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Thomas Alva Edison
February 11, 1847
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison sold newspapers and candy when he was
twelve years old. He rode a train from town to
town to sell them. Edison made a laboratory
inside one of the train cars so he could do
different chemistry experiments during the ride
from town to town.
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison said one day a man lifted him onto a train
by his ears and after that he could not hear.
When Edison was fifteen he saved a 3 year old
boy from being hit by a train. The boy's father
taught Edison telegraphy as a reward. As
Edison’s hearing got worse he used telegraphy
codes to communicate.
Thomas Alva Edison
In six years Edison had 120 patents.
He invented the first diode.
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison invented :
Phonograph
Incandescent Bulb
High-speed automatic
telegraph
Quadruplex telegraph
Kinetoscope
Kinetograph
Thomas Alva Edison
Edison died on October 18, 1931 in New Jersey.
Honors:
National Academy of Sciences
Congressional Medal of Honor
Hall of Fame of Great Americans
The Library of Congress. (1999). Inventing
Entertainment
The Motion Pictures and Sound Recordings of the
Edison Companies
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