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he was born
he was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio -
he fell into a grain elavator
at hte age three he fell into a grain elevator and almost drowned in the grain because he wanted to see how the elevator worked -
duck eggs
at the age four, his father found him squatting on some duck in a cold barn to see if he could hatch the eggs instead of the mother duck -
took him out of school
when he was seven, his mother, who had been a teacher, took him outof school and taught him at home -
he set up a chemistry
when he was about ten, he set up a chemistry lab in the basement inn his home -
earn money
when he was twelve, in order to earn money to pay for the chemicals for his experiments, he went into business selling candy and newspapers to the local train and worked on his scientific experiments in his spare time. -
seidlitz powers
he gave a friend a triple dose of seiddlitz powders, hoping that enoughgas would be genatated to enable him to fly. -
telegraph operator
at sixteen he was given the chance to learn how to be a tlegraph operator, and he then became as fasinated by electricity as he had been with chemistry -
he had changed from an experiment
at the age 21 he had changed from an experiment to inventor and worked full-time on his inventions -
new jersey
he moved to new jersey, to a larger place where he could expand his work. he established his own research centre there. -
the phonograph
he introduce his first great invention, the photograph, to the wordl -
the first incandecent light
he showed his greatest invention, the first incandecent light that was practical for society to use. other inventors had produced electric lighting in laboratories, but one produced lights that wear long-lasting enough to be sold to consumers. -
he died
the american president asked everyone in america to turn off their electric ligys for one hour, as a tribute to his genius.