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Thomas Alva Edison 1847 - 1931

"Be courageous! Whatever setbacks America  has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation.... Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward!"  ~ Thomas Alva Edison. Thomas Alva Edison 1847 - 1931 . Family Life. Born in Ohio in 1847

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Thomas Alva Edison 1847 - 1931

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  1. "Be courageous! Whatever setbacks America  has encountered, it has always emerged as a stronger and more prosperous nation.... Be brave as your fathers before you. Have faith and go forward!"  ~ Thomas Alva Edison Thomas Alva Edison1847 - 1931

  2. Family Life • Born in Ohio in 1847 • Parents were Samuel and Nancy Elliott Edison • Married Mary Stillwell – had 3 children before her death • Married Mina Miller – had 3 more children

  3. Education • Attended public school for a short amount of time • Mother decided to home school Edison • She helped him develop a love of reading • Edison self taught himself in many ways by reading and experimenting

  4. Hardships • Mourned the death of first wife • Methods of mining iron ore were never made commercially practical • Lost millions of dollars • First patent (Electric Vote Recorder) was a failure • Many other inventions failed

  5. Edison’s Failed Inventions

  6. Accomplishments • Patented 1,093 Inventions • Demonstrated invention of phonograph to President Hayes • Developed many companies • Started the recording industry • Received Congressional Medal of Honor in 1929

  7. Inventions • Patented a Total of 1,093 • Improved the phone invented by Alexander G. Bell • Incandescent Light (1879) • Phonograph • His favorite One of Mr. Edison’s First PhonographsReplica of First Incandescent Bulb – Edison National Historic Site

  8. Inventions • Motion picture camera (kinetograph) and a motion picture viewer (kinetoscope). • (view Congress of Nations) • Some other inventions include the storage battery, a talking doll, an electric motor, and a telegraph

  9. Credits • Unless noted otherwise, all photos are from the American Memory Collection

  10. Go Back To Mr. Godfrey’s Thomas Edison Project Page

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