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Thomas Alva Edison Educational Posters, Art Prints, Photographs, Books, Videos, Links for Learning, pg 1 of 2
for the social studies classroom, home schoolers and technology scholars.


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Thomas Alva Edison American Inventor on His 77th Birthday in His West Orange Laboratory, Giclee Print
Thomas Alva Edison American Inventor on
His 77th Birthday in
His West Orange
Laboratory,
Giclee Print

Thomas Alva Edison
b. 2-11-1847; Milan, OH
d. 10-18-1931; NJ

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor who created, developed and/or refined many devises and applications of technology into mass production that influenced daily life in the 20th Century. Edison, a genius at experimentation and capable of great concentration of work effort, would probably have been considered a 'LD', or learning disabled child today. He apparently was unable to maintain attention in the classroom, and as a result was homeschooled by his mother, who "...was the making of me. She was so true, so sure of me; and I felt I had something to live for, someone I must not disappoint." Edison would later help support the fledging Montessori Method in the United States.

National Inventor's Day was set by Congress as February 11, Edison's birthday.

Edison's first patent was for an electric vote recorder in 1868 (shades of touch screens?), an adaptation of the telegraph, was followed by over 1,000 more US patents and many from the UK, France & Germany.

It was Edison's invention and manufacturing of a successful phonograph - a device for recording and replaying sound, that earned him the moniker “Wizard of Menlo Park” from a newspaper reporter. Edison was responsible for the first commercially practical incandescent light bulb, and patented the first electrical power distributon system.

Edison and inventor George Westinghouse were competitors in promoting Direct Current, (DC, Edison) and Alternating Current (AC, Westinghouse), as to which was the safest and most efficient. Edison was also friends with Henry Ford. (Did you know it was Nicola Tesla who developed fluorescent lighting?)

FYI ~ Did you know the first words recorded by Edison (1877) was the nursery rhyme Mary Had a Little Lamb by Sarah Josepha Hale?



THOMAS ALVA EDISON POSTERS
Social Studies Posters


Electric Light, Inventions that Changed the World, Poster
Electric Light, Inventions That Changed the World, Poster

The Electric Light-
Inventions That Changed the World

We probably all take the electric light for granted. A simple flick of a switch is all it takes to produce a warm glow for reading, studying, or just relaxing. But if you've ever experienced a power “blackout,” you know how much we have come to rely on the electric light. Without it, humans would be "in the dark" in more ways than one.

Like many inventions, the electric light resulted from the efforts of many individuals. In the early 1800s, scientists came to understand much about a strange new energy source known as electricity. During the mid-1800s, a number of inventors tried to use this energy to create light. A few succeeded, but the lights they developed required a great deal of power and burned out very quickly. For electric light to be practical someone had to devise a cheap means of bringing electricity into people's homes. This was done by the brilliant American inventor Thomas A. Edison, shown here, in 1879, at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Edison developed an electric light that used sewing thread as a filament. Before this thread was placed inside a bulb, it was “carbonized” – that is, burned to an ash. Edison's bulb produced a steady glow that burned for hours. Later, in 1882, Edison designed the first power station to supply homes with cheap electricity for lighting.

The invention of a practical and inexpensive electric light changed life in many ways. Factories and offices could not operate 24 hours a day. And homes that once relied on flickering candles or dim kerosene lamps for light now glowed brightly well after sunset. In a sense, the electric light made possible our modern world – with its spectacular skylines, lighted outdoor stadiums, and “open all night” restaurants.

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Thomas Edison Poster
Thomas Edison,
Poster

Thomas Edison

“Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration.”

His legacy of 3.5 million pages of letters and lab notes documenting 1,093 patents began early in life. As a 12-year-old newspaper publisher, Edison's profits supported lab equipment for experiment. His insatiable curiosity to know, discover, and develop led to his invention of the phonograph, the electric lightbulb, the modern electric power station, the movie camera and projector, and well over 1,000 more inventions. He received more patents for his inventions than anybody else, before or since. Among Edison's collaborators were the other great pioneers in electricity, Nikola Tesla and Lewis Latimer.

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I've Not Failed Motivational Poster - Thomas Alva Edison Quote
I've Not Failed Motivational Poster - Thomas Alva Edison Quote

I've Not Failed

“I have not failed... I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.” Thomas Alva Edison

motivational posters


Photo of Thomas Edison Art Print
Photo of Thomas Edison
Art Print

Photo of Thomas Edison Art Print
Photo of Thomas Edison Art Print


Thomas Edison as a Boy, Giclee Print
Thomas Edison as a Boy, Giclee Print

Henry Ford, Thomas Alva Edison, and Henry Firestone at the Edison Home in Fort Myers, Florida, 1923, Poster
Henry Ford, Thomas Alva Edison, and Henry Firestone at the Edison Home in Fort Myers, Florida, 1923, Poster


Edison posters, pg 2
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Did you know? - Author Maxine Hong Kingston's father chose Tom as his name when he came to the US from China because he admired Edison?


