Oshunremi and Alexandra with Thomas Alva Edison,
Thomas Edison Museum in West Orange, NJ
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Thomas Edison Laboratories - Voice Recording
One great invention by Thomas Edison is the phonograph which records your voice and it plays it back. When speaking into the receiver the sound vibration of the voice would cause a needle to create indentations on a drum wrapped with tin foil. The first recorded message was of Thomas Edison speaking "Mary had a little lamb". He showed it to others and from that he produced other amazing things. Like inventing things that help people play music from their homes.
Emelyn
Alexander Hamilton and the establishment of industry
History proves that a connection of science and business fuels innovation, development, thereby strengthens economy. Alexander Hamilton (1755 - 1804), the United States first Secretary of Treasury, was a visionary politician who greatly supported the establishment of industry in the States.
The city of Paterson was one of the first industrial cities in the United States. The manufacturers were using the energy of the Great Falls. Before electrical transmission lines were invented, transporting energy was a challenging task. How would one transport the energy of the waterfalls to the factories without electricity? The answer to that question required an open mind, creativity, courage, broad knowledge, the ability to convince others to accept an innovative idea, and perseverance. The combination of all these qualities was a foundation of the industrialization of the city of Paterson, and the phenomenal growth of the economy.
Alexander Hamilton statue, Great Falls National Historical Park
(photo by Anthony)
Did you know that...
New Jersey ranks fourth
in the number of U.S. patents issued (156,813),
and it’s the only state in the nation
with its own inventors’ hall of fame.
in the number of U.S. patents issued (156,813),
and it’s the only state in the nation
with its own inventors’ hall of fame.
(We not only produce geniuses; we celebrate them.)
Did you know that...
New Jersey
is home to more scientists and engineers per square mile
than anywhere else in the world.
is home to more scientists and engineers per square mile
than anywhere else in the world.
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