Who Was Thomas Alva Edison 爱迪生 TIMELINE OF TOM’S LIFE

TIMELINE OF TOM’S LIFE
1847     —     Born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11
1854     —     The Edisons move to Port Huron, Michigan
1859     —     Works as a newsboy on the railroad
1863     —     Works as a telegraph operator in cities around the U.S.
1868     —     Moves to Boston, Massachusetts; invents an electric vote recorder and applies for his first patent
1869     —     Moves to New York City and develops a Universal Stock Printer
1870     —     Moves to Newark, New Jersey¹, to start a manufacturing and invention factory
1871     —     Marries Mary Stilwell on Christmas Day
1874     —     Develops quadruplex telegraph
1876     —     Moves to his new Menlo Park, New Jersey, laboratory to concentrate on inventing
1877     —     Develops carbon transmitter to improve the telephone; invents the phonograph
1879     —     Invents working electric lightbulb
1882     —     Brings electric light to a square mile of New York City from his Pearl Street power station
1884     —     Wife, Mary, dies
1886     —     Marries Mina Miller² and buys Glenmont in West Orange, N.J.
1887     —     Builds his West Orange laboratory
1888     —     Develops the kinetograph and kinetoscope for motion pictures
1900     —     Begins working on storage battery for electric cars
1927     —     Works on a natural rubber project for car tires
1928     —     Receives a special medal from the U.S. Congress
1931     —     Dies on October 18

TIMELINE OF THE WORLD
First “official” telegram sent from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore, Maryland     —     1844
Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published     —     1851
The Civil War     —     1861-65
President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated on April 14     —     1865
A cable to send telegrams (and later telephone calls) is laid on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean between America and Europe     —     1866
The transcontinental railroad joins East and West Coasts     —     1869
Alexander Graham Bell invents the first working telephone     —     1876
The Brooklyn Bridge linking Manhattan and Brooklyn is completed     —     1883
The dedication of the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor     —     1886
Eiffel Tower is completed in Paris, France     —     1889
The Wright Brothers make their first successful flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina     —     1903
Admiral Peary is first to reach the North Pole on April 6     —     1909
The Titanic sinks on its first voyage between Great Britain and America on April 14     —     1912
World War I     —     1914-18
The Nineteenth Amendment gives women the right to vote     —     1920
Adolf Hitler becomes the Nazi Party leader in Germany     —     1921
The stock market crashes on Wall Street in New York City and brings on the Great Depression     —     1929

1 jersey   

n.运动衫

参考例句：

• He wears a cotton jersey when he plays football.他穿运动衫踢足球。
• They were dressed alike in blue jersey and knickers.他们穿着一致，都是蓝色的运动衫和灯笼短裤。

2 miller   

n.磨坊主

参考例句：

• Every miller draws water to his own mill.磨坊主都往自己磨里注水。
• The skilful miller killed millions of lions with his ski.技术娴熟的磨坊主用雪橇杀死了上百万头狮子。