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18 February 2011

5 The findings of Thomas Edison that Not Revealed

When you see the theme of Google Doodle (Google logo) yesterday, then you will find that yesterday was the birthday of Thomas Alva Edison to-164.

Born in Ohio in 1847, Edison was a businessman and scientist and inventor of the United States that have so much research. He is also the founder of 14 companies including General Electric.

Edison has more than 1000 inventions patented in the U.S.. The results cover the light bulb, ponograf (record player), camera moves, and the dynamo.

However, there are also findings that do not unfold by the public. Site Gearlog noted there are at least five Edison's invention that has not so widely known.

1. Vote recorder (1868)
Long before Americans use Diebold machines to count votes, Edison already offers a tool called Vote Recorder findings. This tool calculates the sound with the model question Yes or No.
Unfortunately, this sounds counter machine has a slow processing time. To the extent that one of his Congressional Committee Chairman said, "If there is an invention on this earth we do not want, a machine here it is," he said.

2. Talking doll (1877)
Not only find the phonograph, Edison was also refine a miniature version of the music player, which is then placed inside a doll.
Phonograph recordings can then play rhymes for children, so that the doll as if speaking.



3. Batteries for Electric Car (1880)
When Edison introduced the nickel-iron batteries, she later dreams of making electric cars. Some car makers such as Detroit Electric and Baker Electric, and then adopt the technology was introduced to Edison.
However, later in a dinner party, Henry Ford gave Edison a small note to read "The electric car is dead." After that, these words proved true. Edison's dream was never accomplished.

4. The film Frankenstein (1910)
In 1891 Edison patented the first movie camera called Kinematograph. In 1910, his company, Edison Manufacturing Company Studio, create a Frankenstein movie, a film adaptation of his classic horror novel by Mary Shelley.

5. Call for the Dead (1920)
This finding is one of the subject of continuing debate. Edison had told several media about his efforts to find a way to call people who have died.
In 1921 he clarified it by telling the New York Times, that his invention could detect a unit of life among the dead. However, many say that Edison failed miserably in his efforts this time. When the tool has been found, may be called at least once is Edison's own soul.

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