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- Edison Electric Fan, 1895-1900 -
- 1895-1900
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Electric Fan, 1895-1900
- Edison Manufacturing Company Small Battery Motor, 1889-1911 -
- 1889-1911
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Manufacturing Company Small Battery Motor, 1889-1911
- Edison Manufacturing Company Primary Battery, 1900-1910 - A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- 1900-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Manufacturing Company Primary Battery, 1900-1910
A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- Edison-Lalande Battery, 1900-1910 - A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- 1900-1910
- Collections - Artifact
Edison-Lalande Battery, 1900-1910
A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- Timing Device, 1889-1911 -
- 1889-1911
- Collections - Artifact
Timing Device, 1889-1911
- Edison-Lalande Battery, circa 1887 - A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- circa 1887
- Collections - Artifact
Edison-Lalande Battery, circa 1887
A chemical reaction hidden within this battery's white porcelain jar creates electricity. Thomas Edison developed this battery from an earlier design by Felix Lalande and Georges Chaperon. Batteries like this powered fans, phonographs, telephones, and a variety of other devices for years in places where the electric grid did not reach, or electric generators were impractical.
- Edison Class M Phonograph Motor, circa 1890 -
- circa 1890
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Class M Phonograph Motor, circa 1890
- Edison Kinetoscope, circa 1894 - In 1894, Thomas Edison held the first commercial film exhibition using ten Kinetoscopes like this. "Peepshow parlors" became popular, where galleries of Kinetoscopes featured 15-second films produced at the "Black Maria" studio. For a nickel, viewers could peer through the eyepiece to see silent moving images of dancers, boxers, and novelty acts. Over 900 Kinetoscopes were sold between 1894 and 1895.
- circa 1894
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Kinetoscope, circa 1894
In 1894, Thomas Edison held the first commercial film exhibition using ten Kinetoscopes like this. "Peepshow parlors" became popular, where galleries of Kinetoscopes featured 15-second films produced at the "Black Maria" studio. For a nickel, viewers could peer through the eyepiece to see silent moving images of dancers, boxers, and novelty acts. Over 900 Kinetoscopes were sold between 1894 and 1895.
- Edison Manufacturing Company Small Power Battery Motor, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Manufacturing Company Small Power Battery Motor, circa 1910
- Edison Manufacturing Company Small Power Battery Motor, circa 1910 -
- circa 1910
- Collections - Artifact
Edison Manufacturing Company Small Power Battery Motor, circa 1910