People often say Edison was a genius.Thomas Alva Edison was born February 11‚ 1847 in Milan‚ Ohio. In 1854‚ when he was seven‚ the family moved to Michigan‚ where Edison spent the rest of his childhood.he went to school only a short time. His family was so poor that his mother‚ a former teacher‚ taught her son at home. he learned to love reading‚ a habit he kept for the rest of his life. He also liked to make experiments.he worked hard. At the age of 12 he sold fruit‚ snacks and newspapers on a train
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Biographiq. Thomas Edison: life of an electrifying man.. S.I.: Filiquarian Pub.‚ 2008. Print. Costa‚ Carol. Nikola Tesla: a spark of genius. Minneapolis: Lerner Publications Co.‚ 1994. Print. Dobtez‚ Wally. New Yorker Hotel. N.d. NYC ‚ NYC. Flickr. Web. 21 Apr. 2011. "Google Doodles: 2009 July - September." Google. google‚ n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2011. . Hughes‚ Thomas P.. "How Did The Heroic Inventors Do It." Inventions and Technology Fall 1985: Issue 2. Print. Jonnes‚ Jill. Empires of light: Edison‚ Tesla
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English scientistwho contributed to the fields of electromagnetism and electrochemistry. His main discoveries include those of electromagnetic induction‚ diamagnetism and electrolysis. * Thomas Alva Edison Born February 11‚ 1847 Milan‚ Ohio‚ U.S. Died October 18‚ 1931 (aged 84) West Orange‚ New Jersey‚ U.S. Edison was an American inventorand
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NATHANIEL JOSEPH D. GOBRES GRADE 4 – St. Catherine FOREIGN SCIENTISTS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS Aristotle Student of Plato and a tutor to Alexander the Great‚ Aristotle was a genius Greek philosopher and scientist of the ancient age. Born on 384 BC‚ Aristotle was a biologist‚ a zoologist‚ ethicist‚ a political scientist and the master of rhetoric and logic. He also gave theories in physics and meta physics. Aristotle gained knowledge in different fields with his expansive mind and prodigious writings
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Institute he moved to Maribor‚ Slovenia and worked as a draftsman. In 1882‚ Tesla worked in France for the Continental Edison Company for two years‚ and later moved to New York in 1884 to work for Thomas Edison in Edison Machine Works‚ but quit because Edison didn’t pay Tesla the money he promised him after Tesla improved the Edison Company’s motor and generators. After Tesla left Edison Machine Works and began his own business called Tesla Electric Light and Manufacturing in 1886‚ but the investors
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competition between George Westinghouse and Thomas Edison to supply electricity to cities in the late 1880s is often called the ’War of Currents ’‚ as this battle ultimately decided which type of current became the standard for the generation of electricity today. Due to different advantages and disadvantages‚ Edison promoted direct current (DC) for electric power distribution‚ whereas Westinghouse and Nikola Tesla both advocated alternating current (AC). Edison ’s direct current was initially the standard
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thank Thomas Edison for this. Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljian‚ Croatia at precisely midnight on July 9/10‚ 1856. Not a lot is known about his early childhood. His father was an orthodox priest‚ and his mother‚ though unschooled‚ was highly intelligent. Tesla had an extraordinary memory‚ and he spoke six languages. He Spent four years studying math‚ physics‚ and mechanics at the Polytechnic Institute at Graz. Tesla first came to America in 1884‚ when he was 28. He worked for Thomas Edison
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Can failing be counted as an accomplishment? Thomas Edison the inventor of the light bulb and many other inventions would say yes. One of Edison’s co- workers said that it was a shame that he spent so much time on the new battery and had produced no results. Edison thought of his failures in a different and optimistic way and replied with ‘“Results? Why‚ man‚ I have gotten a lot of results! I know several thousand things that won’t work!”’ Edison’s good attitude and will to keep going brought along
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Lewis Latimer 			Lewis Howard Latimer was born in Chelsea‚ Massachusetts‚ on September 4‚ 1848‚ six years after his parents‚ George and Rebecca Latimer‚ had run away from slavery in Virginia. They were determined to be free and that their children be born on free soil. Because of his light complexion‚ George was able to pose as a plantation owner with the darker-skinned Rebecca as his slave. Shortly after arriving in Boston‚ Massachusetts‚ he was recognized as a fugitive and jailed
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is has positively impacted modern society‚ and the way we live‚ work‚ and communicate. Thomas Alva Edison In today’s society‚ when a light bulb goes out‚ we think nothing of it. It is easy to drive to the closest store‚ purchase the appropriate bulb for next to nothing‚ and replace the burnt out bulb. What people don’t realize‚ however‚ are the painstaking hours of work and dedication that Thomas Edison devoted to this magical wonder‚ and the impact that it has had on society today. In order
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