Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931) was born in Milan Township, Ohio, USA and died in West Orange, New Jersey, USA. Inventor and entrepreneur.
Edison was the first person in the history of mankind to utilize the principle of mass production and electrical engineering research in the laboratory to carry out engage in invention patents and have a profound impact on the world. His inventions of the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the improved electric light had a tremendous impact on the world.
He had more than 2,000 inventions in his lifetime*** and held more than 1,000 patents. he died at 3:24 a.m. on October 18, 1931, at the age of 84 at his home in West Orange, New Jersey, USA. Edison was named No. 9 of the 100 People Who Influenced America by The Atlantic Monthly, a leading U.S. periodical.
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On one occasion, when it was time to eat and Edison was still missing, his parents searched for him and found him in a hayloft at the edge of the yard in the late afternoon. Father saw him lying motionless in the pile of grass put a number of eggs, asked Edison what he was doing, Edison replied that in the hatching chickens ah, it turned out that he saw the hen will be hatching chicks, feel very strange, always want to try themselves.
At that time, his father pulled him up, angry and laughing, and told him that he couldn't hatch chicks. On the way home, he was still confused and asked, "Why can a hen hatch chicks and I can't?"
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