This is a clip from the 1931 Fox movietone newsreel footage about the death of Thomas Alva Edison. It also contains rare sound footage of Edison - speaking his 'negative' opinions about Einstein's theory and Talking Pictures.
@CosmicDamian Youre right he didnt invent the lightbulb. He used to be a patents agent. One day some unknown individuals came in with an idea they wanted patented.. "light bulb". there was some major flaws to it, so edison bought the patent of them, and tweaked it a bit.
@TuxedoRonny No, I'm not kidding you, he didn't invent the lightbulb. (I know that's not what you meant, :)) All I'm saying is I was shocked to find out that a lot of what we were taught in school about him isn't actually true. When I find out how much of what is attributed to him in the popular mind was actually others' doing, (especially Tesla), I feel compelled, by a sense of fairness, to get the word out.
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A7B8Q9D11 2 weeks ago
thanks for sharing this
danny75461 3 weeks ago
beeindruckend
A7B8Q9D11 3 months ago
@CosmicDamian Tesla didn't invent the induction coil.
ignatei 8 months ago
Nice.
Chris9183 11 months ago
@CosmicDamian Youre right he didnt invent the lightbulb. He used to be a patents agent. One day some unknown individuals came in with an idea they wanted patented.. "light bulb". there was some major flaws to it, so edison bought the patent of them, and tweaked it a bit.
TheScore22 1 year ago
@TuxedoRonny No, I'm not kidding you, he didn't invent the lightbulb. (I know that's not what you meant, :)) All I'm saying is I was shocked to find out that a lot of what we were taught in school about him isn't actually true. When I find out how much of what is attributed to him in the popular mind was actually others' doing, (especially Tesla), I feel compelled, by a sense of fairness, to get the word out.
CosmicDamian 1 year ago
@CosmicDamian
Are you kidding me? When you get down to brass tacks, nobody ever really invented anything. He still deserves our respect.
Let's see you revolutionize all of human civilization, even with a stolen invention.
TuxedoRonny 1 year ago
@ksteiger The problems with Edison are being overcome now. Sorry it took so long.
CosmicDamian 1 year ago
Edison did not invent the lightbulb.
CosmicDamian 1 year ago