Thomas Alva Edison

Da Thomas Alva Edison (* 11. Feba 1847 z Milan, Ohio; † 18. Oktoba 1931 z West Orange, New Jersey) woa a amerikanischa Eafinda und Gschäftsmo. Sei Eafindunga homs Lem af da gonzn Wejd beeihflussd, beispuisweis de Glialampn, de Fuimkamera und da Phonograph.

Da Edison woa oana vo de easchtn Eafinda, de wo de Grundsetz vo da Massnproduktion ogwendd hod und a professioneje, große Foaschungs- und Entwicklungobteijung afbaud hod.

Ea hod on entscheidndn Beidrog ba da Elektrifiziarung vo da Stod New York und da Eihfiahrung van Elektroliacht gleisdd und so'n Grundstoa fia de Elektrifiziarung vo da gonzn industriejn Wejd glegd.

 Patentlistn 

Des is a Iwablick iwa de amerikanischn Patent van Edison.List of Edison patents on en.wp

 Patent 0-100 

 patent number – name of patent

  – Electrographic Vote-Recorder: Edison's first patent. Permitted a "yes" or "no" vote via one of two switches. Washington congressmen were not interested in the device and the invention was unsuccessful. (1869)
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraph Apparatus
  – Automatic Electrical Switch for Telegraph Apparatus
  – Printing-Telegraph Apparatus
  – Electro-Motor Escapements
  – Printing-Telegraph Instruments
  – Governors for Electro-Motors
  – Printing-Telegraph Apparatus
  – Printing-Telegraph Apparatus
  – Telegraphic Transmitting Instruments
  – Relay-Magnets for Telegraph Instruments
  – Electro-Magnets for Telegraph Instruments
  – Machinery for Perforating Paper for Telegraph Purposes
  – Telegraph Apparatus (1872)
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Telegraph Apparatus
  – Telegraphic Recording Instruments
  – Type-Wheels for Printing-Telegraphs
  – Type-Wheels for Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraph Instruments
  – Electro-Magnets
  – Rheotomes or Circuit-Directors
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraph Instruments
  – Printing-Telegraph Instruments
  – Transmitters and Circuits for Printing-Telegraphs
  – Unison-Stops for Printing-Telegraphs
  – Paper for Chemical Telegraphs etc.
  – Apparatus for Perforating Paper for Telegraphic Use
  – Electrical Printing-Machines
  – Type-Writing Machines
  – Printing-Telegraph Instruments (1873)
  – Automatic Telegraph Instruments
  – Electro-Magnetic Adjusters thumb|Circuits for Chemical Telegraphs
  – Circuits for Chemical Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Circuits for Printing-Telegraphs
  – Circuits for Automatic or Chemical Telegraphs
  – Circuits for Automatic Telegraphs
  – Chemical Telegraphs
  – Perforators for Automatic Telegraphs
  – Circuits for Automatic Telegraphs
  – Relay-Magnets
  – Electrical Regulators for Transmitting-Instruments
  – Galvanic Batteries
  – Telegraph-Signal Boxes
  – Electric Telegraphs
  – Perforators for Automatic Telegraphy
  – Chemical Telegraphs
  – Circuits for Chemical Telegraphs
  – Duplex Telegraphs
  – Telegraph-Relays
  – Receiving Instruments for Chemical Telegraphs
  – Chemical or Automatic Telegraphs
  – Automatic Telegraphy and Perforators Therefor
  – District Telegraph Signal-Boxes
  – Duplex Chemical Telegraphs
  – Telegraph Apparatus
  – Solutions for Chemical Telegraph-Paper
  – Solutions for Chemical Telegraph-Paper
  – Solutions for Chemical Telegraph-Paper
  – Adjustable Electro-Magnets for Relays etc.
  – Solutions for Chemical Telegraph-Paper
  – Duplex Telegraphs
  – Chemical Telegraphy
  – Chemical Telegraphy
  – Chemical Telegraphy
  – Printing-Telegraphs
  – Transmitters and Receivers for Automatic Telegraphs
  – Automatic Telegraphs
  – Duplex Telegraphs
  – Solutions for Chemical Telegraphs
  – Solutions for Chemical Telegraphs
  – Recording-Points for Chemical Telegraphs
  – Electric-Signalling Instruments
  – Telegraph Apparatus
  – Automatic Roman-Character Telegraphs
  – Automatic Telegraphy

