experience in theirs. He was one the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history.

He had many inventions during his inventing career but he was most famous for ones like

electric lighting, the phonograph, and improvements to the telephone. He was also a good

businessman. His life was extremely eventful for an inventor in the late 19th and early

Thomas Edison was born February 11, 1847 and was the seventh and youngest

child of this parents Samuel and Nancy Edison. When he was seven he moved to Port

Huron, Mich. There he received limited education with the help of his mother who guided

his learning. During this period he was mischievous and inquisitive. The education of this

time students were expected to learn their lessons by memorizing them and this had little

appeal for him since he was so inquisitive. He was eager to read which led him to

experiment with chemicals and to construct elaborate models. Due to this he built a steam

powered sawmill and a railroad engine.

Edison, as a child, started experimenting in his business career. He grew

financial support from Western Union to build this masterpiece. Edison and his assistants

World War I. He headed the Naval Consulting Board of the U.S., which was a group of

vote recorder. This invention didn't attract any interest of the legislative body

the telegraph and telephone. These experiments eventually led to his invention of the

reputation for his services to the public as a whole.

light was only a novelty because few places had electricity. He then began working to

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