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爱迪生的简介用英语翻译
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爱迪生的简介用英语翻译

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  ThomasAlvaEdison   bornFeb.11,1847,Milan,Ohio,U.S.   diedOct.18,1931,WestOrange,N.J.   U.S.inventor.   Hehadverylittleformalschooling.Hesetupalaboratoryinhisfather'sbasementatage10;at12hewasearningmoneysellingnewspapersandcandyontrains.Heworkedasatelegrapher(1862–68)beforedecidingtopursueinventionandentrepreneurship.Throughoutmuchofhiscareer,hewasstronglymotivatedbyeffortstoovercomehishandicapofpartialdeafness.ForWesternUnionhedevelopedamachinecapableofsendingfourtelegraphmessagesdownonewire,onlytoselltheinventiontoWesternUnion'srival,JayGould,formorethan$100,000.Hecreatedtheworld'sfirstindustrial-researchlaboratory,inMenloPark,N.J.Thereheinventedthecarbon-buttontransmitter(1877),stillusedintelephonespeakersandmicrophonestoday;thephonograph(1877);andtheincandescentlightbulb(1879).Todevelopthelightbulb,hewasadvanced$30,000bysuchfinanciersasJ.P.MorganandtheVanderbilts.In1882hesupervisedtheinstallationoftheworld'sfirstpermanentcommercialcentralpowersystem,inlowerManhattan.Afterthedeathofhisfirstwife(1884),hebuiltanewlaboratoryinWestOrange,N.J.Itsfirstmajorendeavourwasthecommercializationofthephonograph,whichAlexanderGrahamBellhadimprovedonsinceEdison'sinitialinvention.AtthenewlaboratoryEdisonandhisteamalsodevelopedanearlymoviecameraandaninstrumentforviewingmovingpictures;theyalsodevelopedthealkalinestoragebattery.Althoughhislaterprojectswerenotassuccessfulashisearlierones,Edisoncontinuedtoworkeveninhis80s.Singlyorjointly,heheldaworld-record1,093patents,nearly400ofthemforelectriclightandpower.Healwaysinventedfornecessity,withtheobjectofdevisingsomethingnewthathecouldmanufacture.Morethananyother,helaidthebasisforthetechnologicalrevolutionofthemodernelectricworld.
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