CHAPTER ONE THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK From an early age Thomas Edison loved to experiment and to learn how things work As he grew up he developed his own ways of thinking and working After he opened a In this photograph from around 1877 Thomas Edison poses with his tinfoil phonograph In 1862 Edison saved a young boy from being hit by a train The boy’s father worked for the railroad He taught Edison how to use the telegraph and found a job for him Quick Fact 4
5 MEET HILLARY CLINTON Edison stops work to pose for a photograph in his workshop in 1906
6 THOMAS ALVA EDISON INVENTOR AND ENTREPRENEUR The phonograph is one of Edison’s best known inventions large workshop in Menlo Park New Jersey Edi son shocked the world with all of his inventions Edison was always working on something new He also improved on the designs of machines that already existed Edison made them easier for regular people to buy and take
7 THE WIZARD OF MENLO PARK care of He soon earned the nickname the Wizard of Menlo Park Edison invented some very useful products In fact we still use a lot of them today like lightbulbs Edison also made money selling everything people needed to use his products Thomas Edison left a last ing LEGACY He is honored for his inventions Most people agree that our world would not be the same without him A LEGACY is something passed from one person to future people Vocabulary Box
