Thomas Edison
America
1886; founded by Samuel Gompers; sought better wages, hrs, working conditions; skilled laborers, arose out of dissatisfaction with the Knights of Labor, rejected socialist and communist ideas, non-violent.
Edison Illuminating Company
A company that Edison founded that would bring electricity and power to the world.
Telegraph
A device for rapid, long-distance transmission of information over an electric wire. It was introduced in England and North America in the 1830s and 1840s.
Electric
A form of energy used in telegraphy from the 1840s on and for lighting, industrial motors, and railroads beginning in the 1880s.
Invention
A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation.
Experiment
A research method in which an investigator manipulates one or more factors to observe the effect on some behavior or mental process
Thomas Edison
American inventor best known for inventing the electric light bulb, acoustic recording on wax cylinders, and motion pictures.
Alexander Graham Bell
Edison tried to compete with his invention but failed, however this inspired the phonograph
84
How Edison was when he died
motion picture camera
Invented by Thomas Edison; eventually would make movies possible.
Henry Ford
One of Edison's friends when he was older. He worked on several projects with him.
"I've not failed, I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work."
One of Edison's most famous quotes.
Western Union Telegraph Company
One of the Companies that Edison was in partnership with.
twenty-two
The age Edison devoted his life to inventing
Cooper Union
The college Edison went to
6
The number of siblings edison had
Samuel and Nancy Edison
Thomas Edison's parents
Milan Ohio
Where Edison was born
1931
Year Edison died
1847
Year Edison was born
Genius
a person born with great intelligence
Laboratory
a workplace for the conduct of scientific research
Light Bulb
an electric device, often with a glass covering, that emits light
Failure
lack of success
Phonograph
record player; a device that turns the writing on records into sound
