The inventions of Thomas Edison
Whenever you turn on a light, listen to recorded music, or watch a motion picture you are enjoying one of the discoveries of Thomas Alva Edison. In fact, it's difficult to go through a single day without using one of his many important discoveries.
Having received 1093 patents in his lifetime, Edison helped us communicate better through his improvements to the telegraph and telephone. He brought music into our homes with his invention of the phonograph.
He lit our houses with electricity by designing and building the first indoor electric lighting system.
Experience Edison's music as it was originally recorded before CDs!
Credited with the invention of the first phonograph, you will hear Edison's early recordings played on vintage "hand-cranked" cylinder and diamond disc model phonographs. Then try to guess the many different uses proposed by Edison for this remarkable invention.
Transmit messages in Morse Code via working telegraph keys.
Explore the period boarding room which depicts Edison's life in Louisville in 1866-67, and discover the significance of the telegraph.
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托马斯·爱迪生的发明
每当你打开灯，听录音音乐，或看电影，你都在享受托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生的一项发现。事实上，如果不使用他许多重要发现中的一个，很难度过一天。爱迪生一生中获得了1093项专利，他通过改进电报和电话帮助我们更好地沟通。
他发明了留声机，把音乐带到了我们家里。他设计并建造了第一套室内电气照明系统，用电照亮了我们的房子。
体验爱迪生的音乐，因为它最初是在CD之前录制的！
由于发明了第一台留声机，你会听到爱迪生早期的唱片在老式的“手摇”圆筒和钻石盘留声机上播放。然后试着猜测爱迪生对这项杰出发明提出的许多不同用途。
通过工作电报键以摩尔斯电码传输信息。
探索描述爱迪生1866-1867年在路易斯维尔生活的时期寄宿室，发现电报的意义。