In Milan,Ohio,on February 11,1847,an extrordinary person was born.He is Thomas Alva Edison.He want just 11 anything to invent something.When he got an idea,he 12 not give up.The phonograph,the light bulb,the movie camera,and sewing machine are just some of his many 13 that helped change the world He was a great reader 14 he stayed at school for only three months.His mum taught him at home.When he was 12,he got his first job at the train station as atrain boy selling candy and newspapers .Books were so important to him that he 15 all his money on them .WhenThomas had made enough money,he built a lab in menlo park ,new jersey.He paid a group of scientists to think of inventions and see if the inventions would 16.That setup worked so well that other companies did this too.Almost every company or university in the whole world has aresearch lab ,and 17 of theselabs began with Edison group in Menlo park.Edison wanted to see 18 a candle at night.In 1878 he began to do experiments and it took him just over a year to invent a practical light bulb.Edison set up the Electric Light Company in 1878.In his seventies he 19 worked 16 hours a day and was one of the most famous men inAmerica.By the time he died at West Orange ,New Jersey on October 18,1931,he 20 over1,000 inventions.
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