Thomas Alva Edison

THOMAS ALVA EDISON By , Andrew

THE EARLY YEARS… 1. Thomas Alva. Edison was born on February 11,1847,in Milan Ohio 2. Thomas Edison’s early years are he was a curios child Thomas Edison loved to read and build things 3. Thomas Edison asked a lot of questions 4. One of Thomas Edison’s interesting facts is he invented over 1,000 inventions 5. Also for several years Thomas Edison was a news boy, Thomas sold stuff to passengers 6. Thomas did an experiment like if you sat on geese or chicken eggs that they would hatch it didn’t work 7. When Thomas moved he was called the wizard of Menlo park

WHY IS THOMAS ALVA EDISON FAMOUS? o o o o o

Thomas Edison is famous because he invented many inventions In 1877 Thomas invented the phonograph Thomas A Edison invented better telegraph machines Thomas Edison invented the light bulb in 1879,a movie camera and copy machine Thomas Edison learned to send and receive telegraph messages

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Thomas A. Edison’s Later years are he invented the light bulb Thomas also worked on the microphone Thomas did experiments Edison had a company were he made electrical devices Edison worked on the phonograph that saves sounds

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THOMAS ALVA EDISON’S IMPACT ON OTHER’S LIVES… Edison helped people’s lives buy making the light bulb Thomas also helped buy improving the telephone Edison made the movie camera and projector Thomas made a battery that can be used over and over again Edison also helped by making the carbon transmitter

MY OPINION… Thomas is a hard working person Edison was also Smart Thomas is Curios Thomas is an Amazing person Thomas is also Fascinating

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