Thomas Edison

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Thomas Edison

• By
• Andrew DeCarteret

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Introduction

• Thomas Alva Edison was born February 11, 1847 in
  Milan, Ohio.
• In Thomas Edisons lifetime he was married twice
  . First in 1871, Edison marries Mary Stilwell.
  Sadly 14 years later Mary passed away . Two years
  later Edison married Mina Miller.
• Thomas Edison had six children , first daughter
  Marion Estelle Edison, first son Thomas Alva
  Edison Jr. , second son William Leslie Edison,
  second daughter Madeline Edison, third son
  Charles Edison, and a fourth son Theodore Edison.

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Introduction Cont.

• Thomas Edison sadly passed away on October 18,
  1931 in West Orange, New Jersey . Thomas Edison
  lived a long life and died at the age of 84.

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Social Contribution

• Thomas Edison has made a huge impact on
  society. Thomas Edison is a very smart man who
  has made a huge contribution to the technology
  world. Edison has invented things that if had
  never been invented we wouldnt be where we are
  today. Such as Motion pictures, the Battery, the
  light bulb, and the phonograph. Thomas Edisons
  inventions were so great they elected October, 21
  to be Edison Day. Edison has never gave up on his
  inventions. Every time his inventions would fail
  he would use it as a learning experience. Edison
  was not afraid or minded failure.

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Childhood

• As a child Thomas Edison otherwise known as
  Al at the time was very curious. Al got
  himself into a lot of mischief. Once Al burned
  down his fathers barn just to see what would
  happen. He tended to lack common sense. Al had
  had little schooling do to the fact that his
  family had little money. Eventually he was
  homeschooled by his mother. As a child Edison
  loved to read. He read books on history and other
  subjects that he received from his fathers
  library. His favorite book was, A School
  Compendium of Natural and Experimental Philosophy
  , by Richard Parker. The book covered physics and
  astronomy. Perhaps the book inspired him to be
  an inventor.

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Adolescence

• As Thomas Edison got older he began to start
  working. Edison worked at several places as a
  teenager. At first Edison work for his father in
  his garden, but soon enough he quit. He later
  persuaded his mom to work on a train selling
  newspaper and candy. Edison had a chemical
  laboratory in the baggage car but it ended up
  breaking out into a fire. However Edison wasnt
  all mischief as a teenager.
• In 1862 Edison saved a three year old boy who
  was in the path of a upcoming train! Weirdly
  enough the three year old boy was the son of the
  station master. He rewarded Edison by teaching
  him how to operate the telegraph.
• Thomas Edison got his first real job as a
  telegraph operator in a small office in Port
  Huron . Edison became a highly skilled telegraph
  operator.

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Adolescence Cont.

• When Edison got paid he used the money to buy
  work equipment for the telegraph and books, not
  clothing. When winter came he didnt have an
  overcoat and nearly froze. He always tried to
  improve his telegraph. This perhaps is the start
  of his technological career.

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Adulthood

• Thomas Edison was a very successful
  businessman. He owned several, working factories
  and experimented and invented numerous things
  such as commercial incandescent lamps. Some of
  the factories are Edison Electric Illuminating
  Co., Edison General Electric Co., Edison Portland
  Cement Corp., etc. Edison has received many
  awards/honors throughout the course of his life.
  Although Edison has received many awards , the
  most honorable one to him was the Congressional
  Medal of Honor for his debt to society. Edison
  received this medal in a Ceremony at West Orange
  New Jersey by U.S President Calvin Coolidge.

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Adulthood Cont.

• By age 80, Edison had horrible health
  conditions. He started to find a way to make
  rubber from plants but was cut short do to his
  death on October 18, 1931. Thomas Edison will be
  remember as an amazing man with an amazing
  imagination who changed the technological world
  forever.

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Slide of my Choice

• Inventions Patents Inventions
  Patents
• Telegraph- 150 Automobile- 8
• Electric Pen
  Typewriter- 3
• and mimeograph- 5 Vacuum
  
• Telephone- 34
  Preservation- 1
• Phonograph- 195 Autogiro
  (Aircraft)- 1
• Electric Light
  Chemicals- 3
• and Power- 389 Military
• Railroad- 25
  Projectiles- 3
• Ore Separator- 62 Radio-
  2
• Cement- 40 Rubber-
  1
• Motion Pictures- 9
  Miscellaneous- 21
• Battery- 141

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President

• Feb 11, 1847
• When Thomas
  Edison was
  born the current president was President
  James K. Polk.
• James k. Polk was the 11th
• President of the United States. He
• increased the size of the United
• States more than any other
• President. He was an effective
• Leader during the Mexican-American
• War.

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Interview

• If I were to were ask Thomas Edison any
• three questions, I would ask
• Personally what invention that you invented was
  your favorite and why?
• Do you regret anything in your life?
• What would you attempt to invent in our time
  period?

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