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  2. 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 ...

  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. Charles Batchelor - Wikipedia

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    Charles W. Batchelor, inventor, associate of Thomas A. Edison, early executive of General Electric Company. Charles W. Batchelor (December 25, 1845 – January 1, 1910) was an inventor and close associate of American inventor Thomas Alva Edison during much of Edison's career. He was involved in some of the greatest inventions and technological ...

  5. 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."

  6. The Telephone Cases - Wikipedia

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    The Telephone Cases, 126 U.S. 1 (1888), were a series of U.S. court cases in the 1870s and the 1880s related to the invention of the telephone, which culminated in an 1888 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that upheld the priority of the patents belonging to Alexander Graham Bell.

  7. How the 173-year-old glassmaker behind Edison’s light bulb ...

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    A photo of the original purchase order from Thomas Edison to Corning for the glass encasement for Edison’s lightbulb in 1880. CEO Wendell Weeks keeps the purchase order framed in his office as a ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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 ...