 101 - 200 


  – Duplex Telegraphs (1876)
  – Duplex Telegraphs
  – Duplex Telegraphs
  – Autographic Printing
  – Duplex Telegraphs
  – Acoustic Telegraph
  – Electro-Harmonic Multiplex Telegraphs
  – Acoustic Electric Telegraphs
  – Telegraphic Alarm and Signal Apparatus
  – Automatic Telegraphs
  – Automatic Telegraphs
  – Stencil-Pens
  – Telephonic Telegraphs
  – Telephonic Telegraphs
  – Telephonic or Electro-Harmonic Telegraphs
  – Synchronous Movements for Electric Telegraphs
  – Phonograph or Speaking Machines: The first phonograph, a device for recording and replaying sound. Edison demonstrated the device for the first time on November 29, 1878.  The device recorded on a phonograph cylinder using up-down (vertical) motion of the stylus. Edison's patent specified that the audio recording was embossed.
  – Acoustic Telegraphs
  – Automatic-Telegraph Perforator and Transmitter
  – Speaking-Machines
  – Speaking-Telegraphs
  – Speaking-Telegraphs
  – Speaking-Telegraphs
  – Speaking-Telephones
  – Telephone Call-Signal
  – Telephones or Speaking-Telegraphs
  – Circuits for Acoustic or Telephonic Telegraphs
  – Perforating Pens
  – Pneumatic Stencil-Pens
  – Duplex Telegraphs
  – Duplex Telegraphs
  – Speaking-Telephones
  – Quadruplex-Telegraph Repeaters
  – Vocal Engines (better known as the Phonomotor)
  – Automatic Telegraphs
  – Electric Lights
  – Thermal Regulators for Electric Lights
  – Sextuplex Telegraphs
  – Duplex Telegraphs
  – Magneto-Electric Machines
  – Apparatus for Electric Lights
  – Electric Lighting Apparatus
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Electric Lights
  – Telephones
  – Carbon-Telephones
  – Magneto-Electric Machines:  Edison main dynamo.  The device's nickname was the "long-legged Mary-Ann". This device has large bipolar magnets and is highly inefficient.
  – Electric Lamp: Edison's incandescent light bulb invention. The original spiral carbon-filament is shown and repeatedly referred to.  First practical commercially viable electric lamp. This device replaced the flame lamp, gas lamp, kerosene-oil lamp, and wax candle.
  – Electric-Lighting Apparatus
  – Autographic Stencils for Printing
  – Safety-Conductor for Electric Lights
  – Electric Light
  – Electric Light
  – Electric Light
  – Phonograph
  – Magnetic Ore-Separator
  – Brake for Electro-Magnetic Motors
  – Method of Manufacturing Electric Lamps
  – Addressing-Machine
  – Electro-Chemical Receiving-Telephone
  – Acoustic Telegraph
  – Electric Light
  – Magneto Signal Apparatus
  – Manufacture of Carbons for Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Treating Carbons for Electric Lamps
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Electric Lamp
  – Method of Forming Enlarged Ends on Carbon Filaments
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Electric Lamp
  – Relay for Telegraphs
  – Testing Electric-Light Carbons
  – Electric Lamp
  – Regulating the Generation of Electric Currents
  – Electric Lamp
  – Webermeter
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Magneto or Dynamo Electric Machine
  – Electric Lighting
  – Manufacturing Carbons for Electric Lamps
  – Electric Meter
  – Manufacture of Carbons for Electric Lamps
  – Manufacturing Carbons for Electric Lights
  – Electric Lamp
  – Electric Lamp
  – Fixture and Attachment for Electric Lamps
  – Current-Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Carbonizer
  – Fitting and Fixture for Electric Lamps
  – Apparatus for Producing High Vacuums
  – Apparatus for Treating Carbons for Electric Lamps
  – Apparatus for Treating Carbons for Electric Lamps
  – Manufacture of Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Electric Motor
  – Electro-Magnetic Brake
  – Preserving Fruit
  – Magnetic Separator

 201 - 300 

  – Vacuum Apparatus (1881)
  – Governor for Electric Engines
  – Utilizing Electricity as a Motive Power
  – Depositing Cell for Plating the Connections of Electric Lamps, & c.
  – Apparatus for Treating Carbons for Electric Lamps
  – Webermeter thumb|right|US Patent 248565 Webermeter (Electrolysis of water / water splitting)
  – Vacuum-Pump
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Electric Light
  – Electric Lamp
  – Carbon for Electric Lamps
  – Electro-Magnetic Motor
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Electric Lamp
  – Manufacture of Electric Lamps
  – Electric Meter
  – Electric Lamp
  – Electrical Governor
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Electric Lamp and the Manufacture Thereof
  – Magneto or Dynamo Electric Machine
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Underground Conductors
  – Electric Chandelier
  – Electric Lamp and Socket or Holder
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Magneto or Dynamo Electric Machines
  – Webermeter
  – Webermeter
  – Electrical Drop-Light
  – Telephone
  – Telephone
  – Magnetic Ore-Separator
  – Electro-Magnetic Railway
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Regulator for Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machines
  – Electric Lamp
  – Regulator for Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machines
  – Electric Chandelier
  – Electric-Arc Light
  – Manufacture of Carbons for Electric Lamps
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Straightening Carbons of Electric Incandescent Lamps
  – Electrical Distribution System
  – Magneto or Dynamo Electric Machine
  – Mold for Carbonizing Incandescents
  – Process of Making Incandescents
  – Dynamo Magneto Electric Machine
  – Vacuum Apparatus
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Commutator for Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machines
  – Magneto or Dynamo Electric Machine
  – Electric Lamp
  – Electric Distribution and Translation System
  – Magneto-Electric Machine
  – System of Conductors for the Distribution of Electricity
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Manufacture of Incandescing Electric Lamps
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Electric Lamp and Holder for the Same
  – Method of Maintaining Temperature in Webermeters
  – Electric-Arc Light
  – Electric-Lighting System
  – Method of Treating Carbons for Electric Lamps
  – Electro-Magnetic Railway-Engine
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Apparatus for the Electrical Transmission of Power
  – Telephone
  – Telephone

