Thomas Edison’s Achievements

Inventions and Patents

Inventions

Electrographic Vote Recorder

1868

Printing Telegraph

1869

Electromotor Escapement

1870

Telegraph Transmitting Instrument

1870

Electric Motor Governors

1870

Telegraphic Recording Instrument

1871

Machinery for perforating paper

1871

Typewriting Machine

1871

Electrical Printing Machine

1872

Automatic Telegraph Instruments

1872

Galvanic Batteries

1872

Telegraph Signal Boxes

1872

Duplex Telegraphs

1873

Quadruplex Telegraph Repeater

1875

Autographic Printing

1876

Telephonic Telegraphs

1876

Acoustic Telegraphs

1876

Electro Harmonic Multiplex Telegraph

1876

Pneumatic Stencil Pens

1877

Perforating Pens

1877

Speaking Telegraph

1877

Sextuplex Telegraph

1877

Addressing Machine

1877

Telephone

1877

Phonograph or Speaking Machine

1877

Carbon Telephones

1878

Vocal Engines

1878

Thermal Regulator for Electric Lights

1878

Electric Lighting Apparatus

1878

Typewriter

1878

Autographic Stencils for Printing

1879

Dynamo Electric Machines

1879

Electric Lamp

1879

Safety Conductor for Electric Lights

1880

Brake for Electro Magnetic Motors

1880

Magnetic Ore Separator

1880

Webermeter

1880

Process for Preserving Fruit

1880

Electric Meter

1881

Electric Motor

1881

Current regulator for Dynamo Electric Machine

1881

Underground Conductors

1882

Telephone Repeater

1884

Fuse Block

1885

Pyromagnetic Motor

1887

Pyromagnetic Generator

1887

Thermo Electric Battery

1888

Phonograph Recorder

1888

Phonograph reproducer

1888

Phonograph Doll

1889

A.C. Generator

1891

Lightning Arrester

1891

Kinetograph and Projecting Kinetoscope

1897

Electric Meter

1898

Reversible Galvanic Battery

1900

Sound Recording Apparatus

1901

Photographic Film for Moving Picture Machine

1903

 

Patents
No other inventor has approached the number of patents issued to Thomas Edison, singly or jointly - 1093.

Telegraph

150

Electric Pen & Mimeograph

5

Telephone

34

Phonograph

195

Electric Light & Power

389

Railroad

25

Ore Separator

62

Cement

40

Motion Pictures

9

Battery

141

Automobile

8

Typewriter

3

Vacuum Preservation

1

Auto Giro

1

Chemicals

3

Military Projectiles

3

Radio

2

Rubber

1

Miscellaneous

21

Total

1093

 

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