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he born
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three
he fell into a grain elevator -
four
his father foun him squatting on some ducks eggs in a cold barn -
ten
he set upa chemestry lab in the basement in his home -
twelve
he go to earn money to pay the chemicals for his experiments, he wents to a business selling candy and newspaper to the local train and worked on his experiments -
sixteen
he was given the chance to learn how to be a telegraph operantor, and he then became as fascinated by electricity as he had been with chemistry