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通用电气公司的历史可追溯到托马斯·爱迪生，他于1878年创立了爱迪生电灯公司。1892年，爱迪生电灯公司和汤姆森-休斯顿电气公司合并，成立了通用电气公司。GE是自道·琼斯工业指数1896年设立以来唯一至今仍在指数榜上的公司。
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Trans-Oceanic Radio Communication 越洋无线通信公司
America
Hotpoint 热点
GE 通用电气
You watch too much TV! They produced so many other things, including electric fans, steam turbines, planes, the first electric toasters. And they even got into commercial finance, to provide loans to small utilities. Then into broadcasting, with the first-ever radio broadcast. Later, they made Trans-Oceanic Radio Communication, so that America could contact their allies overseas. They also were pioneers in electric trains that could pull heavy loads. Of course after that "Hotpoint" began. The Hotpoint range is still available. My washing machine is a Hotpoint. They were the first to produce fridges too, a design we sometimes still use today. In the 1930s they started making air conditioners, too. Did you know they invented microwaves in 1918? So long ago! That really revolutionised cooking. Nowadays everyone has one in their kitchen. From jet engines to news and information, GE can provide us with everything. What an incredible company to work for. I certainly think so. I hope I get the job.