Thomas Edison
Josh Swemle
Thomas Alva Edison was the seventh and last child of Samuel Edison,
Jr., and Nancy Edison. at an early age he developed hearing problems, and
eventually went deaf. Edisons deafness strongly influenced his behavior
and career, providing the motivation for many of his inventions.
Edison was the premiere inventor of his time he
holds the world record for most patents with 1,093. He began his career
in 1863, in the adolescence of the telegraph industry, when virtually the
only source of electricity was primitive batteries asserting very low voltage
current. Prior to his death in 1931 edison played a critical role
in introducing the modern age of electricity. From his laboratories and
workshops emanated the phonograph, the carbon button transmitter for the
telephone speaker and microphone, the incandescent lamp, a revolutionary
generator with an efficiency rating ahead of its time, the first commercial
electric light and power system, an experimental electric railroad, and
many key elements to the motion picture apparatus, as well as numerous
other inventions.Thomas Edison created many things that we take for granted,
many of the things that he invented are still used the same way they were
used when he invented them in the late1800's.
Thomas Edison died in West Orange, new Jersey on
October18th, 1931. at the time of his death, he was experimenting on rubber
from goldenrod. Edisons inventions have truly and profoundly affected the
shaping of modern society.
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