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Thomas Edison : inventor of the age of electricity / Linda Tagliaferro. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: A Lerner biographyPublication details: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Lerner Publications Company, [(c)2003.Description: 128 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0822546892
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • TK140.T126.T466 2003
  • TK140.E3.T126.T466 2003
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Contents:
Seventh child Candy butcher Tramp telegrapher Talking machine Lighting the world Power on pearl street Lights! Camera! Action! ; Batteries and concrete houses World at war Aging genius Important dates in Thomas Edison's life Pronunciation guide Sources - Bibliography Further reading Index.
Summary: A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric lighting system and the phonograph. Thomas Alva Edison, one of the world's greatest inventors, compiled an unprecedented 1,093 patents during his eighty-four-year lifetime. Through hard work and perseverance, he spurred the growth of three industries: He blazed the trail for commercial electric power, transformed the entertainment industry through the creation of motion pictures, and helped create a music industry through his invention of the phonograph. Just three years before his death in 1931, Edison was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his lifelong contributions to science. He had brought the world out of darkness and into the age of electricity.
Item type: Juvenile Book (10-day checkout) List(s) this item appears in: Naomi K. - JUVENILE
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Seventh child Candy butcher Tramp telegrapher Talking machine Lighting the world Power on pearl street Lights! Camera! Action! ; Batteries and concrete houses World at war Aging genius Important dates in Thomas Edison's life Pronunciation guide Sources - Bibliography Further reading Index.

A biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the inventor of the electric lighting system and the phonograph. Thomas Alva Edison, one of the world's greatest inventors, compiled an unprecedented 1,093 patents during his eighty-four-year lifetime. Through hard work and perseverance, he spurred the growth of three industries: He blazed the trail for commercial electric power, transformed the entertainment industry through the creation of motion pictures, and helped create a music industry through his invention of the phonograph. Just three years before his death in 1931, Edison was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal for his lifelong contributions to science. He had brought the world out of darkness and into the age of electricity.

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