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__ Thomas Edison __

“I was born Feb. 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. My childhood was not wonderful or horrible, it was pretty normal. My family lived in Ohio until I was seven. Then we moved to Port Huron Michigan.

I only had three months of formal schooling. I was a curious child and asked a lot of questions. This annoyed the teacher. When the teacher told this to my mother Nancy Edison she took me out of school and taught me to read and write. She also gave me textbooks to read. I got a job at a very early age. I was a news boy at age 13. I also learned to operate a telegraph at age 13. When I was 16 I got a time job as telegraph operator. In 1868 I moved to Boston. It was there that I invented the electronic voting device designed to count votes faster. It was a comm · Detecting submarines by sound from moving vessels. · Detecting, on moving vessels, the discharge of torpedoes by submarines. · The faster turning of ships. · Development of collision mats for submarines and ships. [ collision mats are · Methods for guiding merchant ships out of mined harbors. · Oleum cloud shells. · Camouflaging ships. · Blocking torpedoes with nets. · Increased power for torpedoes. · Coastal patrol by submarine buoys. · Destroying periscopes with machine guns. · Cartridges for taking soundings. · Sailing lights for convoys. · Smudging skyline. · Underwater searchlights. · High speed signaling with searchlights. · Water penetrating projectiles. · Airplane detection. Other than these I created 1,082 ercial failure. In 1869 I decided to move to New York City.

In1871 I married Mary Stilwell. She died in 1884. To get over Mary dying I spent a lot of time with my kids Marion, Thomas jr. and William. In 1886 I met and married Mina Miller who was well educated and from a wealthy family. We had 3 kids: Madeleine, Charles and Theodor.

Inventions

Over the course of my life I have invented many things. Now I will tell you about some of them. I invented the phonograph. It took me 50 years to complete. It is what I came up with while improving the telegraph. I noticed that the movement of the paper tape through the machine produced a noise resembling spoken words when played at a high speed. I tweaked it a little and then I could successfully record sound. The light bulb is considered my most famous invention but the truth is that I didn’t really invent it ,I just made the first reasonable model. It was a lot like today’s light bulb. Other people have tried to make light bulbs for 50 years. Other than these I invented 1,090 things like motion pictures

I died Oct. 21, 1931 I was 84"

__ Thomas ____ Edison __ “I was born Feb. 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. My childhood was not wonderful or horrible, it was pretty normal. My family lived in Ohio until I was seven. Then we moved to Port Huron Michigan. I only had three months of formal schooling. I was a curious child and asked a lot of questions. This annoyed the teacher. When the teacher told this to my mother, Nancy Edison, she took me out of school, taught me to read and write, and she also gave me school textbooks to read. I got a job at a very early age. I was a news boy at age 13. I also learned to operate a telegraph at age 13. When I was 16 I got a full time job as telegraph operator. In 1868 I moved to Boston. It was there that I invented the electronic voting device designed to count votes faster. It was a commercial failure. In 1869 I decided to move to New York City. In1871 I married Mary Stilwell. In 1884 Mary died. To get over Mary dying I spent a lot of time with my kids Marion, Thomas Jr., and William. In 1886 I met and married Mina Miller who was well educated and from a wealthy family. We had 3 kids: Madeleine, Charles and Theodore. Inventions Over the course of my life I have invented many things. Now I will tell you about some of them. I invented the phonograph. It took me 50 years to complete. It is what I came up with while improving the telegraph. I noticed that the movement of the paper tape through the machine produced a noise resembling spoken words My most famous invention was the light bulb. But the truth is that I didn’t invent the light bulb, I just made the first practical model. My light bulb looked a lot like light bulbs quite a few things for the navy, like:today but with a spike looking thing on top. I also created · Detecting submarines by sound from moving vessels. · Detecting, on moving vessels, the discharge of torpedoes by submarines. · The faster turning of ships. · Development of collision mats for submarines and ships. [ collision mats are · Methods for guiding merchant ships out of mined harbors. · Oleum cloud shells. · Camouflaging ships. · Blocking torpedoes with nets. · Increased power for torpedoes. · Coastal patrol by submarine buoys. · Destroying periscopes with machine guns. · Cartridges for taking soundings. · Sailing lights for convoys. · Smudging skyline. · Underwater searchlights. · High speed signaling with searchlights. · Water penetrating projectiles. · Airplane detection. Other than these I created 1,082 things. Died Oct. 21, 1931 when 1 was 84. “I was born Feb. 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. My childhood was not wonderful or horrible, it was pretty normal. My family lived in Ohio until I was seven. Then we moved to Port Huron Michigan. I only had three months of formal schooling. I was a curious child and asked a lot of questions. This annoyed the teacher. When the teacher told this to my mother, Nancy Edison, she took me out of school, taught me to read and write, and she also gave me school textbooks to read. I got a job at a very early age. I was a news boy at age 13. I also learned to operate a telegraph at age 13. When I was 16 I got a full time job as telegraph operator. In 1868 I moved to Boston. It was there that I invented the electronic voting device designed to count votes faster. It was a commercial failure. In 1869 I decided to move to New York City. In1871 I married Mary Stilwell. In 1884 Mary died. To get over Mary dying I spent a lot of time with my kids Marion, Thomas Jr., and William. In 1886 I met and married Mina Miller who was well educated and from a wealthy family. We had 3 kids: Madeleine, Charles and Theodore. Inventions Over the course of my life I have invented many things. Now I will tell you about some of them. I invented the phonograph. It took me 50 years to complete. It is what I came up with while improving the telegraph. I noticed that the movement of the paper tape through the machine produced a noise resembling spoken words My most famous invention was the light bulb. But the truth is that I didn’t invent the light bulb, I just made the first practical model. My light bulb looked a lot like light bulbs today but with a spike looking thing on top. I also created quite a few things for the navy, like: · Detecting submarines by sound from moving vessels. · Detecting, on moving vessels, the discharge of torpedoes by submarines. · The faster turning of ships. · Development of collision mats for submarines and ships. [ collision mats are · Methods for guiding merchant ships out of mined harbors. · Oleum cloud shells. · Camouflaging ships. · Blocking torpedoes with nets. · Increased power for torpedoes. · Coastal patrol by submarine buoys. · Destroying periscopes with machine guns. · Cartridges for taking soundings. · Sailing lights for convoys. · Smudging skyline. · Underwater searchlights. · High speed signaling with searchlights. · Water penetrating projectiles. · Airplane detection. Other than these I created 1,082 things. Died Oct. 21, 1931 when 1 was 84.