Have you seen this awesome image? Here's a 650px version of it – very informative and pretty great! Here's a link to the original size, which is MUCH more awesome than this wee one. A huge thanks to long time JimOnLight.com reader and Duluth Crew member Alex Rugowski for this one!
Read More alternating current, direct current, History, Nikola Tesla, the current war, Thomas Edison, War of The CurrentsWho's that guy with the big ol' head full of knowledge? It's Thomas Alva Edison! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Thomas Alva Edison! Check out my original HAPPY BIRTHDAY THOMAS EDISON post – lots of fun knowledge about the guy that was sometimes a pretty big jerkface! Still, HAPPY 164th Birthday, Tommy Boy!
Read More edison, happy birthday, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas EdisonFrancis Robbins Upton! Happy Birthday, dude! That guy is straight out of Deadwood! Yes, I like to also recognize obscure yet related industry people on JimOnLight.com – they are the people behind the people. The people that were doing the thing that we all strive to do now – carve the path. Francis Robbins Upton [...]
Read More Francis Robbins Upton, light bulb, mathematician, Menlo Park, physicist, pioneer, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas EdisonHoney, where's my car ke-OMG, IS THAT THOMAS ALVA EDISON? HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Thomas Alva Edison! DUDE! It's the "Wizard of Menlo Park!!!" (actually Tommy's birthday was yesterday, but I had a gig and I was gone all day so don't say anything) TOMMAAAAAY! So, those of you who know Tommy A. Edison (February 11, 1847 [...]
Read More alternating current, direct current, electric chair, electric trains, George Westinghouse, happy birthday, Menlo Park, New Jersey, Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas EdisonHey, who's that? That's Joseph Swan! Happy Birthday, Joesph Swan! (It was actually on Halloween, but he's dead and I wanted everyone to know about him!) Joseph Swan (Halloween 1828 – May 27, 1914) was one of Edison's competitors for who really invented the light bulb first. Joseph Swan is an English inventor and worked [...]
Read More Edison and Swan Electric Light Company, EdiSwan, incandescent, Joseph Swan, lamp, light bulb, Thomas EdisonI was just reading a great quote by Thomas Edison about failure. There are several variations of this quote, but it's just fantastic. The backstory is that a reporter asked Thomas Edison about the thousands of experiments he went through to invent the carbon filament – something along the lines of "how does it feel [...]
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