Edison's TODO list

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This Thomas Edison Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrialized world. He was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of organized science and teamwork to the process of invention, working with many researchers and employees. He established the first industrial research laboratory. has a snapshot of his todo list from year 1888.

These were his 108 things he wanted todo.

1 - Cotton Picker

2 - New Standard Phonograph

3 - Hand turning phonograph

4 - New Slow speed cheap Dynamo

5 - New Expansion Pyromagnetic Dynamo

6 - Deaf Apparatus

7 - Electrical Piano

8 - Long distance standard Telephone Transmitter which employs devices of recording phonogh

9 - Telephone Coil of Fe [iron] by tt in Parafine or other insulator

10 - Platina Point Trans using new phono Recorder devices

11 - Gred Battery for Telephones

12 - * Long Distance

13 - * Phonoplex

14 - * Jump Telegraph

15 - * Voltmeter

16 - Improved Magnetic Bridge for practical work

17 - Motograph Mirror

18 - * Relay

19 - * Telephone practical

20 - Artificial Cable

21 - Phone motor to work on 100 volt ckts

22 - Duplicating Phono Cylinders

23 - Deposit in vacuo on lace, gold silver also on cotton molten chemical compound of lustrous surfaces to imitate silk also reg plating system

24 - Vacuous Ore milling Large Machine

25 - Magnetic Separator Large

26 - Locking material for Iron sand

27 - Artificial Silk

28 - Artificial filiments [sic]

29 - New [illeg.]

30 - Uninflammable Insulating Material

31 - Good wax for phonograph

32 - Phonographic Clock

33 - Large Phonograph for Novels, etc.

34 - Pig Iron Expmts with Electricity + Magnetism

35 - Malleablizing Cast now in Vacuo

36 - Drawing fine wire

37 - Joy phonograph for Dolls

38 - Cable Motograph

39 - Very Loud Motograph telephone with 1/3 siz phonogh motor.

40 - Magneto telephone with actual contact end magnet compression of an adjustable rubber press as in new phones

41 - Snow Compressor

42 - Glass plate water ore repeator

43 - Tinned faced [illeg.] for Stove Castings

44 - Refining Copper Electrically

45 - Quad neutral relay

46 - Cheap low induct Cop Insulating material for Lead Cable people

47 - Constant moved for nonfoundry

48 - 200 volt 20 cp lamp

49 - Cheap [illeg.] Indicator

50 - Recording Valt Indicator

51 - Box balancing System

52 - Alternating Machine + Transformer

53 - Sifua Surface Switches

54 - Vulcanizing [illeg.] African Rubber adullement

55 - Platinum wire [illeg.] cutting Machine

56 - Silver wire wood cutting system

57 - Silvering or Coppering bathing cloth in Vac for durability

58 - S Mater attend own with new devices for c speed

59 - Expansion mirror platwire in vacuo

60 - Photoghy

61 - Photoghy by camping heat after central points

62 - Boron fil.

63 - Hg [mercury] out of Lamp

64 - Phonaplex Repeater

65 - Squirting glass sheet tube etc. Nickel [illeg.]

66 - Artificial Mother Pearl

67 - Red Lead pencils equal to graphite

68 - India Ink

69 - Tracing Cloth

70 - Ink for blind

71 - Fluffy Incandescent Burner for gas

72 - Regenerative Kerosene Burner

73 - Centralized arc in arc Lamp

74 - Cai-[illeg] Tesla arc lamp test

75 - Strengthening alternating cli by sternt Dynamo

76 - ERR Cont [illeg.] reducers

77 - Electroplating Machines for Schenectady

78 - Condenser Transformer

79 - Sqr ft difraction gratings in silver by 5000 [illeg.] tool special [illeg.] lathe for ornamental purposes

80 - Photo Scant [illeg.]

81 - Cheap plan produce Mimeograph surfaces

82 - Miners battery + lamp

83 - Sorting Coal from Slate Machine

84 - Butter direct from Milk

85 - Burning asphalt Candles by high chimney

86 - Magnets RR signals

87 - Soften [illeg.] of books transfer to Cop plate + plate to [illeg.] matrix

88 - Telephone Repeater

89 - Substitute for Hard rubber

90 - Artificial Ivory

91 - Soften Vegetable Ivory to press in sheets

92 - Various batteries on [illeg.] Type

93 - Revolving Thermo

94 - Caller Indicator for Jump Telegh

95 - Marine Telegraphy

96 - Long distance speaking tube filled H20 2 dia pressure

97 - Lend plate battery for modifying attending Current

98 - Two revolving bands in battery Lead faced press in liquid close together + out into separate chambers to [illeg.]reduce by gas the other

99 - Siren phonogh

100 - Perm mag like an electromag of [illeg.] hand steel high polish separately magnetized + forced together powerfully[illeg.]

101 - Telephone working more [illeg.]

102 - Eartubes formed crescent [illeg.] wire

103 - Long strip 50 cp carbon under stress [illeg.] for

104 - Cheap Voltmeter

105 - Chalk Battery

106 - Dynamo or motor long tube in long magnetic field top bottom contacts forcing water through generator current by passage.

107 - Thermo battery slick Copper oxidized then plated over surface oxide nailed to make good contact [illeg.]

108 - Disk Phonogh