
Edisons Menlo Park Lab

by Science Source
Title
Edisons Menlo Park Lab
Artist
Science Source
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
Thomas Edison's Menlo Park Laboratory in New Jersey, photographed on February 22, 1880. This was the first industrial research lab, in operation from (1876-1881). It has since been removed to Greenfield Village in Dearborn, Michigan. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was an American inventor, famous for inventing or improving devices such as the phonograph and the electric light bulb. Edison was one of the first inventors to build research laboratories to make and develop inventions. He also founded several companies, and filed over 1000 patents. Other work included improvements to telegraphy, cameras, and motion picture cameras, as well as promoting his DC electrical distribution systems. He also discovered the Edison Effect, on which thermionic valves are based.
Uploaded
March 6th, 2013
Embed
Share
Similar Subjects
Comments
There are no comments for Edisons Menlo Park Lab. Click here to post the first comment.