Have you heard about Thomas Alva Edison...?
Thomas was born on 11 February 1847. He was on of the outstanding
geniuses of technology and obtained patents for more than thousand
inventions including the electric light bulb.
He was in milan, ohio and he was always an inquisitive boy.
By the time he was 10 he had set up a small chemical laboratory in his house.
He soon became fascinated with electrical currents and it remained the main interest of his life.
In 1876 he built a new laboratory so that he could spend all his time inventing.
He planned to turn out minor inventions every ten days and a "big trick"
every six months . Before long he had 40 different inventions going at the same time and
was applying for as many as 400 patents a year. The following year, Edison moved to news jersey
in order to build the Edison Laboratory which was 10 times bigger than his first laboratory.
In time is was surrounded by factories employing 5,000 people and producing many new products.
Edison died on 10 October,1931 having had a remarkably productive life.
Thomas was born on 11 February 1847. He was on of the outstanding
geniuses of technology and obtained patents for more than thousand
inventions including the electric light bulb.
He was in milan, ohio and he was always an inquisitive boy.
By the time he was 10 he had set up a small chemical laboratory in his house.
He soon became fascinated with electrical currents and it remained the main interest of his life.
In 1876 he built a new laboratory so that he could spend all his time inventing.
He planned to turn out minor inventions every ten days and a "big trick"
every six months . Before long he had 40 different inventions going at the same time and
was applying for as many as 400 patents a year. The following year, Edison moved to news jersey
in order to build the Edison Laboratory which was 10 times bigger than his first laboratory.
In time is was surrounded by factories employing 5,000 people and producing many new products.
Edison died on 10 October,1931 having had a remarkably productive life.
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