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- Patent #610,040, Carburetor Improvements by Henry Ford, Granted August 30, 1898 - Henry Ford received a patent in August 1898 for an improved automobile carburetor -- the device that mixes the fuel and air sent to an engine's cylinders. It was part of Ford's work to design and build his first marketable automobile. Ford's first company, the Detroit Automobile Company, was formed in July 1899 but closed after 15 months.
- August 30, 1898
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Patent #610,040, Carburetor Improvements by Henry Ford, Granted August 30, 1898
Henry Ford received a patent in August 1898 for an improved automobile carburetor -- the device that mixes the fuel and air sent to an engine's cylinders. It was part of Ford's work to design and build his first marketable automobile. Ford's first company, the Detroit Automobile Company, was formed in July 1899 but closed after 15 months.
- Portrait of Charles Francis Jenkins, circa 1925 - Charles Francis Jenkins was a pioneering technology inventor. He made discoveries and improvements with motion picture cameras, mechanical scanning television, facsimile technology, and the transfer of images over wireless radio. Jenkins's television station W3XK began operating in 1928--it is believed to be the oldest station in the United States.
- circa 1925
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Portrait of Charles Francis Jenkins, circa 1925
Charles Francis Jenkins was a pioneering technology inventor. He made discoveries and improvements with motion picture cameras, mechanical scanning television, facsimile technology, and the transfer of images over wireless radio. Jenkins's television station W3XK began operating in 1928--it is believed to be the oldest station in the United States.
- Charles Steinmetz, August 1904 - Charles Steinmetz excelled at applying mathematical theory and scientific methods to practical engineering, helping define the role of "scientist-engineer" in the American electrical industry. Steinmetz developed important theories on alternating currents, conducted breakthrough experiments on power loss, and authored a number of influential textbooks. His innovations shaped the electrical engineering profession and improved and expanded electrical distribution systems.
- August 01, 1904
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Charles Steinmetz, August 1904
Charles Steinmetz excelled at applying mathematical theory and scientific methods to practical engineering, helping define the role of "scientist-engineer" in the American electrical industry. Steinmetz developed important theories on alternating currents, conducted breakthrough experiments on power loss, and authored a number of influential textbooks. His innovations shaped the electrical engineering profession and improved and expanded electrical distribution systems.
- Thomas Edison Napping at His West Orange Laboratory, New Jersey, circa 1924 -
- circa 1924
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Thomas Edison Napping at His West Orange Laboratory, New Jersey, circa 1924
- Portrait of Vladimir. K. Zworykin, 1930-1950 - Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history. Together they allowed electronic television to become a viable technology. Zworykin also headed the creation of the electron microscope and infrared tubes used in night vision "sniperscopes" during WWII.
- 1930-1950
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Portrait of Vladimir. K. Zworykin, 1930-1950
Vladimir Zworykin was an early pioneer of television development, employed by Westinghouse and the Radio Corporation of America. Zworykin's iconoscope and kinescope picture tubes were breakthroughs in television history. Together they allowed electronic television to become a viable technology. Zworykin also headed the creation of the electron microscope and infrared tubes used in night vision "sniperscopes" during WWII.
- Thomas Edison at West Orange Laboratory, New Jersey, 1887-1888 -
- 1887-1888
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Thomas Edison at West Orange Laboratory, New Jersey, 1887-1888
- Francis Jehl's Notes to Thomas Edison for the Incandescent Lamp Lighting during Light's Golden Jubilee, 1929 - To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee event in Dearborn, Michigan. During the festivities, Thomas Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the 1879 test of Edison's first successful light bulb in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of his Menlo Park Laboratory. Jehl provided the elderly inventor with handwritten notes to help guide Edison through the re-enactment.
- October 21, 1929
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Francis Jehl's Notes to Thomas Edison for the Incandescent Lamp Lighting during Light's Golden Jubilee, 1929
To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the incandescent electric lamp, Henry Ford hosted the Light's Golden Jubilee event in Dearborn, Michigan. During the festivities, Thomas Edison and former assistant Francis Jehl re-enacted the 1879 test of Edison's first successful light bulb in Greenfield Village's detailed reproduction of his Menlo Park Laboratory. Jehl provided the elderly inventor with handwritten notes to help guide Edison through the re-enactment.
- Thomas Edison at His Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, 1898 - This photograph shows inventor Thomas Alva Edison at work in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. Edison directed teams of research assistants here for nearly fifty years -- from 1887 until his death in 1931. More than half of Edison's 1,093 patents resulted from the collaborative work done in this complex, which became a model for modern research and development laboratories.
- November 05, 1929
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Thomas Edison at His Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, 1898
This photograph shows inventor Thomas Alva Edison at work in his West Orange, New Jersey, laboratory. Edison directed teams of research assistants here for nearly fifty years -- from 1887 until his death in 1931. More than half of Edison's 1,093 patents resulted from the collaborative work done in this complex, which became a model for modern research and development laboratories.
- Henry Ford Driving His Quadricycle in Detroit, Michigan, 1896 - This photograph shows Henry Ford, age 33, with his first gasoline-powered vehicle in October of 1896. He built the Quadricycle with help from some friends in a shed behind a house he and his wife, Clara, rented.
- October 01, 1896
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Henry Ford Driving His Quadricycle in Detroit, Michigan, 1896
This photograph shows Henry Ford, age 33, with his first gasoline-powered vehicle in October of 1896. He built the Quadricycle with help from some friends in a shed behind a house he and his wife, Clara, rented.
- Wright Brothers - Wilbur and Orville, 1909-1912 - This postcard put the 1903 Wright Flyer -- and its builders, Wilbur and Orville Wright -- into context with other triumphs of engineering and invention. It surrounded the Wright brothers and their airplane with an anvil, a suspension bridge, drafting tools, a telephone, a stock ticker, a steam locomotive, and an ocean liner.
- 1909-1912
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Wright Brothers - Wilbur and Orville, 1909-1912
This postcard put the 1903 Wright Flyer -- and its builders, Wilbur and Orville Wright -- into context with other triumphs of engineering and invention. It surrounded the Wright brothers and their airplane with an anvil, a suspension bridge, drafting tools, a telephone, a stock ticker, a steam locomotive, and an ocean liner.