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Nov 12, 2019 · Internet Archive. Language. English. 128 p. : 23 cm. A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric lighting system and the phonograph. Includes bibliographical references (p. 119) and index. Access-restricted-item. true. Addeddate.
An insistently expressed desire on the part of the public for a definitive biography of Edison was the reason for the following pages. The present authors deem themselves happy in the confidence reposed in them, and in the constant assistance they have enjoyed from Mr. Edison while preparing these pages, a great many of which are altogether his ...
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NPS Photo. Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio; the seventh and last child of Samuel and Nancy Edison. When Edison was seven his family moved to Port Huron, Michigan. Edison lived here until he struck out on his own at the age of sixteen.
Nov 9, 2009 · Thomas Edison was a prolific inventor and savvy businessman who acquired a record number of 1,093 patents (singly or jointly) and was the driving force behind such innovations as the...
Who was Thomas Alva Edison? / by Margaret Frith; illustrated by John O’Brien. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN: 978-1-101-63992-4 1. Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931—Juvenile literature. 2. Inventors—United States—Biography—Juvenile literature. 3. Electric engineers—United States—Biography— Juvenile ...
Edison took train for Boston immediately after the receiptof. Adams’s hopeful letter. and a five minutes’interview sufficed for Milliken to size the young man up and give him a position. On entering the office his retiring manner and eccentricities Of dress—hewas just as untidy as ever—created some amusement.