 301 - 400 

  – Electric Incandescent Lamp (1882)
  – Vacuum Apparatus
  – Electric Distribution System
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Manufacture of Incandescing Electric Lamps
  – Shafting
  – Governor for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Telephone
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Turn-Table for Electric Railways
  – Electro-Magnetic Railway System
  – Regulator for Driving Engines of Electrical Generators
  – Secondary Battery
  – Valve-Gear for Electrical Generator-Engines
  – Electrical Railroad
  – Magneto-Electric Signaling Apparatus
  – Art of Malleableizing Iron
  – System of Underground Conductors for Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Mold for Carbonizing
  – Secondary Battery
  – Electric Lamp
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Manufacture of Incandescents
  – Transmitting-Telephone
  – Telephone
  – Manufacture of Incandescing Electric Lamps
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Means for Operating and Regulating Electrical Generators
  – Electrical Generator and Motor
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Manufacture of Incandescing Electric Lamps
  – Manufacture of Incandescing Electric Lamps
  – Manufacture of Incandescing Electric Lamps
  – Apparatus for Translating Electric Currents From High to Low Tension
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Electrical Generator
  – Webermeter
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Magneto-Electric Signaling Apparatus
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Electric Regulator
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Method of Manufacturing Incandescing Electric Lamps
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Incandescing Conductor for Electric Lamps
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Mold for Carbonizing
  – Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machine
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Regulator for Systems of Electrical Distribution
  – Regulator for Dynamo or Magneto Electric Machines
  – Electrical Generator or Motor
  – Insulation of Railroad-Tracks Used for Electrical Circuits
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Electrical Meter
  – Type-Writer
  – Electric-Arc Light
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Incandescing Conductor for Electric Lamps
  – Electrical Conductor
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Method of Treating Carbons for Electric Lights
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Mode of Operating Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Electrical Meter
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Device for Protecting Electric-Light Systems from Lightning
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Electrical Conductor
  – Filament for Incandescent Lamps
  – Electrical Meter
  – Electrical Indicator
  – Chemical Stock Quotation Telegraph
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp

 401 - 500 

  – Commutator for Dynamo-Electric Machines (1885)
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Telephone
  – Telegraphy
  – Duplex Telegraphy
  – Way-Station Quadruplex Telegraphy
  – Mold for Carbonizing
  – Telephone
  – Electric Railway
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Telephonic Repeater
  – Electrical Signaling Apparatus
  – Telephone-Circuit
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Electrical Signaling Apparatus
  – Electrode for Telephone-Transmitters
  – System of Railway Signaling
  – Railway-Telegraphy
  – Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Manufacture of Carbon Conductors
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Valve-Gear
  – Filament for Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Electric Meter
  – Manufacture of Filaments for Incandescing Electric Lights
  – Electrical Transmission of Power
  – Electrical Transmission of Power
  – Electrical Transmission of Power
  – Electrical Transmission of Power
  – Electrical Transmission of Power
  – Electrical Transmission of Power
  – Electrical Transmission of Power
  – Telegraphy
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine: Includes an extra coil and utilizes a field of force.
  – Telegraphy
  – Magnetic Separator
  – Telephone-Transmitter
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Commutator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Pyromagnetic Motor
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Burnishing Attachment for Phonographs
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Feed and Return Mechanism for Phonographs
  – Process of Making Phonogram-Blanks
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Process of Duplicating Phonograms
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Railway Signaling
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Phonograph
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Process of Making Carbon Filaments
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Process of Making Phonogram-Blanks
  – Machine for Making Phonogram-Blanks
  – Machine for Making Phonogram-Blanks
  – Method of Preparing Phonograph Recording-Surfaces
  – Phonograph-Recorder
  – Method of Recording and Reproducing Sounds
  – Method of Recording and Reproducing Sounds
  – Phonograph-Recorder
  – Phonograph-Recorder
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Circuit-Controller for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Method of Manufacturing Electric Lamps
  – Incandescent-Lamp Filament
  – Magnetic Separator
  – Phonograph Recorder and Reproducer
  – Method of Winding Field-Magnets
  – Phonograph
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Ore-Separator
  – Phonograph Recorder and Reproducer
  – Phonograph
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Method of Making Phonogram-Blanks
  – Method of Making Phonogram-Blanks
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Electrical-Distribution System
  – Manufacture of Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Telephone

