Columbian High School - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Tiffin, OH)

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The Electrical Age is just starting. fEclison 7ke me cmcf QM swf EDITORIAL STAFF BUSINESS STAFF Louise Thronebcrry ....,,....,.,. .............,.,. E :film John Pinkerton 44I...A.'.I I Irene Kershner ...........,... ,,..........,, A fli1fizie.v Marie Cook uuuullhhbbb I Arthur Lynch ........, ............ F wrizzmi james Hilborn ,,.....,.... .,,.,..,,......, A Iblelicr Robert Wal' john McCloud ..,......... ...,.,..... P h0l0g7'clIlh.y W21HllH C0l'fllCll A,AA.----, Mrs. Ewing .,......... .................. A dzfifoz Mr. Lutz .................. . ...,,,......iVIm1uge: Cirmltzliwi Circzzlnfiozz Typi rl Aclwifw' The Stal? wishcs to thunk the Thomas A. Edison Centennial Committcc :mil thc Columbus Dispatch for Ellison marc-rizlls nscfcl.

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7 his-ann return Clllillrarg Record I ,..,.,.... ,.....,...... L ight for All Record II.: ..,.. Birth of the Incandescent Lamp R'ecord III .....,......,.., Edisonis Favorite Invention Record IV ,........... ,.... 5 ,.... 1 di' ' 'nmetz Record V .....,...........,......, Edisonis First Laboratory Record VI .,.....,.... ,..........,. O ptimism 1847 1868 1875 1876 1877 1879 7 iii.-51311 Gllpfnnnlngg February 11-Born at Milan, Ohio, son of Samuel and Nancy Elliott Edison. Patented first invention, the electrical vote re- corder. November 22-Discovered electrical phenomenon which he called etheric force, later recognized as due to electric waves in free space, is founda- tion of wireless. April-Moved to laboratory at Menlo Park, his first laboratory for organized research. August 1 2-flnvented phonograph. Invented first practical incandescent electric lamp. Invention perfected October 21, 1879, when lamp maintained incandescence for forty hours. 1891 1896 1896 1914 1928 1931 Applied for patent on motion-picture camera. Experimented with X-ray. Developed fluoroscope, dedicated to public domain. May 16+Applied for patent on first fluorescent electric lamp. Patented miner's electric safety lantern. October 20-Presented with Congressional Medal of Honor. October 18-Died at Llewellyn Park, West Orange, N. I., at the age of 84, survived by his wife Mina Miller Edison, four sons, and two daughters.

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disturb 1. Eliglgi fur fill Thomas Edison holds his lirst lamp in one hand as he stands beside a giant electric bulb. We are likely to think of Edison first as the inventor of electric light. It is true that 556 of the 1,097 patents issued to him dealt with electric lighting and power distribution. His inventions in the field of communications have done more to abolish ignorance than those of any other man. Moreover, Edison did more to abolish poverty than any group of persons since the beginning of the world.