...How the Phonograph Changed Humanity In 1877, the Phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison as a recording device to be used in a variety of ways including the reproduction of sound. This device was a major tool in everyday society and changed the way people recorded sound and important speech to hear again and again. Edison’s phonograph was the first device that could reproduce recorded sound by recording the sound onto a tinfoil sheet phonograph cylinder. This was the first step in technologically recording sound and it started a competitive ingenuity in the field of sound engineering. This invention was improved and changed over time to record and reproduce sound better and more clearly. The phonograph revolutionized sound technology because...
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...Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison, Edison developed hearing problems at an early age. The cause of his deafness has been attributed to a bout of scarlet fever during childhood and recurring untreated middle-ear infections Edison's family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, after the railroad bypassed Milan in 1854 and business declined;[10] his life there was bittersweet. Edison sold candy and newspapers on trains running from Port Huron to Detroit, and sold vegetables to supplement his income. He also studied qualitative analysis, and conducted chemical experiments on the train until an accident prohibited further work of the kind Edison obtained the exclusive right to sell newspapers on the road, and, with the aid of four assistants, he set in type and printed the Grand Trunk Herald, which he sold with his other papers.[11] This began Edison's long streak of entrepreneurial ventures, as he discovered his talents as a businessman. These talents eventually led him to found 14 companies, including General Electric, which is still one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world Edison began his career as an inventor in Newark, New Jersey, with the automatic repeater and his other improved telegraphic devices, but the invention that first gained him notice was the phonograph in 1877 This accomplishment was so unexpected by the public at large as to appear almost magical...
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...of failure. At schools, teachers lay great stress on the significance of academic achievement. In the field of popular psychology, many books like 99 Steps or Tips for Accomplishment are written about how people achieve success. Even though numerous people pay attention to the value of success especially in this Era of Knowledge, saying “failure is a good thing” astonishes me. In Jon Carroll’s article, “Failure is a Good Thing”, he asserts that failure is a beginning, not the end of the world. Failure is how we learn, that is, failure is a natural part of our learning process and a proof that we are trying. Carroll also contends that success is boring since it becomes tedious after a while because of not feeding the soul and keeping us from risking and trying new things. Most of us fear failure, but failure and believing in the possibility of it offer some oppurtunities: It encourages creativity, provides us with new beginnings, and reminds us of being human. First of all, fault is an important teacher that promotes innovation as Jon Carroll connotated. Some of our most memorable lessons come from the stories of our biggest mistakes. The history books are full of those who failed repeatedly before reaching the zenith of success in their fields: Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Edison and Henry Ford. For example, if Edison had not taken lessons from his mistakes, maybe he could not have discovered the light bulb. His failures became didactic for him and made him one step closer to success...
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...EXTRA CREDITS: An article: The Winning Edge “Passion and perseverance may be more important to success than mere talent” is a true proverb, especially for people’s accomplishments. IQ and talent are only essential for people to be easier for understand the concepts or lessons of lives or school stuff. However, those traits cannot be a good fundamental foundation for achieving success in anyone’s life. Perseverance is the most important element to reach any achievement because any work requires the amount of time. Sometimes, people cannot determine how long will take to finish the work, so persistence is the only thing that can keep people to be continues with their work. Likewise, Thomas Edison (famous for inventing the light bulb) said: “Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up," or David Baker, (director of creative writing at Denison University) opined: "Poets work hard. I may work on a single poem for weeks or months and write 60 or 70 drafts—only to decide that draft 22 was the good one." Besides, when people have patience, the passion will be born. If people keep doing something for so many times, someday, they will like doing it and the passion will take place. A good example is Lance Armstrong. He entered his first distance running race when he was 10 years old. At first, he was single-minded to find something at which he could be successful. Next, he won, and for about three years he won swim competitions...
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...Why Death Isn’t So Bad For You When it comes to death, many people are often afraid of the unknown. Because everyone may have their own beliefs about what occurs after death, the thought of death can be scary. Nobody, except for perhaps God (if He exists), knows what happens after death. But if death is defined as total, permanent annihilation, then it really is not bad for the person who dies. I do not mean for this statement to be confused with the attitude that there are no bad aspects of death. Death is not bad for the person who dies because they no longer exist, and therefore anything that happens in any world no longer affects them in any way. Also, one does not need to be afraid of death, because in the state of permanent annihilation, they will not be aware of their loss of life. Before discussing why death is not a bad thing for the person who dies, it should first be noted why total, permanent annihilation is not a bad thing. Permanent annihilation means just that; everything is completely destroyed and non-existent forever. In regards to the asymmetry problem, if pre-natal non-existence is not viewed as something bad, why should post-mortem non-existence be viewed as something bad? Non-existence is not bad thing. There is an infinite list of people, objects, and events that have and will never exist. Is it bad for these people and things that they are non-existent? Many argue that the asymmetry problem does not work because pre-natal non-existence...
