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texto em ingles thomas edison

Answer 1

Thomas Edison was born in 1847 and died in 1931. Young Tom wasn’t a good student in school, so his mother decided to teach him at home. Tom was a curious boy. He always wanted to know how things worked. Tom tried out his ideas and invented lots of things in his own laboratory. Edison’s most famous invention was the light bulb. At the time, people used gas or oil lamps to light their homes. He worked on his idea a long time. He tried a lot of things that didn’t work. Finally, one day it worked! Today, you can flip a switch and have light any time you want it. Edison also invented the phonograph and the movie camera. When you go to the movies and watch TV, you can thank him for his ideas and hard work. Inventing things was what Edison liked best. He said that invention was “one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration”.

Answer 2

american inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the kinetoscope (1847-1931) [syn: edison, thomas edison, thomas alva edison]




Wikipedia English - The Free EncyclopediaThomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and businessman. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and because of that, he is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.