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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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    every home. It was even a huge morale booster for the soldiers of World War I. Music helped the soldiers forget about the horrors of war and it cheered them up. Thomas Alva Edison continued to have great success as an inventor. He improved the light bulb in 1879, In 1880, he developed the Edison Illuminating Company(the first investor-owned electric utility, which became General Electric). Thomas Alva Edison also designed a battery for the self-starter on the Model T for Ford in…

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    deeper into it to find out the fact. As many a human believe that Edison is the one who invents the light bulb, but in the chapter 1 states “Humphrey Davy invented it forty-five years before Edison was even born”. I believe every one after reading this chapter will be surprise just like me. And we may be asking: “why do books or histories telling us that Edison is the one discover the light bulb?” The answer is marketing. Edison knows how to use media to make his name or company more famous and…

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    The Cubiio mini laser engraver is a miniature version of the larger laser engravers. With this smaller engraver you can take it practically anywhere. Normal engravers are large and cause for you to move the item you want engraved to the engraver. However, now the engrave has been innovated. The first laser engraver was invented in 1960 by Theodore Maiman. However, that was a ruby engraver. The first laser to be able to engrave wood and such was invented in 2004. That engraver was very large.…

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    “His job on the train caused Edison to become deaf. One morning, he tried to climb the first step but was not able to keep his balance. A railroad worker grabbed him by the ears and hauled him up. Edison felt something snap inside his head, which started his deafness, and got worse throughout his life,” (Thomas Alva Edison). Edison’s deafness allowed him to focus on his work and not be distracted by outside noises and people. He was able to focus on his own thoughts and not hear the others who…

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    His favorite invention was the phonograph(it was published in 1877), it was also the first one that he created. It played music because he planned on making a movie. His second invention was the light bulb he(published it in 1879), it definitely changed everyone’s life and his. Edison invented it for a way of making things easier too see. Also because many people’s houses were burning down because of the lanterns that they would burn for light back then…

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    Inventing Solutions Thomas Edison was born in Millan Ohio on February 11th, 1847. He did not learn to talk until he was almost 4 years old. While in primary school, Thomas often day dreamed and was commonly characterized as being mentally slow by his teachers. Because of those comments, young Edison’s mother took him out of school, and home schooled him. In 1854 his family moved to Port Huron Michigan. Growing up, Edison sold candy and newspapers on trains. He later on became a telegraph…

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    .The Man Who Did It All Thomas Edison once said- “Not everything of value in life comes from books – experience the world.” As a child Thomas Edison learned that life is hard but, he didn’t let that stop him. He was always everywhere seeing and waiting to receive anything the world threw at him. He always put in the hard work and was there when someone needed help. Thomas Edison influenced the world of technology and transportation. Thomas Alva Edison was American inventor. He is also known to…

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    Conceived on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio, Thomas Edison ascended from humble beginnings to fill in as an innovator of significant innovation. Setting up a lab in Menlo Park, a portion of the items he created incorporated the transmit, phonograph, the primary monetarily handy brilliant electric light, soluble capacity batteries and Kinetograph (a camera for films). He kicked the bucket on October 18, 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey. At age 12, Edison embarked to give a lot of that…

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    General Electric is an industrial multinational conglomerate that provides a variety of products and services including aircraft engines, oil and gas production equipment, power generation, house hold appliances, medical imaging and much more. General Electric was founded in 1892. The founders of General Electric are Thomas Alva Edison and Charles Coffin. Edison and Coffin independently owned their own companies both working toward electric innovations. As competitors in working towards the same…

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