last child of Nancy and Samuel Edison. As a child he was very quiet, thoughtful

and inquisitive. Because he was not a hardy child he did not attend school until he

was 7. His teacher thought he was incapable of learning, so his mother who was a

teacher took him out of school and started teaching him herself. Thomas Edison had

Thomas' mother taught him how to think problems out in his mind for

himself and he also became an avid reader. he first read about chemistry and

experiments from an encyclopedia. His great passion for conducting experiments

taught him much scientific knowledge. Because of his knowledge other kids teased

and started fights with him. Thomas Edison set up his first laboratory in his

basement of his home in Port Huron, Michigan

Thomas saved the stationmaster's son by getting him out of the way of a moving

During this time he created 39 inventions of military importance. These included a

In 1871 he married Mary silwell. they had three children.

to Detroit. He was given a place in the corner of a baggage cart where he could sell

phonograph and created a carbon telephone transmitter, which helped to make the

water-penetrating projectile, a devise for detecting enemy airplanes and a telephone

He became known as the "Wizard of Menlo Park".

himself deeper in his work and opened a bigger plant in Schenectady. In 1885 he

motion picture cameras and projector.

have a small laboratory set up in one of the box cars. in all his spare time he would

good business until one day when a bottle of phosphorus fell off one of the shelves

saved enough money to open his own work shop. Between the yea

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