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...I am studying bachelor of Accounting in Australia. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park" (now Edison, New Jersey) by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.[1] Edison is the fourth most prolific inventor in history, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. These included a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for an electric car, electrical power, recorded music and motion pictures. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories – a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. His first power station was on Manhattan Island, New York. Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan...
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...The Technological Revolution on America Life Abstract: Future technologies will revolutionize life in the United States of America, and will affect the entire world population over time. Boldness, inevitability, and adaptability all led, or will lead, to the development of this issue. First, the paper will discuss how boldness, and only boldness, leads to accomplishments and boon. To succumb passively will not help achieve goals. Second, the paper will discuss the inevitability that technologies will advance due to human desire and how the want for profit is slaked. Lastly, the paper will cover how the world adapts to changing lifestyles and learn to utilize daunting revelations. It is unavoidable that society will advance, as it has done in the past, and humans will adapt to the changing life as known for decades. The book, Stranger in a Strange Land, written by Robert A. Heinland, as well as many other resourceful documents and sources, will assist in proving these points. Every person always seems to want the latest technology. This truth has existed for centuries and will never change in the future. With the invention of shovels, people wanted them because it was easier than digging with their hands. When cell phones were invented, people sought this new form of communication-on-the-go. When, in the book Stranger in a Strange Land, Valentine Michael Smith finds ways to levitate objects and make things disappear while standing twenty feet away, it is not a surprise...
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...and machinery to convert inputs into finished goods and services” (Boone 357). They must consider many factors such as taxes, employee needs, labor force skills and size, and economical transportations for materials and supplies, and the amount of energy services. These managers are responsible for planning the production process, selecting the most appropriate layout, implementing the production plan, and controlling the production process. Managers are also responsible for maintaining quality control and ensuring that goods or services that they provide meet the customers expectations (Boone 2011). General Electric is a major household brand that revamped and reformed their production and operations management. In 1890, Thomas Edison established the Edison General Electric Company to be able to bring together his various businesses. During that same period, a competitor company, Thomson-Houston Company, became a dominant innovation company. As both businesses expanded and grew it became more difficult for both companies to produce complete electrical installations relying solely on their own patents and technologies. In 1892, the two companies merged together and created a new organization called the General Electric Company. The first General Electric Appliance was an electric fan that was produced at the Ft. Wayne electric works as early as the 1890s. A full line of heating and cooking devices were developed in 1907. General Electric’s leaders have built the brand based on...
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...(Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats). C.Discuss the factors it will need to predict, plan for, and adjust to in the future. INTRODUCTION GE is an American Multinational corporation established in 1892 by the amalgamation of Thomas Alva Edison’s Edison General Electric and Thomson-Houston Electric Company .GE at present operates at the same time in five varied business segment namely: Media (as NBC Universal in cable and film), Energy (e.g. oil and gas), Infrastructure (e.g. Aviation and Healthcare), Home and Business Solutions(Appliances platforms) and Finance ( as GE Capital commercial and consumer finance). GE now has businesses in about 160 countries and approx. 300,000 human resources worldwide. The company’s head office is situated at Connecticut, USA. General Electric is one of the world’s leading diversified business firm widely known for its high quality, advance and technical expertise, leadership, and brand name. Under Welch’s (CEO of the company) leadership, it has undergone enormous reorganization efforts (i.e. divestitures, acquisition, influential GE’s culture) – the support for its accomplishment today. As a international corporation GE has had a contentious history with view to air and water pollution late 1940s and had forever been a goal of condemnation from public...
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...TABLE OF CONTENTS Author’s Preface ...................................................................................................................... p. 3 Chapter 1 — Introduction ....................................................................................................... p. 9 Chapter 2 — Desire: The Turning Point of All Achievement ................................................. p. 22 Chapter 3 — Faith Visualization of, and Belief in Attainment of Desire ............................... p. 40 Chapter 4 — Auto-Suggestion the Medium for Influencing the Subconscious Mind .............. p. 58 Chapter 5 — Specialized Knowledge, Personal Experiences or Observations ...................... p. 64 Chapter 6 — Imagination: the Workshop of the Mind .......................................................... p. 77 Chapter 7 — Organized Planning, the Crystallization of Desire into Action ........................ p. 90 Chapter 8 — Decision: the Mastery of Procrastination ......................................................... p. 128 Chapter 9 — Persistence: the Sustained Effort Necessary to Induce Faith ........................... p. 138 Chapter 10 — Power of the Master Mind: the Driving Force ................................................. p. 153 Chapter 11 — The Mystery of Sex Transmutation .................................................................. p. 160 Chapter 12 — The Subconscious Mind: The Connecting Link ........................................