 501 - 600 

  – Phonograph (1889)
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Phonograph
  – Process of Treating Phonogram-Blanks
  – Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
  – Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
  – Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
  – Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Electric Meter
  – Electric Meter
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments
  – Carbonizing-Flask
  – Manufacture of Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Manufacture of Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Phonograph
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Quadruplex Telegraph
  – Telegraphy
  – Telegraphy
  – Telegraphy
  – Apparatus for Speaking-Telephones
  – Telephonic Repeater
  – Telephonic Repeater
  – Phonograph for Dolls or other Toys
  – Measurement of Electricity in Distribution Systems
  – Incandescent Lamp
  – Cut-Out for Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Commutator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Magnetic Separator
  – Phonograph
  – Automatic Determining Device for Phonographs
  – Phonograph
  – Voltaic Battery
  – Magnetic Separator
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Manufacture of Incandescent Lamps
  – Filament for Incandescent Lamps
  – Electric-Lighting System
  – Dynamo or Magneto-Electric Machine
  – Telegraph-Relay
  – Electric Generator
  – Thermo-Electric Battery
  – Magnetic Ore-Separator
  – Propelling Mechanism for Electric Vehicles
  – Means for Charging and Using Secondary Batteries
  – Process of and Apparatus for Generating Electricity
  – Telegraphy
  – Method of Making Armatures for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Electric Motor
  – Method of and Apparatus for Drawing Wire
  – Method of and Apparatus for Drawing Wire
  – Apparatus for Transmitting Power
  – Telegraphy
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph-Recorder
  – Phonograph
  – Method of Making Phonogram-Blanks
  – Propelling Device for Electric Cars
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Manufacture of Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments
  – Gage for Testing Fibers for Incandescent-Lamp Carbons
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Commutator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – Arc Lamp
  – Electric Signaling Apparatus
  – Fuse-Block
  – Telephone
  – Manufacture of Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Method of Insulating Electrical Conductors
  – Lamp-Base
  – Electric-Lighting System
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Junction-Box for Electric Wires
  – Electric-Lighting System
  – Carbonizing-Chamber
  – Phonograph
  – Leading-In Wire for Incandescent Lamps
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Locomotive for Electric Railways
  – Electric-Arc Light
  – Manufacture of Filaments for Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Electric Railway
  – Telegraph
  – Device for Turning Off Phonogram-Blanks
  – Turning-Off Device for Phonographs
  – Phonograph-Recorder
  – Sextuplex Telegraph
  – Sextuplex Telegraph
  – Phonograph
  – Incandescent-Lamp Filament
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Phonograph Recorder or Reproducer

 601 to 700 

  – Phonograph (1891)
  – Phonograph-Doll
  – Phonograph
  – Magnetic Belting
  – Smoothing-Tool for Phonogram-Blanks
  – Manufacture of Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Process of and Apparatus for Generating Electricity
  – Phonogram-Blank Carrier
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – System of Distributing Electricity
  – Process of Extracting Copper Pyrites
  – Method of Bricking Fine Ores
  – Armature Connection for Motors or Generators
  – Means for Transmitting Signals Electrically thumb|right|333px|Patent 465,971, Means for Transmitting Signals Electrically
  – Phonograph
  – Armature for Dynamos or Motors
  – Cut-Out for Incandescent Lamps
  – Art of Electrolytic Decomposition
  – Converter System for Electric Railways
  – Commutator-Brush for Electric Motors and Dynamos
  – Manufacture of Filaments for Incandescent Lamps
  – Railway-Signaling
  – Electric Conductor
  – Manufacture of Filaments for Incandescent Lamps
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine or Motor
  – Driving Mechanism for Cars
  – Alternating-Current Generator
  – Magnetic Separator
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Ore-Conveyor and Method of Arranging Ore Thereon
  – Dust-Proof Bearing for Shafts
  – Dust-Proof Journal-Bearing
  – Ore-Screening Apparatus
  – Speaking-Telegraph
  – Speaking-Telegraph
  – Speaking-Telegraph
  – Process of Extracting Gold from Sulphide Ores
  – Ore-Conveying Apparatus
  – Dust-Proof Swivel Shaft-Bearing
  – Electric Locomotive
  – Electric Locomotive
  – Electric Locomotive
  – Electric Railway
  – System of Electric Lighting
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Electric-Lighting System
  – Ore-Screening Apparatus
  – Pyromagnetic Generator
  – Expansible Pulley
  – Trolley for Electric Railways
  – Means for Propelling Electric Cars
  – Electric Locomotive
  – Lightning-Arrester
  – Conductor for Electric Railways
  – Electric Meter
  – Method of and Apparatus for Separating Ores
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Electric-Arc Lamp
  – Telephone-Repeater
  – Fac-simile Telegraph
  – Duplex Telegraph
  – Means for Controlling Electric Generation
  – Electrical Depositing-Meter
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments
  – Duplicating Phonograms
  – Phonograph Cutting-Tool
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Phonograph
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments
  – Incandescent-Lamp Filament
  – Method of Bricking Fine Iron Ores
  – Method of Magnetically Separating Ores
  – Method of Magnetic-Ore Separation
  – System of Railway Signaling
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Phonogram-Blank
  – Art of Generating Electricity
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments for Electric Lamps
  – Cut-Out for Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Stop Device
  – Process of Coating Conductors for Incandescent Lamps
  – Speaking-Telegraph
  – Electric Locomotive
  – Apparatus for Exhibiting Photographs of Moving Objects
  – Transmission of Power
  – Phonograph
  – Roller for Crushing Ore or Other Material
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph
  – Method of Making Plate Glass
  – Apparatus for Making Glass
  – Composition Brick and Method of Making Same
  – System of Electrical Distribution

