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