Thomas Edison had created the first industrial laboratory concerned with creating knowledge and then controlling its application. Edison's name is registered on 1,093 patents. Edison began his career as an inventor in Newark, New Jersey, with the automatic repeater and his other improved telegraphic devices, but the invention that first gained him wider notice was the phonograph in 1877. This accomplishment was so unexpected by the public at large as to appear almost magical. Edison became known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park," New Jersey. His first phonograph recorded on tinfoil around a grooved cylinder. Despite its limited sound quality and that
Menlo Oaks reason. Three Menlo football players have played in the NFL: Burt Delavan, Nate Jackson, and Kaulana Park. From 2006 to 2010, Menlo played in the Northwest Conference, an NCAA Division III conference. From 2011 to 2014, Menlo was an NAIA independent school. Menlo Oaks The Menlo Oaks refers to the sports teams of Menlo College in Atherton, California. The program competes in the California Pacific Conference in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics and provides competitive activities for men and women enrolled at the college. Men's: Baseball, basketball, golf, soccer, wrestling, volleyball Women's: Basketball, golf, soccer, softball, volleyball, wrestling Originally