-
When he born
He born in 1847, in Milan, Ohaio (EE.UU) -
Age 3
At Age three he fell into a grain elevator and almost drowned in the grain because he wanted to see how the elevator worked. -
Age 4
At age four, his father found himsquatting on some duck eggs in a cold barn to see if he could hatch the eggs instead of the mother duck. -
Age 10
At age ten, he set up a chemistry lab in the basement in his home, and during one of his experiments, he set the basement on fire and nearly blew himself up. -
Age 12
At age twelve, in order to earn money to pay for the chemicals for his experiments, he want into business selling candy and newspapers to the local train and worked on his scientific experiments in his spare time. -
Age 16
At age sixteen, he was given the chance to learn how to be a telegraph operator, and he then became as fascinated by electricity as he had been with chemistry. -
Age 21
At age twenty one, he had changed from an experimenter to inventor and worked full-time on his inventions -
Age 29
At age twenty nine, he moved to New Jersey, to a larger place where he could expand his work. He established his own research centre there. -
Age 30
At age thirty, he introduced his first great invention, the phonograph, to the world. -
Age 32
At age thirty two, he showed his greatest invention, the first incandescent light that was practical for society to use. Other inventors had produced electric lighting in laboratories, but none produced lights that were long-lasting enough to be sold to consumers. -
When he died
On the day he died, the American President asked everyone in America to turn off their electric lights for one hour, as a tribute to his genius.
