Essays on Thomas Edison

Have you ever wondered why Thomas Edison is called “one of the greatest inventors that ever lived”? Thomas Edison invented many useful things that changed the world. His creations of the phonograph, incandescent light bulb and the motion picture camera helped the world be more…

Thomas Edison is born in Milan, Ohio, in the winter of 1847. He is the youngest of seven Children. His parent are, Samuel and Nancy. At age 12, he starts working as a new butch on the Grand Trunk Railway where he sold newspapers, magazines,…

Thomas Alva Edison once said, “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.” He is famous for inventing the light bulb and phonograph, although he invented many more things. 2,332, to be…

Many know Thomas Edison for inventing the electric light bulb, one of the most important inventions ever to be built by man. Thomas Edison wanted to expand the way entertainment reached people especially the middle class. By doing so, he had his own plan. The…

There goes a saying that: “Adversity causes some men to break while others to break record”(William Arthur Ward) Thomas Edison, being the youngest child of a family which have seven kids, was expelled from school and taught by his mother, sold candy in train carriages…

Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan Ohio. Thomas Edison was one of most famous American inventor and businessman in nineteenth century. He invented many great and remarkable devices during that period. His most famous inventions such as the phonograph, the motion…

Thomas Edison: Rewiring the Foundations of America Thomas Alva Edison, one of the participants in The War of Currents, a prosperous businessman, and a prolific inventor. Edison was a persistent, patient, and optimistic individual who created and patented one of the first models of the…

One of the most well known technological innovator and manufacturer was Thomas Alva Edison. He invented many devices which are still being used today, with some modifications. He even built a vote-recording device before he was twenty-one. Some inventions were the phonograph, incandescent light bulb,…