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...become America's most beloved motivational author. Fighting against all class of great disadvantages and pressures, he dedicated more than 25 years of his life to define the reasons by which so many people fail to achieve true financial success and happiness in their life. During this time he achieved great success as an attorney and journalist. His early career as a reporter helped finance his way through law school. He was given an assignment to write a series of success stories of famous men, and his big break came when he was asked to interview steel-magnate Andrew Carnegie. Mr. Carnegie commissioned Hill to interview over 500 millionaires to find a success formula that could be used by the average person. These included Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Henry Ford, Elmer Gates, Charles M. Schwab, Theodore Roosevelt, William Wrigley Jr, John Wanamaker, WIlliam Jennings Bryan, George Eastman, Woodrow Wilson, William H. Taft, John D. Rockefeller, F. W. Woolworth, Jennings Randolph, among...
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...Life is a Photographic Telescope (Also known as a camera) The obstacles we go through in life directly affect who we become by providing us with memories to last a lifetime. We all lead different lives, and we all make different decisions, thus we all have different moments that we’ve captured to look back on. The metaphor “life is a camera” describes how everyone has different perspectives on life. The things we experience and how we react to them directly influence the people we will become. Like a camera, we can focus on what’s important, capture moments, develop from negatives, and take another shot when things go wrong. So power up, pick a moment and seize it. Your life is passing by. What are you going to do with it? First, take a step back and focus in on what’s important. Don’t be misguided by the loads of junk nearby. In life you have to appreciate the beautiful things you’re given. It’s easy to dwell on the long lines, and the mean things people say about you, but by crumbling under the despair of what others think of you is a telltale sign that you’ve forgotten what is actually worth worrying about. The opinion of those who are actually important to you, those who hold a special place inside you, those are the people whose opinions matter. Don’t lose yourself to the hogwash of everyday life. You’re alive. So be grateful. Life is filled with flaws, and you will probably never be put in an ideal situation. Deal with it. If you’re searching for your perfect ending...
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...Nikola Tesla In the world of electricity there is no inventor more famous than Thomas Edison who fills history books with his world of lights and electricity. Radios, X-Ray’s, alternating current (AC) and the Television are all around today thanks to a man who most American students never hear about in school. The Master of Lightning, Nikola Tesla, is a man who is missing from the very same history book, as Edison. Tesla is the inventor of the electric motor, the remote control, and the Tesla coil. He lit up the world with amazing inventions still used today. To have such a bright inventor, who illuminated the path for such great inventions used today to be left in the dark is an insult to the world. Born in July of 1856 in Austria, the son an orthodox priest and an unschooled woman, Tesla was an imaginative child who was highly encouraged to follow in his father’s lead into priesthood (Hunt, 2012). At the age of seventeen Tesla contracted cholera, being an intelligent young man he made a deal with his father that if he survived he would be allowed to follow his dream and go to a technical college. With his survival Tesla was allowed to fall his dream and went to Technical University at Graz, where he was introduced to the Gramme Dynamo, an invention that inspired and hunted him for years. At the age of twenty-four, while he was walking with a friend in Budapest, he saw a lightning strike and with a stick he drew in the sand his first design for the induction motor (PBS,...
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...Everybody has heard of Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb and the man who discovered electricity. General Electric started when a man by the name of Charles A. Coffin started a company called Thomson-Houston and they made different technology for the time, and were the main competitors for Thomas Edison. Over time, both companies couldn’t compete with each other’s different patents and inventions, so they eventually merged in the year 1892. Since the time that the two companies merged, it has become more than evident that General Electric is the number one company of its kind in the world. General Electric was sought out by the United States Government to create the first aircraft engine ‘booster’. After that, Thomas Edison began experimenting with plastic filaments for the light bulb, which led to General Electric creating the plastics department. General Electric is still expanding today and showing no signs of slowing down. They have recently purchased a company called Dresser, which is basically a company that tests different items and makes sure that they are not only working efficiently, but also working to make sure that they are using the least amount of energy possible. General Electric is also looking to expand in China, and recently signed a $700,000,000 contract with Saudi Arabia to experiment and use wind energy. I think that with all of the expansion that General Electric is doing, that their stock prices should rise. I believe that almost...
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...The censorship in American Film The earliest motion picture was initially exposed by a Californian Eadweard Muybridge around the year of 1875 with the bet of whether or not all four hooves of a horse are off the ground during racing, which the idea was further developed by a well known inventor Thomas Alva Edison and one of his employees William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, who was an electrical engineer and photographer. After a series of experiments on the mechanics and the film medium itself, Edison’s company, not only invented the devices that fundamentally change the world like telephone and electric and etc., but also introduced the first ever motion picture apparatus, Kinetograph, therefore “movies in America were born.” (Jon Lewis, American Film 10) The year was 1891, only 16 years apart from Eadweard Muybridge’s unintended discovery. Since then, the wind of motion pictures had been blew to European countries like Great Britain and France. 1895, two French people, Auguste and Louis Lumiere, as known as the Lumiere brothers first showcased the motion pictures using Cinematographe to general public thus declared the era of silent movies. Soon a year later, in 1896, Thomas Edison also showcased the motion pictures to the general public with Vitascope, the first time in America cinema history. After the success of nickelodeon parlors and other film houses, the early movies play a significant role of “emerging consumer culture, in which one paid one’s money and got in return...
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