Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1915-10-20
Chronological History Of
Worlds Greatest Inuentor


pnonograph. In these four years
took out over 80 patents on
these improvements, and also
established q very extensive
commercial business in the
manufacture and sale of phono-
graphs and records.
'lS91-Made a number Of inventions
relating to electric railway.
lSsl-lnvented tie motion picture
camera. hS-r.
1891 to 1S00--These years were spent
on the great iron ore concen-
trattng enterprise, in which Edi.
SON did some of his brilliant en-.
gdneerings work. He made many
important inventions during
this period, among which were
those covering the giant rolls
for breaking large masse OF
rock, and the three-aigh rolls
for fine crushing.
1900 to 191O-Thiss period covers the
work resulting in the invention
OF the Edison alkaline storage
battery, and it's commercial in.
production.
1900 to 1909-During these years iEdi.
son established a Portland ce.
ment mill. He made many i'm.
portant inventions relating to
the methods and processes in.
volved in the production Of
Portland cement.
1902-Worked on improvements in
the Edison primary battery !,
important inventions re.
lating to Monograph cylinders.
190-1ntroduced new model of dictat.
ing machine, which enabled tie
dictator to hear repetitiong and
L'"@}; make corrections.
j19O7-1ntroduced for first time the
UNIVERSAL electric motor for op-
Grating debating machines on
all commercial lighting cur
III RENTS Extending underwriting
~ in fullyEa9955. per cent of territory
in the world in which alternat.
" ing current only was available.
1910-Worked IN improved disc pnon-
0graph. This work resulted in
the production Of an instru.
ment and. records which pro-
duce vocal and instrumental
music with absolute fidelity and
sweetness.
1912-lntroduced formally to the pub
lie the kinetophone or talking
motion picture, after spending
much time in developing same
during a number Of years past.
He foreshadowed the production
spftHhe combined device In 1887.
1909 Ito sle1As@-y1erlaedse n stelescrdbe,
N ID device We attAcaed to a
IN 1stelerhpne,Ha1 means peIIof sFthe
telescribe both Sides Of a tele.
ed on q phUnograph cylinder,
which may. be preserved for fu-
ture referAnNe!! FThea taescrtbe
was colnpetedSandl introduced
to the public in the fall Of 1914.
1912 to il914-Worke on trans6pilone,
s1N, anew typo S6Sftanscriberts die
tating machine operated cleo
trically from the, keyboard OF
the typewriter. #a
!1914-Edison, being the largest fndi.
, ra,jgy1dpalll llser in AeaUnitedI States
Of calboliS acid (forr making
Z. phonpgraphu records. found
G. himself in dafageffof1being com,
PEELED to close, his factory lby
reason Of tie embargo placed
on expectation by England and
Germany the 4purge4 Of supply.
A Bdison -workex out l. asplan for
making carbolic acid sympathet-
ically, set gangs Of me- work
ing "a llours a day to build a
plant, and or the eighteenth
day after starting out was max
ing the acid. Within four weeks
AFTER plant started It could turn
out q ton a day. s
1914-On the night of December 5,
Edison's great plant at West
Orange, N. j., was the scene Of
a great confiagration. Early
next morning gangs Of men
were at work clearing up the
wreck. Hundreds more were
added during. the day and work
was continued "a hours a day.
Within So hours after the fire
Edison had given full orders fer
the complete rehabilitation of
the plant.
= 1891