https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285 "Genius is 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration." en-us 2018-03-05 01:07:45 UTC 2023-02-03 06:54:59 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Lightdecrease.png ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237891863     Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the phonograph, the incandescent light bulb, and many other devices that make our lives fuller and simpler, was born in Milan, Ohio, in 1847. 
    A hyperactive child, prone to distraction, he was deemed "difficult" by his teachers in school. His mother decided to homeschool him, and by age 11, he showed an impressive appetite for knowledge. He read books on all subjects and became an independent learner, which would serve him throughout his life.
Edison began his career as an entrepreneur at the young age of twelve, publishing and selling newspapers on trains and conducting experiments in the box cars.]]> 2018-03-05 01:20:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237891863 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237892797 1. "Life of Thomas Alva Edison." LOC.gov, https://www.loc.gov/collections/edison-company-motion-pictures-and-sound-recordings/articles-and-essays/biography/life-of-thomas-alva-edison/. Accessed 4 March 2018.

2. "Thomas Edison Biography." Biography.com, https://www.biography.com/people/thomas-edison-9284349. Accessed 4 March 2018.

3. "The Edison Family." Thomas A. Edison Birthplace Museum, http://tomedison.org. Accessed 4 March 2018.]]> 2018-03-05 01:25:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237892797 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237894910 This video describes the impact of Thomas Edison's infamous invention, the incandescent light bulb.]]> 2018-03-05 01:37:08 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237894910 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237895890 http://tomedison.org]]> 2018-03-05 01:43:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237895890 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237897871 1847-1931]]> 2018-03-05 01:55:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237897871 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237898194 2018-03-05 01:57:14 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237898194 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237898412    In 1869, at 22 years old, Edison moved to New York City and developed his first invention, an improved stock ticker. The Gold and Stock Telegraph Company was so impressed, they paid him $40,000 for the rights. With this success, he was able to devote himself full-time to inventing.
   By the early 1870s, Thomas Edison had acquired a reputation as a first-rate inventor. His independent research facility in Menlo Park, New Jersey was the first of its kind. He eventually patented over 1,000 inventions. His most famous were the phonograph, a device for recording sound, and the incandescent light bulb, which brought light to the masses. ]]> 2018-03-05 01:58:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237898412 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237898618 Edison's career was the quintessential rags-to-riches success story that made him a folk hero in America. A driven perfectionist, he was harsh to employees and ruthless to competitors. His descendants in Milan, Ohio continue to preserve his memory through the Birthplace Museum, and he is still to this day one of the most respected Americans in world history. He had been at the forefront of America’s first technological revolution and set the stage for the modern electric world. ]]> 2018-03-05 01:59:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237898618 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237903449 2018-03-05 02:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237903449 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237903485 Edison's light bulb was the first to be easily mass produced and distributed commercially around the world.]]> 2018-03-05 02:28:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237903485 ehill24 https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237903510 Unlike past versions of the invention, Edison's phonograph could replay the sounds it recorded.]]> 2018-03-05 02:28:15 UTC https://padlet.com/ehill24/jklq70d4r285/wish/237903510