Thomas Alva Edison

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Thomas Alva Edison

• Evanka Dutt

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Facts

• Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio in 1847
• Thomas Edison was youngest of 4 children and his
  parents were Samuel and Nancy Edison
• Thomas Edison died in West Orange, NJ 1893

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Inventions

• Thomas Edison invented the light bulb
• He invented it in 1879
• Thomas Edisons light bulb was important because
  it was safe to use unlike other light bulbs that
  gave off harmful gasses

• Thomas Edison also invented the phonograph
• He invented it in 1877
• The phonograph is important because it can record
  and play music

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