2. Popular in life as in death Thomas Edison was a household name for most of his life, he even appeared on Time Magazine in modern times.
3. Inventor Unleashed Thomas Edison patented 2,232 patents around the world,1,093 in the U.S. alone. This is a record that still holds today.
4. What was that? Thomas Edison had severe hearing problems as a child and by adulthood was completely deaf in his left ear and had lost 80% of his hearing in the right. He sometimes bit into the wooden casing around the Phonograph to listen to the music. The music’s vibrations carried through his teeth allowing him to actually understand the sounds!
5. Quotes “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.” “Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” “Many of life's failures are experienced by people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.”
6. Facts Thomas lived 1847-1931. He was known to his friends as Al. He saved a station agents son from the railroad tracks, landing him a job as a telegrapher.
