Thomas Edison

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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


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