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    Thomas Alva Edison is known for making the first incandescent light bulb that has had a huge impact on the world today. He is important in United States history because he made electric light that plays a huge role on how we live, light is everywhere. Edison started from nothing and made his way to U.S. history. This wouldn’t have been possible without his motivation, preparation, and his contributions to change the World as we know it. Motivation Thomas Edison was motivated to finish the work…

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    Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He married Mary Stilwell in 1871 and they had three children together: Marion Estelle Edison, Thomas Alva Edison, Jr., and William Leslie Edison. Mary died at the age of 29 due to medical complications. Edison later married another woman, Mina Miller in 1886 and they also had three children together: Madeleine Edison, Charles Edison, and Theodore Miller Edison. Edison was a telegraph operator from when he was 15 until he was 22.…

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    T.S. Thomas Alva Edison showed a great example of grit, perseverance, and endurance. E.S. He attended school only for three months. Teachers thought he is unable think clearly. S.D. Thomas Edison’s mother taught him at home. He taught himself by reading books, science magazines, and other material. Thomas Edison learned a lot from his own experiments. He was trying his best to become important in life. Edison works really hard to make his family proud of him. E.S. Thomas Edison had…

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    Edison and Tesla: Leading to the Modern World Who does not know Thomas Alva Edison? We can presumably infer that every single person in this world know who he is — the light bulb inventor. While we know him well, who knows Nicola Tesla? People tend not to realize that Tesla’s electricities, the Alternative Current model, are implemented worldwide nowadays. Hence, Tesla’s contributions are also as beneficial as Edison’s. Both of them were renown inventors who pioneered many of modern leading…

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    Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world by inventing the lightbulb.Without him we would be in a dark room with burning lanterns.We wouldn't to be able to to watch movies or record sound.Thomas edison made a bunch of inventions.In fact he was granted 1,093 patents.In another words that means he invented 1,093 inventions.In his life he was a Inventor,Businessperson,Film producer,Film director,Entrepreneur And a Telegraphist.One time he saved a three year old boy who was playing on train tracks just…

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    Thomas Alva Edison (nicknamed Al) was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. He began experimenting at an early age. Canals were the roads in the 19th century. When Thomas was 7 his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan for a better future. He didn’t attend public school for very long. Edison, the youngest child in the family, was rather sick and had a great concern for his mother, who had already lost two children in infancy and a third before Edison’s first birthday. Edison loved to read…

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    light bulbs, and etc., and his name is Thomas Alva Edison and he saw a future and Edison left a remarkable impact on the American society and worldwide, he changed a lot of inventing this technology we have been for years now. Also, he was the first Americans to invent something which wasn’t done before. There are many things which Edison have created, but I would say that the light bulbs and electricity were the most important which was invented by him. Edison introduced the new technology to…

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    audience that the Thomas Edison we learned in school was actually a lie. Introduction: Attention: Thomas Edison was a great inventor, but did you know he did not have a formal education? According to an article written by US National Parks Service entitled Edison Biography on March 14th, states that Edison was home schooled and his mother taught him how to read (National Parks Service). Even without higher education he became one of the most successful people in his time, but Edison crossed…

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    people that really stood out to as living determined lives are; Thomas Edison, Carrie Underwood, and my mom. All of these people had a goal that they were willing to work and make sacrifices for. Thomas Edison was not a man that gave up easily. Once he knew what he wanted, Edison made sure he worked to accomplish it. He didn’t care how long it was going to take him, he was going to create a long-lasting light bulb. “It took Edison more than a year to find…

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    “Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.” (Edison) Thomas Alva Edison always had a creative mind, even as a child. He was able to find work at the age of 12 selling newspapers to passengers riding the Grand Trunk Railroad line. He used his access to convert one of the unused train cars into a makeshift lab, in which he performed various experiments. He promptly caused a chemical fire in the car, resulting in him being fired. While he was working…

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