 701 - 800 

  – Electric Railway (1893)
  – Sextuplex Telegraph
  – Method of and Apparatus for Mixing Materials
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph
  – Regulator for Dynamo-Electric Machines
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments
  – Manufacture of Carbons for Electric Lamps
  – Art of Plating One Material with Another
  – Filament for Incandescent Lamps
  – Manufacture of Carbon Filaments
  – Induction-Converter
  – Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph
  – Incandescent Conductor for Electric Lamps
  – Process of Treating and Products Derived from Vegetable Fibers
  – Filament for Incandescent Lamps
  – System of Electrical Distribution
  – Method of and Apparatus for Drawing Wire
  – Process of Separating Ores
  – Crushing-Roll
  – Phonograph
  – Kinetographic Camera thumb|222px|right|, Kinetographic Camera of Edison Company.
  – Conveyor
  – Governor for Motors
  – Drying Apparatus
  – Phonograph
  – Mixer
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph
  – Filament for Incandescent Lamps and Process of Manufacturing Same
  – Rolls
  – Expanding Pulley
  – Method of Reheating Compressed Air for Industrial Purposes
  – Drier
  – Process of Screening or Sizing Very Fine Materials
  – Apparatus for Duplicating Phonograph-Records
  – Phonograph
  – Phonographic Reproducing Device
  – Process of Making Metallic Duplicate Phonograph-Records
  – Apparatus for Reheating Compressed Air for Industrial Purposes
  – Electric Meter
  – Electric Meter
  – Apparatus for Sampling, Averaging, Mixing, and Storing Materials in Bulk
  – Machine for Forming Pulverized Material into Briquets
  – Process of Sampling, Averaging, Mixing, and Storing Materials in Bulk
  – Electric Meter
  – Flight Conveyor
  – Apparatus for Duplicating Phonograph-Records
  – Process of Duplicating Phonograph-Records
  – Lubricating Journal-Bearings
  – Conveyor
  – Apparatus for Screening or Rescreening Fine Materials
  – Method of Screening or Rescreening Fine Materials
  – Method of Breaking Rock
  – Apparatus for Breaking Rock
  – Grinding or Crushing Rolls
  – Magnetic Separator
  – Apparatus for Screening Pulverized Material
  – Phonographic Recording Apparatus
  – Magnetic Separator
  – Magnetic Separating Apparatus
  – Magnetic Separating Apparatus
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Apparatus for Screening or Sizing Very Fine Materials
  – Process of Making Duplicate Phonograph-Records
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Apparatus for Reheating Compressed Air for Industrial Purposes
  – Phonograph Recording Apparatus
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Electric Meter
  – Apparatus for Bricking Pulverized Material
  – Reproducer for Phonographs
  – Apparatus for Concentrating Magnetic Iron Ores
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Electrode for Batteries
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Reproducer for Sound-Records
  – Process of Duplicating Phonograms
  – Process of Coating Phonograph-Records
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Funnel for Filling Storage-Battery Cans or Analogous Purposes
  – Means for Handling Cable-Drawn Cars on Inclines
  – Electrode for Storage Batteries
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Means for Operating Motors in Dust-Laden Atmospheres
  – Grinding-Rolls
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Process of Manufacturing Electrolytically-Active Finely-Divided Iron
  – Process of Nickel-Plating
  – Electrical Automobile

 801 - 900 

  – Compressing-Dies (1904)
  – Process of Separating Ores from Magnetic Gangue
  – Storage-Battery Tray
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Stock-House Conveyor
  – Method of Burning Portland-Cement Clinker, &c.
  – Apparatus for Burning Portland-Cement Clinker &c.
  – Magnetic Separating Apparatus
  – Method of Separating Mechanically-Entrained Globules from Gases
  – Primary Battery
  – Apparatus for Vacuously Depositing Metals
  – Method of Rendering Storage-Battery Gases Non-Explosive
  – Photographic Film for Moving-Picture Machines
  – Vehicle-Wheel
  – Rotary Cement-Kiln
  – Dry Separator
  – Gas-Separator for Storage Batteries
  – Process of Duplicating Phonographic Records
  – Lamp-Guard
  – Sheet Metal for Perforated Pockets of Storage Batteries
  – Phonograph-Record and Method of Making the Same
  – Apparatus for Burning Portland-Cement Clinker
  – Apparatus for Perforating Sheet Metal
  – Cement-Kiln
  – Pocket-Filling Machine
  – Process of Treating Alkaline
  – Storage Battery
  – Process of Cleaning Metallic Surfaces
  – Storage-Battery-Filling Apparatus
  – Gas-Separator for Storage Batteries
  – Process of Treating Alkaline Storage Batteries
  – Process of Making Metallic Films or Flakes
  – Process of Making Metallic Flakes or Scales
  – Process for Making Conducting-Films
  – Calcining-Furnace
  – Alkaline Battery
  – Process of Making Composite Metals
  – Storage-Battery Electrode-Plate
  – Sound-Recording Apparatus
  – Automatic Weighing and Mixing Apparatus
  – Method of Coating Active Material with Flake-Like Conducting Material
  – Phonograph Record or Blank
  – Apparatus for Grinding and Separating Fine Materials
  – Electrical Welding Apparatus
  – Composite Metal
  – Process of Making Articles by Electroplating
  – Secondary Battery
  – Secondary Battery
  – Process of Making Storage-Battery Electrodes
  – Diaphragm for Talking-Machines
  – Can or Receptacle for Storage Batteries
  – Storage-Battery Electrode
  – Primary and Secondary Battery
  – Storage-Battery Electrode
  – Portland Cement and Process of Manufacturing the Same
  – Can or Receptacle for Storage Batteries
  – Discharging Apparatus for Belt Conveyors
  – Process of Making Seamless Tubular Pockets or Receptacles for Storage Battery Electrodes
  – Fluorescent Electric Lamp
  – Process of Making Nickel Films
  – Process of Making Metallic Films or Flakes
  – Apparatus for Producing Perforated Strips
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Feed-Regulator for Grinding-Machines
  – Reversible Galvanic Battery
  – Electrolyte for Alkaline Storage Batteries
  – Alkaline Storage Battery
  – Apparatus for Producing Very Thin Sheet Metal
  – Process of Producing Very Thin Sheet Metal
  – Electrode Element for Storage Batteries
  – Method of Making Storage-Battery Electrodes
  – Storage-Battery Electrode
  – Apparatus for Grinding Coal
  – Metallic Film for Use with Storage-Battery Electrodes and Process of Preparing the Same
  – Storage Battery
  – Process of Making Articles by Electroplating
  – Filling Apparatus for Storage-Battery Jars & c.
  – Waterproofing-Paint for Portland-Cement Buildings
  – Waterproofing Fibers and Fabrics
  – Waterproofing-Paint for Portland-Cement Structures
  – Telegraphy
  – Storage Battery
  – Process of Making Storage-Battery Electrodes
  – Process for Making Thin Metallic Flakes
  – Shaft-Coupling
  – Apparatus for Burning Portland Cement
  – Gas-Purifier
  – Apparatus for Burning Portland Cement
  – Apparatus for Burning Portland Cement
  – Feed Mechanism for Phonographs and Other Machines
  – Tube-Filling and Tamping Machine
  – Process of Making Metallic Films or Flakes
  – Cement-Kiln
  – Phonographic Recording and Reproducing Machine
  – Electrode Element for Storage Batteries
  – Process and Apparatus for Artificially Aging or Seasoning Portland Cement
  – Horn for Talking-Machines
  – Sound-Recording Apparatus
  – Process and Apparatus for Artificially Aging or Seasoning Portland Cement
  – Storage Battery

 901 - 1000 

  – Automobile (1910)
  – Method of Treating Cans of Alkaline Storage Batteries
  – Storage-Battery Electrode
  – Phonographic Recording Apparatus
  – Apparatus for Making Metallic Films or Flakes
  – Sprocket-Chain Drive
  – Tube-Sealing Machine
  – Apparatus for Recording Sounds
  – Crushing-Roll
  – Crushing-Rolls
  – Apparatus for Recording or Reproducing Sounds
  – Process of Electroplating
  – Device for Viewing Moving Pictures
  – Sound-Record
  – Tube-Forming Machine
  – Method and Apparatus for Making Sound-Records
  – Flying-Machine
  – Process of Duplicating Talking-Machine Records
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Storage-Battery Electrode
  – Storage Battery
  – Bucket Conveyor
  – Device for Feeding Pulverulent Material
  – Rotary Kiln
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Storage Battery and Process of Treating the Same
  – Crushing and Separating Fine Materials
  – Composition for Sound-Records and Other Objects
  – Recording-Telephone
  – Storage Battery
  – Bearing
  – Giant Rolls
  – Means and Method for Preventing Depletion of Electrolyte
  – Electroplating Apparatus
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Sound-Recording Apparatus
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Phonographic Recording-Stylus
  – Storage Battery
  – Battery-Cell Container
  – Phonographic Apparatus
  – Storage Battery
  – Conveyor
  – Phonograph-Stylus
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Phonograph Determining Device
  – Phonograph
  – Apparatus for Producing Rubber Strips
  – Art of Separating Copper from Other Metals
  – Art of Separating Copper from Other Metals
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Dumping Mechanism
  – The Reproducer
  – Means for Reproducing Sound
  – Manufacture of Portland Cement
  – Cement-Burning Kiln
  – Storage Battery
  – Phonographic Recording or Reproducing Apparatus
  – Process of Making Phonograph-Records
  – Sound-Box
  – Production of Perforated Strips
  – Insulating Compound
  – Art of Forming Chemical Compounds
  – Storage Battery
  – Rectifier
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Phonograph-Reproducer
  – Method of Making Sound-Record Molds
  – Fuel-Feeding Apparatus
  – Sound-Modifier
  – Process of Forming Phonograph-Styli
  – Phonograph-Record
  – Electrode Element
  – Method of Making Molds for Sound-Records
  – Sound-Reproducer
  – Sound-Record
  – Mold for Concrete Construction
  – Sound-Recording Apparatus
  – Machine for Shaving Sound Records or Blanks
  – Method of Presenting the Illusion of Scenes in Colors
  – Sound-Recording Apparatus
  – Charging Storage Batteries
  – Method of Producing Tablets for Sound-Records
  – Method of Making Phonograph-Records
  – Means for Utilizing the Waste Heat in Kilns
  – Method of Burning Portland-Cement Clinker
  – Phonographic Recording Apparatus
  – Alternating-Current-Rectifying System
  – Contact for Electrical Apparatus
  – Phonograph-Record
  – Phonograph-Record
  – Phonograph or Talking-Machine
  – Filament for Incandescent Electric Lamps
  – Production of Nickel Hydroxid
  – Storage Battery
  – Method of Utilizing Waste Heat in Kilns
  – Means for Concentrating Ores
  – Moving-Picture Apparatus
  – Receptacle-Filling Machine

