Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847 - died October 18, 1931 at the age of 84 years) is the inventor and businessman who developed many important devices. The Magicians Menlo Park is one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention.
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[Edit] Early life
He was born in Milan, Ohio, United States on February 11, 1847. In his childhood in the United States, Edison always get worse in school. Therefore, his mother let him out of school and teach yourself at home. At home with small Edison freely able to read scientific books adult and began his own scientific experiments. At age 12 he began working as a newspaper seller, fruit and sweets on the train. Later he became a telegraph operator, he moved from one city to another. In New York he was asked to become the head of the telegraph machine that matters. The machines were sending business news to all the leading firms in New York.
[Edit] Youth
In 1870 he invented the telegraph better. The machines can print the messages on top of a long paper tape. The money generated from the findings was sufficient to establish his own company. In 1874 he moved to Menlo Park, New Jersey. There he made a major scientific workshop and the first in the world. After that he did a lot of important discoveries. In 1877 he found Gramofon. In the year 1879 he had found the electric light then he also found a projector for small movies. In 1882 he installed electric lights in the streets and houses as far as one kilometer in the city of New York. This is the first time in the world to use electric lights on the streets. In 1890, he founded the company General Electric.


Thomas Edison was young
Edison is considered as one of the most prolific creators of his time, holding a record 1,093 patents in his name. He also helped in the defense of the U.S. government. Some of the research include: detecting aircraft, destroying periscope with machine guns, submarine detection, stopping torpedo nets, increasing the power of the torpedo, ship camouflage, and many more.
He died at the age of 84, on the anniversary of his discovery of the famous, modern light bulb.
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In 1928 he received the award of a special medal from the U.S. Congress.
The word virtue distinct from Thomas Alva Edison is:
"Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration. Nothing can replace hard work. '
"Luck is something that happens when opportunity meets with preparation. '
"I am not discouraged, because every wrong attempt is another step forward. '
[Edit] References

Albion, Michele Wehrwein. (2008). The Florida Life of Thomas Edison. Gainesville: University Press of Florida. ISBN 978-0-8130-3259-7.
Adams, Glen J. (2004). The Search for Thomas Edison's Boyhood Home. ISBN 978-1-4116-1361-4.
Angel, Ernst (1926). Edison. Sein Leben und Erfinden. Berlin: Verlag Ernst Angel.
Baldwin, Neil (2001). Edison: Inventing the Century. University of Chicago Press. ISBN 978-0-226-03571-0.
Clark, Ronald William (1977). Edison: The man who made the future. London: Macdonald and Jane's: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 978-0-354-04093-8.
Conot, Robert (1979). A Streak of Luck. New York: Seaview Books. ISBN 978-0-87223-521-2.
Davis, L. J. (1998). Fleet Fire: Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of the Electric Revolution. New York: Doubleday. ISBN 978-0-385-47927-1.
Essig, Mark (2004). Edison and the Electric Chair. Stroud: Sutton. ISBN 978-0-7509-3680-4.
Essig, Mark (2003). Edison & the Electric Chair: A Story of Light and Death. New York: Walker & Company. ISBN 978-0-8027-1406-0.
Jonnes, Jill (2003). Empires of Light: Edison, Tesla, Westinghouse, and the Race to Electrify the World. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0-375-50739-7.
Josephson, Matthew (1959). Edison. McGraw Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-033046-7.
Pretzer, William S. (Ed). (1989). Working at Inventing: Thomas A. Edison and the Menlo Park Experience. Dearborn, Michigan: Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village. ISBN 978-0-933728-33-2.
Stross, Randall E. (2007). The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World. Crown. ISBN 1-400-04762-5.
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Location
Menlo Park Museum and Edison Memorial Tower
Thomas Edison National Historical Park (National Park Service)
Edison exhibit and Menlo Park Laboratory at Henry Ford Museum
Edison Museum
Edison Depot Museum
Edison Birthplace Museum
Thomas Edison House
Information and media
Thomas Edison in In Our Time diBBC. (Listen now)
The Diary of Thomas Edison
(UK) The works of Thomas Edison at Project Gutenberg
Edison's patent application for the light bulb at the National Archives.
(UK) Thomas Edison at the Internet Movie Database.
January 4, 1903: Edison Fries an Elephant to Prove His Point - Wired Magazine article about Edison's "macabre form of a series of animal electrocutions using AC."
The Invention Factory: Thomas Edison's Laboratories
Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin ', at Project Gutenberg
Rutgers: Edison Papers
Edisonian Museum Antique Electrics
"Edison's Miracle of Light"
Edison Innovation Foundation - Non-profit foundation supporting the legacy of Thomas Edison.
Thomas Alva Edison at Find a Grave
The Illustrious Vagabonds
"The World's Greatest Inventor", October 1931, Popular Mechanics detailed, illustrated article