Anecdote: Edison'S First Invention Patent

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Edison'S First Invention Patent Business Needs

In 1869, Thomas, 21 years old. Edison He applied for more than 1300 of his life. patent Of First item - Vote Recorder.

(illustration of a young Edison, 1878. )

He saw that when congressmen voted, they needed manual registration, which was very troublesome. The voting machine was invented by the telegraph principle. Since then, each member needs to press the button on his seat, and his vote will be recorded immediately and counted automatically.

(illustration two telex voting machine. )

Edison thought this. Invention It will be welcomed by members of Congress. But I did not expect the minority party to oppose it first, because the faster voting speed would make the minority party unable to procrastinate and obstruct the passage of the bill.

Edison had to go to the majority party again, thinking that my invention was in line with the interests of the ruling party and should be supported. The majority party also objected to the invention because they knew they might become a minority party one day, so they did not want to change.

So Edison's first patent became a thing nobody wanted.

(illustration three the design of the telex voting machine. )

This matter gave Edison a lesson that he will never forget, and he decided to do it for "a lifetime." Business needs "Service is not" politics needs to invent anything (because technological progress does not necessarily meet political needs).

Before long, he took the "telex voting machine" to the gold exchange and converted it into an automatic record machine. The new invention was bought for $40 thousand.