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Thomas Edison invented battery

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    Thomas Edison

    One night in 1867, he was working with a battery when he spilled sulphuric acid onto the floor. ... The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World.
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    Dry cell

    1901 - Thomas Edison invented the Nickel-iron battery.
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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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    History of the telephone

    In 1877 and 1878, Edison invented and developed the carbon microphone used in all telephones along with the Bell receiver until the 1980s. ... The coupling transformer, battery, and ringer were in a separate enclosure.
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    History of the battery

    The first battery was invented in 1800 by Alessandro Volta. ... Nevertheless, Edison's battery achieved great success in other applications.
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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.
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    List of Edison patents

    Thomas Edison was an inventor who, it is said, accumulated 1500-plus patents worldwide for his inventions. ... U.S. Patent 0,430,279 -- Voltaic Battery
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    Incandescent light bulb

    Another historian, Thomas Hughes, has attributed Edison's success to the fact that he invented an entire, integrated system of electric lighting. ... miniature size (E5) generally used only for low-voltage applications such as with a battery.
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    History of electromagnetism

    Volta made numerous experiments in support of his theory and ultimately developed the pile or battery , which was the precursor of all subsequent chemical batteries, and possessed the distinguishing merit of being the first means by which a prolonged continuous current of electricity was obtainable. ... Thomas Edison
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    Technological and industrial history of the United States

    In 1819, Thomas Blanchard created a lathe that could reliably cut irregular shapes, like those needed for arms manufacture. ... In 1883, a Serbian immigrant, Nikola Tesla, a protégé of Edison's, invented an electric motor which greatly simplified electric motors and licensed the invention to the Westinghouse Corporation.

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Thomas Edison invented battery