Thomas Alva Edison

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Thomas Alva Edison

• The Wizard of Menlo Park
• By Addison W. www.thomasedison.com (all
  pictures)

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The life of Thomas

• Born on Feb. 11 1847 in Milan,Ohio
• Lived in Menlo Park New Jersey
• Sickly child when he was born
• Had a habit of getting into trouble because he
  was curious
• Almost died by falling into a river
• Thomas quit school and began to be home schooled.
  His mom was a lot harder on him then his
  teachers
• Worked for a railroad company and that sparked
  his inventing career

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Inventions

• Light bulb (carbon filament)(23 patents)
• Phonograph (improved version)
• Telegraph (improvements)
• Telephone
• Electric pen
• Vote recorder
• Electric motor
• Talking doll

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If You Were Able To Meet Your Person, What Two
Questions Would You Ask?

• What made you keep going when your inventions did
  not work the first time?
• Was your family supportive of how much you were
  working on inventions and not being with family?

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What Three Words Would You Use To Describe Your
Person?

• Determined
• Curious
• Workaholic

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Describe a typical day in the life of your person

• After he gets his 5 hours of sleep he wakes up
  and goes right to his shop. He works there for
  long hard hours trying to create inventions and
  how to make old inventions better like the light
  bulb. He might have to show reporters some of
  his new inventions. He works late into the night
  hoping he will get a break through in his
  inventions. Late in the night he decides to stop
  and he goes to bed. This completes his hard
  working day.

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Why is the light bulb so important? And How did
It Help The World?

• Work conditions safer
• Electricity not only for the rich
• Less demand for oil
• Gave off better light
• dependable

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What would his regrets be?

• Not living long enough to do everything he wanted
• Worked too much and not enough family time

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How He Used Math

• Creating circuit boards for inventions like the
  telegraph
• Needing to know how much carbon filament was
  needed for a light bulb