 1001 - 1084 

  – Apparatus for Recording and Reproducing Motion and Sounds (1916)
  – Phonograph or Talking-Machine
  – Phonograph or Talking-Machine
  – Phonograph or Talking-Machine
  – Means for Recording Sounds
  – Electrical System for Automobiles
  – Coating Apparatus
  – Production of Electrode Elements
  – Coating Apparatus
  – Sound-Modifying Device
  – Sound-Box
  – Primary Battery
  – Sound-Record Tablet
  – Process of Constructing Concrete Buildings
  – Alternating-Current Rectifier
  – Celluloid Record-Blank
  – Mold or Transfer Plate
  – Celluloid Record-Blank
  – Starting and Current-Supplying System for Automobiles thumb|right|US1255517. Starting and current supplying system for automobiles.
  – Process of Making Screens for Projection
  – Electric Safety-Lantern
  – Storage Battery
  – Production of Finely-Divided Metals
  – Para-phenylene-di-amin Substance and Process Relating Thereto
  – Means for Recording Sounds
  – Friction Speed-Governor
  – Swaging-Machine
  – Projectile
  – Storage Battery
  – Projectile
  – Projectile
  – Tube Filling and Tamping Machine
  – Method and Means for Improving the Rendition of Musical Compositions
  – Mold for Sound-Records
  – Apparatus for the Production of Concrete Structures
  – Composition of Matter for Sound-Records or the Like and Process of Making the Same
  – Electroplating
  – Battery-Tray
  – Protecting-Varnish for Electrodes of Electrolytic Cells
  – Cleaning of Metallic Surfaces
  – Process of Molding
  – Nickel-Plating
  – Production of Molded Articles
  – Production of Molded Articles
  – Storage Battery
  – Storage Battery
  – Production of Thin Metallic Sheets or Foils
  – Electrode Element for Galvanic Batteries and Method of Producing ame
  – Storage-Battery Electrode and the Production of Same: Gives an increase discharge rate via lowering internal resistance
  – Protective Coating for Steel and Iron
  – Production of Molded Articles
  – Mold
  – Production of Thin Metal Sheets or Foils
  – Transmitter
  – Production of Thin Metal Sheets or Foils
  – Stylus Mounting
  – Stylus Mounting
  – Regeneration of Alkaline Storage-Battery Elements
  – Regeneration of Storage-Battery Elements
  – Voltaic Battery and the Production of Electrode Elements Therefor
  – Sound Record
  – Method of Producing Chlorinated Rubber
  – Storage Battery
  – Production of Disk Phonograph Records
  – Storage Battery
  – Centrifugal Speed Governor
  – Production of Depolarizing Agent for Voltaic Battery
  – Mounting for Diamonds and the Like
  – Cabinet
  – Storage-Battery Electrode Element and Production Thereof
  – Storage Battery
  – Production of Alkali-Metal Compounds from Silicates Containing Them
  – Method of Producing Sound-Record Tablets
  – Receiving Apparatus for Radio and Telephone Circuits
  – Phonograph
  – Phonograph Reproducer
  – Apparatus for Producing Storage-Battery Electrode Elements
  – Extraction of Rubber from Plants
  – Mounting for Diaphragms of Sound Boxes
  – Production of Molded Articles
  – Dynamo-Electric Machine
  – Electroplating Apparatus
  – Production of Molded Articles
  – Holder for Article to be Electroplated

 Design Patent 

  – Design for an Incandescent Electric Lamp
  – Design for Incandescing Electric Lamp
  – Design for a Phonograph-Cabinet
  – Design for a Cabinet
  – Design for a Grille for Phonograph Cabinets
  – Design for a Grille for Phonograph Cabinets
  – Design for a Phonograph Cabinet
  – Design for a Phonograph Cabinet
  – Design for a Phonograph Cabinet