THOMAS A. EDISON QUOTES
“Opportunity is missed by most people because it comes dressed in overalls and looks like work.”

“I have not failed... I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.”

• “Genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration.”

• “We are like tenant farmers chopping down the fence around our house for fuel when we should be using Nature's inexhaustible sources of energy – sun, wind and tide. ... I'd put my money on the sun and solar energy. What a source of power! I hope we don't have to wait until oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”

THOMAS ALVA EDISON BOOKS, VIDEO, AUDIO

Edison: A Life of Invention by Paul Israel -The conventional story of Thomas Edison reads more like myth than history: With only three months of formal education, a hardworking young man overcomes the odds and becomes one of the greatest inventors in history. But the portrait that emerges from Edison: A Life of Invention reveals a man of genius and astonishing foresight whose career was actually a product of his fast-changing era. In this peerless biography, Paul Israel exposes for the first time the man behind the inventions, expertly situating his subject within a thoroughly realized portrait of a burgeoning country on the brink of massive change. Informed by Israel's unprecedented access to workshop diaries, notebooks, letters, and more than five million pages of archives, this definitive biography brings fresh insights to a singularly influential and triumphant career in science. (Book Description)

Edison: A Biography by Matthew Josephson - Regarded as the classic standard biography on Thomas Edison. It is the only biography written in the last 40 years to be recommended by the official voice of the caretakers of the Edison Laboratory National Monument in New Jersey which houses all of Edison's original records, sketches, notes, correspondence and memoranda. Depicts Edison as a pivotal figure in America's economic and industrial revolution success and at the same time as a human being, including his exploitative and, at times, crude qualities. (Product Description)

At Work with Thomas Edison by Blaine McCormick - Thomas Edison is most often remembered as an ingenious inventor, however, history has overlooked the fact that he was also a talented businessman. "At Work with Thomas Edison" seeks to revive his forgotten business legacy by giving modern managers the tools they need to break loose from Corporate America's innovation-squelching mantra of efficiency, standardization, and control. Edison's techniques for raising capital, managing the process of innovation, and promoting radically new products were unsurpassed in his day. He became America's first high-tech entrepreneur by building an invention factory that spawned the phonograph, the light bulb, motion pictures, and much more. (Product Description)

The Wizard of Sound - Chronicles the life and contributions of the inventor, from his sickly childhood to the creation of his own favorite invention, the phonograph. (Card Catalog Description)

Fleet Fire: Thomas Edison and the Pioneers of the Electric Revolution by L J Davis - The electric revolution, which eclipsed the Industrial Revolution by the end of the 19th century and continues to this day, changed our world forever. FLEET FIRE tells us how it all began. In an engaging and entertaining narrative, L. J. Davis fields a cast of both prominent and forgotten characters, from dedicated scientists and mischievous rogues to enlightened amateurs who lit the sparks of discovery. Franklin's kite, Davenport's electromagnet, Morse's telegraph, Cyrus Field's transatlantic cable, and Edison's phonograph are but a few of the achievements Davis discusses. Explaining the science in lucid prose, FLEET FIRE conveys the arc of discovery during one of the most creative epochs in the history of mankind (Product Description)

Inventing the Future: A Photobiography of Thomas Alva Edison - Thomas Edison’s 1,093 patented inventions include the light bulb, the phonograph, and significant contributions to the fields of photography and filmmaking and to what ultimately would become the national power grid. Edison’s gritty way of persevering—working ’round the clock with many assistants, catnapping on his lab table, trying things over and over again until he finally made a breakthrough—gave birth to the modern research laboratory, where hypotheses are proposed and then tested. Lively text, rare period photographs, Edison’s own words, and foreword by Edison’s great-grandson adds a personal note to this exciting American success story that will spark kids’ interest in science and inspire a new generation of inventors. (Book Description)

Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison, Nenry Ford, Harvey Firestone, Alexis Carrell, and Charles Lindbergh - James Newton recalls a lietime of freindship all of them - a friendship that began when was only twenty years old and head of development of Edison Park in Fort Myers, FL. (Back Cover)

Edison - The Invention of the Movies (1891-1918) DVD

Biography - Thomas Edison DVD

Edison: The Wizard of Light (2000) DVD


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