| Show THOMAS A EDISON since the death of thomas A edison on october 18 many thousands of articles dealing with his life and work have been published the tributes paid to his genius by leaders all over the world have been unprecedented ce and he deserved them all and more to edison came the satisfaction of seeing his inventions revolutionize the conditions under which mankind lives and works and his most important invention was the incandescent light in 1879 which made possible the electrical industry he invented the phonograph in 1876 and was a pioneer in developing motion pictures nearly 1200 inventions were the product of his fertile brain edison had not more than two or three months of school ing but received some early instruction st from his mother aside from this he was self taught and remained a student throughout his 84 years the results of his tireless energy and infinite patience can not be measured but it is safe to say that he did more for the advancement van cement of civilization than any other man who ever lived |
