America was just beginning its great industrial development.
When Thomas Edison was born in the small town of Milan, Ohio, in 1847,
America was just beginning its great industrial development.
In his lifetime of eighty-four years,
Edison shared the excitement of America’s growth into a modern nation.
In his lifetime of eighty-four years,
Edison shared the excitement of America’s growth into a modern nation.
The time in which he lived was an age of invention,
filled with human and scientific adventures,
The time in which he lived was an age of invention,
filled with human and scientific adventures,
and Edison became the hero of that age.
As a boy, Edison was not a good student.
and Edison became the hero of that age.
As a boy, Edison was not a good student.
His parents took him out of school and his mother taught him at home,
where his great curiosity and desire to experiment often got him into trouble.
His parents took him out of school and his mother taught him at home,
where his great curiosity and desire to experiment often got him into trouble.
When he was six, he set fire to his father’s barn “to see what would happen.
The barn burned down. When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry laboratory.
When he was six, he set fire to his father’s barn “to see what would happen.
The barn burned down. When he was ten, Edison built his own chemistry laboratory.
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