https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd Created by Hayden Soto en-us 2020-01-14 14:13:26 UTC 2023-06-04 00:00:54 UTC hello@padlet.com bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431297569 Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio. His parents were Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. and Nancy Mathews Elliott.]]> 2020-01-14 14:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431297569 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431301231 On October 18, 1931, Edison died in West Orange, New Jersey in his home. He died of complications of diabetes. Thomas was 84. ]]> 2020-01-14 14:22:16 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431301231 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431873866 Edison worked as a telegraph interpreter after being taught as a reward for saving a child from getting run over by a train. This began his journey of being a telegraph interpreter and his future inventions.]]> 2020-01-15 14:56:15 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431873866 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431874662 During the Civil war Edison travelled as a telegraph worker allowing him time to examine the way it was made and how to make it better.
This was a major problem going on at the time, Edison used this problem to learn new skills which helped lead him to his inventions.]]> 2020-01-15 14:57:23 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431874662 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431875331 Quadruplex Telegraph in 1869]]> 2020-01-15 14:58:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431875331 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431876410 October 13, 1868 at the age of 21 Edison applied for his first patent. This patent was to improve on the phonograph.]]> 2020-01-15 15:00:11 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431876410 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431876935 Edison became a full time inventor in 1876 and built Menlo Park NJ]]> 2020-01-15 15:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431876935 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431877699 Edison invented the Phonograph which recorded sound. This was during WW1 so Troops overseas were able to hear music.

This invention although not related to Maine specifically allowed troops to listen to Mary had a little lamb- this is a huge invention that has lead to modern day music availability and devices]]> 2020-01-15 15:02:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431877699 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431878733 Between 1878-1880 3000 theories had gone into the creation of an efficient incandescent lightbulb.

Edison's creation of the lightbulb allowed for future inventions and modifications that created the grow lamp. The grow bulbs help with vertical farming so that plants can be grown inside.]]> 2020-01-15 15:03:29 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431878733 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431879450 Edison's Electric Lamp.

The use of artificial lights will continue to shape the world by providing farming, heating and sustainability of human life.]]> 2020-01-15 15:04:28 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431879450 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431879906 1887 Edison relocated to a new laboratory where he would spend the rest of his life.]]> 2020-01-15 15:05:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431879906 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431880794 Tesla who once worked for Edison entered into a feud. It was often said that Edison was hard to work for.]]> 2020-01-15 15:06:18 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431880794 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431881410 Edison continued to invent and created the first projected film at Koster and Bial's music hall in NYC]]> 2020-01-15 15:07:14 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431881410 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431883005 Edison worked with Henry Ford of Ford Company to create a sustainable battery for the model T ]]> 2020-01-15 15:09:07 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431883005 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431884131 Edison continued to invent and tried to recreate better versions of his best inventions, despite being in his 70's and 80's.]]> 2020-01-15 15:10:35 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/431884131 bryanta9 https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/437042135 Due to Edison's inventions we are able to use this technology of lightbulbs to create a light using specific waves to help grow plants and sustain food sources. 

For Bethel residents specifically Edison's inventions paved the way for homes to use electricity and have lights other than candlelight. If he hadn't invented an everyday use lightbulb we may still have been using candles and lacked the growth and new inventions that occurred because of Edison's advancements on the lightbulb.]]> 2020-01-28 15:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/bryanta9/4nwds6k4s9gd/wish/437042135