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Thomas Edison By Hercelyn R. Rencher
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Childhood Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio. At a young age, Edison began experimenting with printing presses and electrical and mechanical apparatuses.
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Adulthood Thomas Edison worked as a telegraph operater. His important invention was a telegraphic repeating instument.
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Electrical Vote Recorder
In 1868, Thomas Edison invented the electrical vote recorder. The electrical vote recorder allowed votes to be recorded automatically, Which sped up the voting process.
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Typewriter In 1871, Thomas Edison assisted Christopher Latham Sholes in inventing the first typewriter.
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Phonograph Edison invented a phonograph which is similar to what we use today called a record player(1876).
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Inventions we use today
Another invention Edison invented was the light bulb(1878). A light uses electricity to light up things around you.
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Kinetoscope In 1888, Edison invented the Kinetoscope. The kinetoscope was the first machine to produce motion pictures by a rapid success of individual views.
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Edison’s Death Thomas Alva Edison died on October 19th, He was buried in West Orange New Jersey.
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The End
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