How Did Thomas Edison Contribute To Adulthood

Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio, he died on October 18, 1931 due to complications of diabetes in West Orange, New Jersey at the age of 84. Edison’s last breath is reportedly contained in a test tube at The Henry Ford museum near detroit. As a child Edison had scarlet fever. He was first diagnosed with scarlet fever when he was 14 years old. After being diagnosed with scarlet fever he daydreamed at school so his mother took him out of school and taught him at home. The effect of the fever, as well as a blow to the head by an angry train conductor, caused Edison to be completely deaf in his left ear, and 80% deaf in his right ear. Edison went more deaf as he got older due to his scarlet fever but Edison thought

Thomas Edison was the youngest out of seven children and would be one of four to survive to adulthood. Three of his siblings died, two before he was born and one before his first birthday. His parents were Samuel and Nancy Edison. Edison's mother, Nancy Edison, was a school teacher and his father was an exiled political activist from Canada. At age 9 Thomas Edison’s mother allowed him to turn the cellar into a laboratory. His mother also let him set up a laboratory in the back room of the station. Edison also set up a laboratory in the baggage cart of the train. One day he blew up the cart and was then kicked off of the train. The cart caught on fire because a it made sudden lurch causing a bottle phosphorus to burst into flames. His mother encouraged him to build another laboratory after the train caught fire. HIs mother encouraged him to always ask questions if he was curious. Thomas Edison was an inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world record of 1,093 patents. A patent is a government grant to an inventor to the right to exclude others from making, using, or selling an invention, usually for a limited period. His first patented invention was the Electrical Vote