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Thomas Edison Bust
Thomas Edison was an inventor. He would patent 1093 inventions during his life.
Born in Ohio, Edison would only spend 3 months of formal education in school. Unable to pay attention, his mom pulled him out of school and home schooled him. Edison attributed his ability to learn from hi9s mom and the streets which he picked up in Michigan when he travelled by train selling candy and food.
Edison would become a telegrapher for Western Union when he was 19 in Louisville, Ky. He chose nightshift so he could experiment at the office with little people around. Here, he learned the idea of telecomunication and worked with electric power generators which sent telegraphs to many homes accross America. After a year and a half, Edison was fired after experimenting one night when he spilled acid on the floor which soaked through onto his bosses desk one floor down. There, he worked with a man, who had a house in New Jersey, and allowed Edison to move there where he can experiment more.
While in New Jersey, Edison kept experimenting with ideas and what he learned at Western Union. This would lead him to become an inventor. There, he would patent his first invention, the electric vote recorder. Along with the vote recorder, Edison also invented other items that would be modified and still used today, like a stock ticker and an electric car battery.
Edison would learn the idea of mass communication and build the first industrial research labratory. This is when Edison invented his major inventions including the phonograph, which he called his best invention, a motion picture camera, and the first practical lightbulb. Edison would become the first person to use the motion picture camera when he was able to film a guy sneezing and rewatch it after it happened. With the invention of the lightbulb, Edison was able to start General Electric which is still the largest electric company in the world.
This bust of Thomas Edison is located at his Butchertown house in Louisville, Ky. It was here where Edison lived while a telegrapher at Western Union and it was here where Edison came up with the ideas for many of his inventions.
Thomas Edison Bust
Thomas Edison was an inventor. He would patent 1093 inventions during his life.
Born in Ohio, Edison would only spend 3 months of formal education in school. Unable to pay attention, his mom pulled him out of school and home schooled him. Edison attributed his ability to learn from hi9s mom and the streets which he picked up in Michigan when he travelled by train selling candy and food.
Edison would become a telegrapher for Western Union when he was 19 in Louisville, Ky. He chose nightshift so he could experiment at the office with little people around. Here, he learned the idea of telecomunication and worked with electric power generators which sent telegraphs to many homes accross America. After a year and a half, Edison was fired after experimenting one night when he spilled acid on the floor which soaked through onto his bosses desk one floor down. There, he worked with a man, who had a house in New Jersey, and allowed Edison to move there where he can experiment more.
While in New Jersey, Edison kept experimenting with ideas and what he learned at Western Union. This would lead him to become an inventor. There, he would patent his first invention, the electric vote recorder. Along with the vote recorder, Edison also invented other items that would be modified and still used today, like a stock ticker and an electric car battery.
Edison would learn the idea of mass communication and build the first industrial research labratory. This is when Edison invented his major inventions including the phonograph, which he called his best invention, a motion picture camera, and the first practical lightbulb. Edison would become the first person to use the motion picture camera when he was able to film a guy sneezing and rewatch it after it happened. With the invention of the lightbulb, Edison was able to start General Electric which is still the largest electric company in the world.
This bust of Thomas Edison is located at his Butchertown house in Louisville, Ky. It was here where Edison lived while a telegrapher at Western Union and it was here where Edison came up with the ideas for many of his inventions.