5 days Writing Challenge - Meet a genius THOMAS EDISON by @tripplem
Hello everyone and welcome to another mind blowing contest organized by @steemalive community titled Genius it is a contest where we appreciate and talk about different set of people that has impacted our lives or lives in one way or the other.
Now this is the first day of the contest and i wouldn’t want to bore us… so for the rest of the contest, I will try as much as I can to minimize my writing so that my post doesn’t become too boring.
So for my day 1, I will be taking about the INVENTOR -THOMAS EDISON !!!
My source for this post.
| Questions | Answers |
|---|---|
| Name | Thomas Alva Edison (February 11th 1847 – October 18th 1931) |
| State of origin | Milan, Ohio |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Education | he was Self-educated but did some coursework at Cooper Union |
| Family | he was married to Mary Stilwell and Mina Miller and have 6 children which are- Madeleine Edison, Charles Edison, Theodore Miller Edison, Marion Estelle Edison, William Leslie Edison and Thomas Alva Edison Jr. |
| Area of specialization | Thomas Edison was an INVENTOR |
From what I researched on, all I can say is that Thomas Edison is a product of from grass to grace because he was just a bit that sold candies and newspapers along train road until he saved the life of a three year old Jimmie MacKenzie from being strucked by a train and in return her father took interest in him and trained him to be a Telegraph operator and that was how his career began. He kept improving and kept developing till he started his inventions.
There are lots of career achievement of Thomas but I believe one of the most prolific of them all is the incandescent light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, as well as improving the telegraph and telephone. And theses brought about a tremendous influence on modern life.
Fluoroscope (fluoroscopy): (still in use in present day): it is a machine that uses X-rays to take radiographs.
Tasimeter: it measures infrared radiation
Telegraph improvements
Motion pictures
Mining : he produced cement from his mining activities
Rechargeable battery: he worked on developing lighter, more flexible rechargeable batteries … amongst others
His inventions includes;
• Phonograph
•Durable light bulb (40 hours)
•Electrical Vote Recorder Quadruplex,
•Sextuplex and multiplex telegraph
•Carbon microphone
•Electricity distribution system
•First commercial fluoroscope (for X-Ray examinations)
•Stock ticker
•Kinematograph (motion picture camera)
•Kinetoscope (peep hole viewer)
The following is an incomplete list of awards given to Edison during his lifetime and posthumously:
In 1878, Edison was awarded an honorary PhD from Union College
The President of the Third French Republic, Jules Grévy, on the recommendation of his Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jules Barthélemy-Saint-Hilaire, and with the presentations of the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, Louis Cochery, designated Edison with the distinction of an Officer of the Legion of Honour (Légion d'honneur) by decree on November 10, 1881;Edison was also named a Chevalier in the Legion in 1879, and a Commander in 1889.
In 1887, Edison won the Matteucci Medal. In 1890, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
The Philadelphia City Council named Edison the recipient of the John Scott Medal in 1889.
In 1899, Edison was awarded the Edward Longstreth Medal of The Franklin Institute.
He was named an Honorable Consulting Engineer at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition World's fair in 1904.
In 1908, Edison received the American Association of Engineering Societies John Fritz Medal.
In 1915, Edison was awarded Franklin Medal of The Franklin Institute for discoveries contributing to the foundation of industries and the well-being of the human race.
In 1920, the United States Navy department awarded him the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
In 1923, the American Institute of Electrical Engineers created the Edison Medal and he was its first recipient.
In 1927, he was granted membership in the National Academy of Sciences.
On May 29, 1928, Edison received the Congressional Gold Medal.
In 1983, the United States Congress, pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 140 (Public Law 97–198), designated February 11, Edison's birthday, as National Inventor's Day.
Life magazine (USA), in a special double issue in 1997, placed Edison first in the list of the "100 Most Important People in the Last 1000 Years", noting that the light bulb he promoted "lit up the world". In the 2005 television series The Greatest American, he was voted by viewers as the fifteenth greatest.
In 2008, Edison was inducted in the New Jersey Hall of Fame.
In 2010, Edison was honored with a Technical Grammy Award.
In 2011, Edison was inducted into the Entrepreneur Walk of Fame and named a Great Floridian by the governor and cabinet of Florida.
I chose Thomas Edison because his inventions brought about a paradigm shift and development. Take for instance the electric bulb (amongst other inventions of his) imagine how life would’ve been without it.
I appreciate his zeal to learn and develop, I appreciate his enthusiasm and his multitasking abilities…. Those are the things I would love to copy from him.
Thanks for reading
That man singlehandedly changed the world, he's surely a genius.
Thank you for sharing.
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As Thomas Edison watched his power plant being engulfed in flames, he told his son "Go get your mother and her friends, they'll never see a fire like this again". His son objected but he said,"we've just got rid of a lot of rubbish".
According to New York Times, he said, "Although I am 67yrs old, tomorrow I'll start over again".
The makings of a man is displayed in times of tribulation. This reaction left me in awe. It shows his perspective about life as a very simple one. I admire the fact that he developed the light bulb after trying for nearly a thousand times. Thomas Edison is a man of perseverance, the very vital asset for success.
Goodluck in the contest.
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Yes a world without these(his)inventions would really be a boring and dark existence. He really spare headed other inventions. What can we do without electricity cameras and motion picture? Well chosen genius. Descriptive write up.
His achievements cannot be over emphasized. He is really a genius. By the way, I love the way you used a table form to detail your post. Keep it up.
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You are welcome. You wrote well