Thomas Edison brighten up our life

Background

Thomas Alva Edison is one of the people who have changed the world. He is also known as Thomas Edison. He was an inventor and businessman. He created the great products such as electric light bulb and phonograph. Furthermore, Thomas Edison was born on 11 February 1847 in Milan, Ohio. He was the youngest of the seven children to Samuel and Nancy Edison. His Father was an exiled political activist and his mother was a teacher. Thomas Edison had hearing difficulties in both ears due to scarlet fever since his early age. He was judged ‘difficult’ by his teacher so his mother taught him at home (A&E Television Networks, 2016).

Portrait of Thomas A. Edison.

What he doing before invent light bulb?

By the early 1870s, Thomas Edison had acquired a reputation as a first-rate inventor. In late 1875, Edison faced the difficulties of financial but with his father help, his able to expanding operations to Menlo Park, New Jersey, and built an independent industrial research facility incorporating machine shops and laboratories. In 1877, Edison developed the carbon transmitter, a device that improved the audibility of the telephone. In the same year, his create the method for recording sound the phonograph. Although the products took years before it could be produced and sold in markets. But, the invention made an immediate splash and brought him worldwide fame.

Why he want to invent light bulb?

Although Thomas Edison isn’t the first person who invent light bulb nor electric light bulb and yet, he’s the one who reinvented the light bulb was proved practical, affordable, and for home illumination (Latson, 2014). “We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.” We’ve extracted this sentence from the speech given by Thomas Edison, on 31st December, 1879 at Menlo Park about first public demonstration of his incandescent light bulb. He was intended to make light bulb last longer than the previous edition of light bulb and financially affordable by every household in New York City.

The sketch of his reinvent electric light bulb.

What achievement he get after invent light bulb?

Thomas Edison was felicitated with numerous medals and awards for his magnanimous contribution to mankind. Some of them were being distinguished with the ‘Officer of the Legion of Honour’ by France, Distinguished Service Medal by US Navy and Congressional Gold Medal by the US. He was inducted into New Jersey Hall of Fame and Entrepreneur Walk of Fame. He was made the honorable member of several important institutions, including the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Louisiana Purchase Exposition World’s fair and the National Academy of Sciences. He also receives various medals, including John Scott Medal, Edward Longstreth Medal, John Fritz Medal and Edison Medal. His birthday is marked as National Inventor’s Day.

Did the world respect him?

The world did respect one of the great inventors and who had change the world, Thomas Edison. There also have several places like bridges, town, institution, hotels, even in space are used the name of Thomas Edison to memorial and appreciates his great inventors. There also have a museum which memorial Thomas Edison in somewhere of the United States. Thomas Edison is the great inventors who actually 'light up' the life of whole world.