Early Life He was born on 11 th February 1847 His father was a politician and his mother was an accomplished school teacher At the age of twelve he was selling news papers to people along the Grand Trunk Railroad line When he was succeeding he decide to publish his own newspaper called th ID: 570765
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Thomas Alva EdisonSlide2
Early LifeHe was born on 11th February 1847His father was a politician and his mother was an accomplished school teacher.
At the age of twelve he was selling news papers to people along the Grand Trunk Railroad line. When he was succeeding he decide to publish his own newspaper called the Grand Trunk Herald
He set up a laboratory in a baggage car
At 19 he developed a type of inquiry of examinations and experiments. Slide3
EducationIn school Edison often wandered off and his teacher Reverend Engle overheard calling him addled because he was not able to think clearly and he was a little confused.And that ended Edison’s three months of school
After that his mom continued teaching him at home for a while
Much of his education came from R.G Parker’s School of Natural Philosophy and The Cooper Union
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INVENTIONSThe phonograph: The phonograph is also called a gramophone. It was invented in 1877. the phonograph was the first invention that could replay a recoded sound. The electric car: The electric car was brought out in the 1880s. It was a popular car in the 19th
century and the 20
th
century and it is even still driven around today.Slide5
PhonographSlide6
The Electric CarSlide7
QuotesOur greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.
If we did all the things we are capable of, we would literally astound ourselves.
Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.Slide8
The LightBulbSlide9
A Little Bit On The Light BulbIt took Thomas 10.000 attempts before he got the light bulb right.He did not actually invent the light bulb actually he took it from a 50 year old idea and made it better.Slide10
CreditsPg 1-3 by Nyika EmpeyPg 4-6 by Kalum Pawley
Pg 7-9 by Brian Geoghegan
W
ith special thanks to
Ria Whyte
And
Mrs Nolan
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