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   Thomas Edison

   Birthplace of Thomas Edison ... In 1877–1878, Edison invented and developed the carbon microphone used in all telephones along with the Bell receiver until the 1980s.
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   Nickel-iron battery

   Swedish inventor Waldemar Jungner had invented the nickel-cadmium battery in 1899. ... Edison's batteries were made from about 1903 to 1972 by the Edison Battery Storage Company located in East Orange, NJ.
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   Edison Storage Battery Company

   This company was organized in New Jersey on May 27, 1901, to develop, manufacture, and sell Thomas Edison's alkaline storage battery. It produced batteries for mining lamps, train lighting and signaling, submarines, electric vehicles, and other uses.
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   History of the battery

   In 1800 Volta invented the first true battery which came to be known as the Voltaic Pile. ... Nevertheless, Edison's battery achieved great success in other applications.
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   Thomas Edison House

   Thomas Edison House is a historic house located in the Butchertown neighborhood of Louisville, Kentucky. ... In 1867, while working the night shift, Edison, already the experimenter, was working with a battery when he spilled sulfuric acid onto the floor and his boss' desk on the floor below.
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   1900s (decade)

   On May 27, 1901, Edison establishes the Edison Storage Battery Company to develop and manufacture them. , "It proved to be Edison's most difficult project, taking ten years to develop a practical alkaline battery. ... However, the Edison alkaline battery proved useful for lighting railway cars and signals, maritime buoys, and miners lamps.
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   Rechargeable battery

   Created by Waldemar Jungner of Sweden in 1899 which was based on Thomas Edison's first alkaline battery. ... Another development is the invention of flexible batteries, which can be made paper-thin.
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   The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace

   The episode's title is an allusion to Thomas Edison's nickname, "the Wizard of Menlo Park." ... Later, when the family has a party to honor him, Lisa mentions that Thomas Edison invented the film projector as well as many other inventions Homer uses.
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   Nickel-zinc battery

   Thomas Edison was awarded a U.S. Patent for a rechargeable nickel-zinc battery system in 1901 (U.S. Patent 684,204). The battery was later developed by an Irish chemist, Dr. James J. Drumm (1897-1974) and installed in four 2-car Drumm Railcar sets between 1932 and 1948 for use on the Dublin-Bray line.
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    History of the telephone

    Thomas Edison, invented the carbon microphone which produced a strong telephone signal. ... The coupling transformer, battery, and ringer were in a separate enclosure.

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