 Literatua 

 Charles Bazerman: The Languages of Edison’s Light. MIT Press, 1999, ISBN 978-0-262-02456-3
 Frank Lewis Dyer, Thomas Commerford Martin: Edison, His Life and Inventions. Harper Brothers
 1. Auflage 1910, Band 1, Band 2.
 2. Auflage 1929, (Online-Ausgabe bei gutenberg.org).
 (Dieses war lange Zeit die Standardbiografie. Daniel S. Burt: The Biography Book, S. 125 bewertet das Werk als reich an biografischen Details, aber nicht in allen Punkten korrekt und vertrauenswürdig, da es weitgehend auf den ungenauen Erinnerungen von Edison basiert.)
 Henry Ford: Mein Freund Edison, Paul List Verlag Leipzig, 1931, deutsch von Paul Fohr, 96 Seiten,
 Stefan Gauß: Nadel, Rille, Trichter: Die Kulturgeschichte des Phonographen und des Grammophons in Deutschland (1900–1940), Verlag Böhlau, 2009, ISBN 978-3-412-20185-2
 George J. Hill: Edison’s Environment: Invention and Pollution in the Career of Thomas Edison. New Jersey Heritage Press, 2007, ISBN 0979507308.
 Paul Israel: Edison: A Life of Invention. John Wiley & Sons, 1998, ISBN 978-0-471-36270-8
 (Der Autor dieser neueren Biografie ist wesentlich am Forschungsprojekt The Edison Papers beteiligt und mithin einer der besten Kenner der Quellen. Eine von drei empfohlenen Standardbiografien nach Daniel S. Burt: The Biography Book, S. 125.)
 K. Jäger, F. Heilbronner: Lexikon der Elektrotechniker, 2. überarbeitete und ergänzte Auflage 2010, VDE Verlag, ISBN 978-3-8007-2903-6. (Hauptartikel über Thomas Edison und 37 weitere Erwähnungen)
 Francis Jehl: Menlo Park Reminiscences. 3 Bände, Edison institute, Dearborn 1936–1941, Band 1, Band 2, Band 3.
 (Daniel S. Burt: The Biography Book, S. 125 bewertet das Werk als wertvollen Zeitzeugenbericht, aber nicht in allen Details genau und vertrauenswürdig.)
 Keith A. Near, Paul Israel (Hrsg.) u. a.: The Papers of Thomas A. Edison. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
 Band 1: The Making of an Inventor, February 1847 – June 1873. 1989, ISBN 978-0-8018-3100-3.
 Band 2: From Workshop to Laboratory, June 1873 – March 1876. 1991, ISBN 978-0-8018-3101-0.
 Band 3: Menlo Park: The Early Years, April 1876 – December 1877. 1995, ISBN 978-0-8018-3102-7.
 Band 4: The Wizard of Menlo Park, 1878. 1998, ISBN 978-0-8018-5819-2.
 Band 5: Research to Development at Menlo Park (January 1879 – March 1881). 2004, ISBN 978-0-8018-3104-1.
 Band 6: Electrifying New York and Abroad (April 1881 – June 1883). 2007, ISBN 978-0-8018-8640-9.
 Band 7: Losses and Loyalties, April 1883-December 1884, 2011, ISBN 978-1-4214-0090-7
 (weitere mindestens 8 Bände sind geplant)
 William Henry Meadowcroft: The boy’s life of Edison, New York, Harper & Brothers, 1911.
 (Diese für Jugendliche gedachte Biografie wurde von Edison autorisiert und enthält auch autobiografisches Material. Die Ausgabe 1921 mit Edisons Lebensweg bis zum Ende des Ersten Weltkrieges ist digitalisiert in verschiedenen Formaten bei der New York Public Library The boy’s life of Edison kostenfrei verfügbar. Meadocroft ist Co-Autor der zweiten Auflage der Biografie von Dyer und Martin, dieses Buch ist weitgehend aus der ersten Auflage abgeleitet. Siehe Bemerkung zu Dyer, Martin.)
 Fritz Vögtle: Thomas Alva Edison. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 1982, ISBN 978-3-499-50305-4.
















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 The Edison Papers: Full Bibliography of Works on Thomas A. Edison – Bibliografie zu Thomas Edison (englisch)
 The Edison Papers: Links – Linkliste zu Thomas Edison (englisch)

 Museen, historische Wiakungsstettn
 Menlo Park Museum (englisch)
 USA National Park Service: The Invention Factory: Thomas Edison’s Laboratories – Pläne und Fotos des historischen Edison-Labors in West Orange (englisch)
 Henry-Ford-Museum: Thomas Alva Edison and the Menlo Park Laboratory (englisch)

 Biografie
 Edison After Forty – bebilderte Biografie seines späteren Lebens (englisch)
 Das Tagebuch von Thomas Edison Juli 1885 (englisch)
 Langsam erzählter, 14-minütiger amerikanischer Lehr-Spielfilm von 1964 über Thomas Edisons Kindheit und Jugend, stark von Legenden bestimmt (archive.org)
 Edison in Lauf – Wiedergabe einer historischen Zeitungsmeldung über einen Unfall, in dem Edison am 17. September 1911 in Lauf an der Pegnitz bei einem Deutschlandbesuch verwickelt war

 Eafindunga
 Telegraph – Wiedergabe eines von Thomas A. Edison geschriebenen Artikels für ein Nachschlagewerk über den Stand der Telegrafentechnik 1878, abgerufen am 11. August 2011 (englisch)
 Stock Ticker History – Geschichte der Börsentelegrafen (englisch)
 History of Technology: Edison’s Electric Pen – Geschichte des elektrischen Stifts (englisch)
 Preservation of Early Recorded Sounds – Online-Archiv für Edison-Phonographenaufnahmen, historische Bilder von Walzen und deren Produktion
 Galerie antiker Edison-Phonographen (englisch)
 Kino.com:Thomas Edison, The Invention of the Movies – Informationen zu frühen Edison-Filmen (englisch)

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