Research Paper On Thomas Edison

Decent Essays
Thomas edison was a famous inventor from Ohio. His inventions brought light to the people. He also brought music to people's lives. I will be telling facts, inventions, and the life of Thomas Edison and it is all it this project.

Who is Thomas Edison? Thomas Edison was an inventor and he was born in 1847. He died in 1931. He lived with his sister Nancy and his brother Samuel. His family includes his sons, Charles, Theodore, William, sisters and brothers William, Samuel, Marion, Eliza, Carle, and Harriet. His mom and dad, Nancy and Samuel and grandsons, John, Michael, Peter, and Thomas. His jobs are entrepreneur, film producer, film director, inventor, and business person. He invented the phonograph and electric light bulb.

How did Thomas

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    17 On January 24th, 1858, Thomas married Margaret Cerilla (also spelled Cyrilla in other sources) Brownson in Brooklyn, New York. Margaret is a daughter of John Brownson, Sr. and Caroline Penn Stelle and the sister of Frances “Fannie” Ashton…

    • 573 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Benjamin Montgomery, he invented a propeller that could cut the through the water. He invented the propeller so boats would go faster. Henry Boyd, he invented the corded bed with the wooden rail into both the head board and the foot board. And he bought his own freedom, also he started his own company it was called the Boyd bedstead. Benjamin Bradly, he invented a steam engine.…

    • 210 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Tesla met with George Westinghouse, whom had also been in a rivalry with Edison, and sold his patents to him for about $1,000,000. Since George Westinghouse also considered Edison a rival of his, him and Tesla worked together to improve their Alternating Current (AC) technology. They took their improved patent to the Chicago World Fair in 1893. They used their AC system to light up the fair for $399,000 instead of the General Electric Company’s (Thomas Edison and J.P. Morgan) direct current. Edison and Morgan had bidden $554,000.…

    • 182 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Thomas Jefferson is not just a political figure. Jefferson is also a very aspired author and inventor. Jefferson is a very influential person and has inspired many to be like him. With such works as the declaration of independence, also becoming the third president of the united states. Along side these amazing accomplishments Jefferson was a very successful inventor with such inventions as: the iron plow, the Great Clock, and the hideaway bed.…

    • 720 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Thomas Edison was born February 11, 1947 in Milan, Ohio. He was born into a middle class family that would get their money from selling wheat. Even though that was how he started out he was still able to invent some of the most relevant things in today’s society 100 years ago. Edison created over 100 years ago all of these things: Light bulb, Moving picture camera, Phonograph, the Phonograph cylinder, etc. He invented much more those weren’t even half of what he made.…

    • 121 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Edison got himself a library card and read his way through the entire Detroit library. He worked on the railroad between Detroit and Port Huron, Michigan at age 12 and by his early twenties; he had already registered patents on several of his own inventions. Over the next few years, he formed a team of researchers and inventors who worked for him and continued to invent and patent a number of successful inventions. In December 25th 1871, Edison married his first wife, Mary Stilwell and they both had three children after which he moved his family from Newark to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876.…

    • 169 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    For example, Thomas Edison was extremely famous. Given credit for inventing the lightbulb, he also made the Phonograph, a device that can record and playback one’s voice, and the electric generator. He had his own laboratory where he also invented the first motion picture and an improved battery. Lewis Altimeter would soon improve Edison’s light bulb with a carbon filament making it last a whole lot longer. Cyrus Field laid a telegraph cable across the Atlantic and Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876.…

    • 946 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Inventor, printer, man with the kite, writer, thinker, and scientist; Benjamin Franklin was a man of many interests known by many names. Benjamin Franklin is our most engaging founding father and we see the reflections of him and his personality through his legacy and his life’s work, helping make this country great. Benjamin Franklin was born on January 17, 1706, in Boston Massachusetts. He was the fifteenth of the seventeen children to his father Josiah Franklin by his two marriages. As the youngest son of the family, Ben was taken out of school at ten to help at his father’s candle making shop but left to apprentice at his brother’s print shop after discovering his restlessness for something he loved.…

    • 498 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Did you know Ben was born in a town called Milkstreet Bosten. Benjamin Franklin was born in january 17 1706 he died 1790. In this paper you will learn about Benjamin Franklin and how he made an impact on our world with other interesting facts. In this paper you will learn about his family and childhood. He was born in a small house.…

    • 204 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    He was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston, Massachusetts and was one of the Founding Fathers of U.S. He was a printer, scientist, politician,author postmaster, inventor, statesman, and diplomat. He is best known for his work and electrical theory. His father, Josiah was a Candle Maker and had 17 children because he was married twice. Ben work as an apprentice in his older brother’s print shop.…

    • 707 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706, as one of seventeen children. Of the titles he holds, Founding Father, inventor, and scientist are just a few. He is perhaps best known for having his face on the 100 dollar bill and “discovering” electricity. Franklin’s father was a soap and candle maker. When Franklin was only 10 years old, he was pulled out of school to assist in the family business.…

    • 1078 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    He saw that people wanted to eat in front of their television so he made that better by making TV Dinners. Mr. Les Paul of Mahwah, invented the Les Paul guitar which was a really popular guitar that a lot of rock bands used. Thomas Edison also invented the lightbulb here. Goes to show how people like these changed the world and took it for a turn on their new inventions to help make life everywhere better for humanity. You should be grateful for all these wonderful inventors that helped make life in America easier.…

    • 999 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Men Who Built America

    • 631 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Thomas Edison was a businessman and inventor, and is called America’s Greatest Inventor. He developed the invention of the light bulb using DC (direct current).Edison teamed up with J.P. Morgan to put the lightbulb and its power into every person’s home. However, Thomas Edison’s greatest competitor came out of his own business. Nikola Tesla was an employee of Edison, and he believe that AC (alternating current) was superior. George Westinghouse was the J.P. Morgan to Tesla.…

    • 631 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Galileo Galilei was born on February 15, 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He was the son of Italian musician and musical theorist, Vincenzo Galilei, and Giulia Ammannati. Galileo was the oldest of 5 children in his family. Not only was he a mathematic professor and astronomer, but he was also a scientist. In fact, he was nicknamed “The Father of Modern Science”.…

    • 699 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Benjamin Franklin was an inventions superstar. He invented many things. Joel Young shows us by saying, “Benjamin Franklin was a big time inventor…. He invented bifocals, the glass armonica, swim fins, the Franklin stove, the lightning rod, electricity, and much more.” Benjamin Franklin was also a write.…

    • 554 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays