Ok
today is Thursday for some reason I thought yesterday was, thought
that all day and into the evening but I was wrong.
Today
is the first posting of a new series called “have you heard of”
in this series I will talk briefly of different well known or famous
people.
We
will kick it off with Thomas Alva Edison, heard of him, I an sure you
have. He was born 11th February 1847 in Ohio, USA, he
died on the 18th October 1931.
He
was an inventor an in total held patents for 1093 different
inventions, including the microphone, the film projector and the
light bulb. He developed some of the first working batteries and
power stations and he worked on the telephone with Alexander Graham
Bell. He also made the first film with sound and invented the record
player, who knew, not me.
Some
of his inventions changed the world, including the phonograph, the
motion picture camera and of course the electric light bulb.
He
set up his first lab in his parent's basement at the age of 10.
He
was partially deaf and his first invention was an electric vote
recorder.
14 comments:
YES! Here in the US we learn about Thomas Edison in elementary school. I love that you chose to highlight him.
I wondered about your post last night. I'm used to your "Thursday morning" being my Wednesday night", but I was beginning to wonder when Australia lapped us...
Did you know that he got in trouble in school a lot? I guess he wan't challenged enough.
Clever man indeed - he certainly did change many things in his life.
Yes, he was a brilliant man! :)
I think every man and his dog would know who he is
I wondered if anyone noticed I had my days mixed up
No I didn't know that
Yes he was
Agreed
Wow, I had no idea that he set up a workshop when he was only 10!!!
He was remarkable.
Me either
Indeed he was
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