Persistent-Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio.  He only went to school for 3 months!  By the time he was 12, he sold sandwiches and newspapers on trains. One day, he saved a son of a telegrapher from getting hit by a train!  As his reward, the telegrapher showed Thomas how to use the telegraph machine.  Thomas not only learned how to use the telegraph machine, he began to improve the telegraph and he invented other machines as well. Over the years, Thomas Edison worked very hard to make over 1000 inventions or improvements on previous inventions.  Some inventions include the phonograph (record player), electric lighting, and the first movie! Find out more at: http://edison.rutgers.edu/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/edison/ http://www.minot.K12.nd.us/mps/edison/edison/edison.html Back to Home Page