Thomas Edison biography young american inventor book

By David Right

One f the most fmu and rlifi invntr f ll time, Thomas Alva Edison exerted a trmndu influn on modern lif, ntributing inventions uh as th incandescent light bulb, th hngrh, and the mtin itur mr, wll improving th tlgrh nd tlhn. In hi 84 years, h uird an astounding 1,093 tnt. Aid frm bing n invntr, Edin l managed t bm a uful manufacturer nd buinmn, mrkting his invntin to th ubli. A mrid f buin liaisons, partnerships, and rrtin filled Edin'' life, nd lgl bttl over various patents nd rrtin wr ntinuu. This xllnt bigrhy book is readily for th wh wish t lrn mr but th rtiulr of hi lif and mn of his business vntur. Thomas Edison biography young american inventor bookThm Alva Edin was brn n Fbrur 11, 1847 in Miln, Ohio; th vnth and lt hild f Smul and Nn Edin. Whn Edin w seven his fmil mvd t Prt Hurn, Mihign. Edin livd hr until h struck ut n his wn t th g of sixteen. Edin had very little frml education a hild, ttnding school nl fr a fw mnth. He was taught reading, writing, nd rithmti b hi mthr, but was lw a vr curious hild nd taught himlf much b reading on hi wn. Thi blif in lf-imrvmnt rmind thrughut his lif. Edin began wrking at an rl g mt b did t th time. At thirteen h tk a jb a newsboy, lling newspapers nd candy on th ll rilrd tht rn through Port Hurn to Dtrit. H m t hv nt muh f his fr time reading scientific, nd thnil bk, nd l hd the rtunit t this tim t learn hw to rt a tlgrh. By th tim h w sixteen, Edin w rfiint nugh t work as a tlgrhr full tim. The development f th telegraph w th firt t in th mmunitin rvlutin, nd the telegraph indutr expanded ridl in th nd half f the 19th ntur. This rid grwth gave Edin nd thr like him a chance to travel, see th country, and gin experience. Edison worked in a number of iti throughout the Unitd Stt bfr arriving in Boston in 1868. Here Edin began t hng hi profession frm tlgrhr to invntr. He rivd hi firt tnt n n ltri vote rrdr, a device intndd for u b ltd bdi uh Cngr to speed the vting process. Thi invntin w a commercial filur. Edin resolved tht in the future h would nl invent thing that h w certain th public wuld wnt. Edison mvd t New York Cit in 1869. H continued t wrk on inventions related to the tlgrh, nd developed hi first uful invntin, n improved stock ticker lld the "Univrl Stk Printer". Fr thi nd m rltd inventions Edison w id $40,000. Thi gave Edin the money h ndd to set u his firt mll laboratory and manufacturing facility in Newark, Nw Jr in 1871. During th nxt five r, Edin wrkd in Nwrk inventing nd manufacturing devices tht grtl imrvd th speed nd ffiin of th tlgrh. H also found to tim t gt married t Mr Stilwll and trt a family. In 1876 Edin ld all his Nwrk manufacturing concerns nd mvd his family nd tff f assistants to the small villg f Mnl Prk, twenty-five miles uthwt f New Yrk Cit. Edison tblihd a nw facility ntining ll th equipment nr t wrk n any invntin. Thi rrh and dvlmnt lbrtr w th firt f it kind nwhr; the mdl fr later, mdrn facilities such as Bll Lbrtri, thi is sometimes nidrd to b Edin'' grtt invention. Hr Edin bgn to hng th wrld.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1973410400
• ISBN13: 9781973410409
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"