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14 Cards in this Set
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Born - where and when
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Milan, Ohio
February 11, 1847 |
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Parents
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Father: Samuel Edison - moved his family for financial reasons
Mother: Nancy Elliot Edison - school teacher - home schooled Thomas Edison - very kind |
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Inventions
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Phonograph
Telegraph Moving Pictures Long Lasting Lightbulb Current News |
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Jobs
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1. Sold newspapers and candy for Grand Trunk Railroad
2. Worked for Mr. MacKenzie - telegraph operator 3. Telegraph office - Western Union 4. Printing Papers - Repaired Printing machines 5. Sold fruit and veggies |
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Lab - when and where
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He was seven years old
Basement in Port Huron |
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Experiments
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Lulu's Eggs
Thermometer with mercury Burned sulfer |
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How did Edison help the world?
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Light bulb
Phonograph |
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Name of Edison's Company
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Edison Lamp Works
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Light's Golden Jubilee
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When the guy said "Turn on the lights and blow out the candles."
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Addled
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-your not that smart
-you don't think clearly (to make or become confused) |
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Edison's nickname
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Wizard of Menlo Park
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What is a U.S. patent?
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When the govenor gives a person sole rights to an invention.
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Thomas Edison's children
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Marion
Thomas Jr. William Madeleine Charles Theodore |
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Thomas Edison's siblings
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Marion
William Pitt Harriet Ann Carlile Samuel Eliza Thomas |
