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Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Features Thomas Edison explaining how he developed ideas and turned them into useful inventions. Although he is most famous for inventing the light bulb, Edison is credited with hundreds of inventions.
Author
Series
Publisher
Emerald Books
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
With only three months of formal education, Thomas Edison grew up to be one of the most successful inventors of all time. Applying scientific principles to practical use, he made scores of inventions and held over thirteen hundred patents, from improvements on the telegraph and phonograph to the development of the incandescent lamp and a whole system for distributing electricity.
Edison's rise from humble beginnings and his unceasing struggle to...
Author
Publisher
Enslow Publishers
Pub. Date
c2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Profiles a man whose childhood interest in experimentaiton led him to create more than one thousand inventions, including the phonograph, moving pictures, and a storage battery.
11) Thomas Edison
Author
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Discusses the life story of Thomas Edison and his many inventions, including systems for electric lighting, improvements in communication technology, and devices for recording and replaying sounds and movies.
Author
Series
Weird West tales volume 1
Publisher
Pyr
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In a steampunk-style alternate-history fantasy tale, America's only hope for expansion past the Mississippi River in 1881 is a mission to Tombstone, Arizona, headed by Thomas Edison, whose protectors include Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and the zombie Bat Masterson.