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  2. Edisonian approach - Wikipedia

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    Historian Thomas Hughes (1977) describes the features of Edison's method. In summary, they are: Hughes says, "In formulating problem-solving ideas, he was inventing; in developing inventions, his approach was akin to engineering; and in looking after financing and manufacturing and other post-invention and development activities, he was innovating."

  3. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation , mass communication , sound recording , and motion pictures. [ 4 ]

  4. List of Edison patents - Wikipedia

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    Throughout the 20th century, Edison was the world's most prolific inventor. At the beginning of the century, he held 736 U.S. patents. His final count was 1,093 U.S. patents, including 1084 utility patents (patents for inventions) and 9 artistic design patents. It was not until June 17, 2003 that he was passed by Japanese inventor Shunpei ...

  5. 8 Decades of EVs Costs When They Were First Released vs. Now

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    By 1923, Ford had gotten the cost of a Model T down to under $300 or about $5,621 today. However, according to Car and Driver, typical EVs of the era cost 10 times that amount.

  6. List of Nikola Tesla patents - Wikipedia

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    U.S. patent 390,414 - Dynamo Electric Machine - 1888 October 2 - Related to the patents of Tesla and Charles F. Peck, numbers: US381968 and US382280; Ordinary forms of continuous and alternate current systems may be adapted to Tesla's system, with slight changes to the systems; Effects their forms; Only the best and most practical solutions are ...

  7. Talk:Thomas Edison/Archive 9 - Wikipedia

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    Tesla did not "gift" the modern world and the most enduring inventions that are in it. Most of what Tesla worked on was also being developed by other people at the time and we are using their inventions, not Tesla's. This is all a little off topic because Edison and Tesla were never rivals, one ran a company, the other tinkered in a lab.

  8. Nikola Tesla Lived 24 Years Longer Than He Should Have. Did ...

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    The (Delayed) Death of Nikola Tesla. Nikola Tesla didn’t live forever. The inventor died under-appreciated, alone, and in poverty on January 7, 1943, from a coronary thrombosis, according to ...

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

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    Getty 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. "As the ...