Tag: children’s history book
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The Boy’s Life of Edison: Chapters 7 and 8
Adventures of a Telegraph Operator The first position that Edison took after leaving Canada so hurriedly was at Adrian, Michigan, and of what happened there he tells a story typical of his wanderings for several years to come. “After leaving my first job at Stratford Junction, I got a position as operator on the Lake…
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The Boy’s Life of Edison: Chapters 5 & 6
Chapters 5 and 6 A Few Stories of Edison’s Newsboy Days The Grand Trunk Railroad machine shops at Port Huron had a great attraction for young Edison. The boy who was to have much to do with the evolution of modern electric locomotive in later years was fascinated with the mechanism of the steam locomotive.…
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The Boy’s Life of Edison: Chapter 27
Audio EDISON’S WORK DURING THE WAR With the shattering of the world’s peace by the great conflict which commenced on July 28, 1914, there came a universal disturbance of industrial conditions. The Edison industries were not exempt. Edison’s activities during the years of the war were of the same intensely vigorous and energetic nature so…
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The Boy’s Life of Edison Chapters 3 & 4
Chapters 3 and 4 Edison’s Early Boyhood It was when he was about seven years old that Edison’s parents moved to Port Huron, Michigan, and it was there, a few years later, that he began his active life by becoming a newsboy. With his mother he found study easy and pleasant. The quality of the…
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The Boy’s Life of Edison Chapters 1 & 2
Chapters 1 and 2 The Early Days of Electricity This is the life story of the greatest of inventors in the field of electricity. It is true that Thomas A. Edison has helped the progress of the world by many other inventions and discoveries quite outside of electricity, but it is in this field that…