Thomas Alva Edison: The Biography

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Thomas Alva Edison The Biography

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The early years

• Born February 11 1847
• Pulled out of school by his mother after teachers
  called him retarded
• Caused a fire in a baggage car at the age 12

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Early Inventions

• First invention was a vote recording machine

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Things he made practical

• Alexander Graham Bells telephone

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Other inventions

• Prototype incandescent light bulb
• Torpedoes

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Trivia

• Edison effect was his only true discovery
• A millionaire in his 40s
• Civil War telegraph operator
• Held exactly 1,093 patents for his inventions

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Quotes

• Genius is, one percent inspiration and
  ninety-nine percent perspiration.
• There aint no rules around here. Were trying
  to accomplish something.

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Bibliography

• http//www.worldbookonline.com/wb/Article?idar173
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• http//www.biography.com/search/article.do?id9284
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• http//edison.rutgers.edu/biogrphy.htm
• http//www.incwell.com/Biographies/Edison.html
• http//dictionary.reference.com
• http//uboat.net/men/crew/images/torpedo_3.jpg
• http//www.ieee-virtual-museum.org/collection/tech
  .php?id2345876lid1

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Index

• Edison Effect pg. 6
• Patents, number of pg. 6
• Torpedoes pg.5
• Incandescent light bulb prototype pg. 5
• Bell, Alexander Graham pg.4
• Telephone pg.4
• Quotes pg. 7
• School pg. 2

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Glossary

• Patent A document protecting the inventor from
  any competition
• Incandescent An intensely bright light
• Torpedo A submarine missile used to sink enemy
  ships and submarines
• Prototype A version of something in testing
• Edison Effect The first vacuum tube.