Edison Bottles Light
Not the ‘Brightest’ Kid Thomas Edison was considered a trouble maker in school. He was kicked out of school in the 3 rd grade because he was unable to learn. He was born in Milan, Ohio.
I Can’t Hear You! At the age of 12, Edison had a job as a newsboy on trains. An accident on a train is believed to have caused him to go deaf. Edison thought his deafness helped him to think.
He invented: phonograph, electric light bulb, and motion pictures.
He was a trial and error inventor, who held 1100 patents. He transformed daily life. He was given $40,000 for his 1 st invention.
Scientific Wizard He baked a cotton thread for 5 hours to produce a carbon filament. Edison put the filament in a glass bulb, pumped the air out, turned the current on and had “light.”
Edison = Entrepreneur Entrepreneur is a person who organizes and manages a business. Edison said that genius comes from “hard work and sweat.”
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