Liza Marie Lay T. Ana Isaza Writing 17 April 2013 The Men of Great Mind ‘’Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.’’ – Thomas A. Edison. Egyptians‚ Greeks‚ Mesopotamian‚ and others ancient civilizations invented methods or tools of works to survive. In fact‚ man has been inventing since he has existed. Today‚ I am going to compare two of the greatest inventors of the world. They lived almost 415 years apart in different cultural
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’’To invent‚’’ Thomas Edison said‚ ’’you need a good imagination and a pile of junk.’’ Thomas Edison patented 1‚093 of his inventions‚ which transformed the United States into an enormous and influential industrial power. He is the driving force behind major inventions like the phonograph‚ akaline storage batteries‚ the carbon transmitter‚ the incandescent light bulb‚ and the Kinetograph. The first motion picture‚ shot by the Kinetograph‚ not only changed entertainment for decades to come‚ but
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close they were to success when they gave up” a quote by Thomas Edison one of the inventors of the light bulb. There was also two other people that invented the light bulb but don’t always get credited for it. Those people were Hiram maxim and joseph swan. Thomas Edison probably got more of the recognition for inventing the light bulb because he was more known and he made many more inventions than the other two did. So‚ Thomas Edison had made more of a name of himself in the invention world. The light
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and interesting‚ especially after I knew that his so-called friends had stolen the family’s money. I was curious to know how they solved the problem‚ and I was engaged with the family problems and life. Diaz was telling the story in a way that made me wonder what would happen next. Moreover‚ Diaz wrote the story as he was orally telling the story. He used questions such as “so what happen?”‚”Right‚” and “where the hell did I get these ideas?”. Also‚ he used a kind of informal language. For example
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People always say that Thomas Alva Edison was a genius. He answered‚ ‘genius is hard work‚ stick-to-it-iveness and common sense’. Thomas Edison was an inventor that created such innovation as the electric light bulb and phonograph. He was born on 11 February 1874 in Milan‚ Ohio and the youngest in his family. Thomas’s father was an exiled political activist from Canada and mother wan an accomplished school teacher. His mother was the major influence in Thomas’s life as well. Thomas had hearing difficulties
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The Great Divide University of California-Berkley geographer and author Michael Johns argues in his novel‚ The City of Mexico in the Age of Diaz‚ that the central Zocalo of Mexico City does more than geographically segregate the East from the West‚ but Mexico’s national mentality as well. During the years of Diaz’s democratic façade‚ the upper classes thrived upon plantation exports‚ feudalist economics and the iron fist of Diaz’s rurales while struggling to maintain European social likeness
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today‚ all inventions seem as if we could not live without them. Thomas Edison’s light bulb has been one of the biggest impacts on society even to this day. Thomas wanted to replace the gaslight with a mild‚ safe‚ and inexpensive electric light. Edison invented the light bulb in 1879‚ and to this day the light bulb is still just as useful‚ if not more so. As time has passed‚ the light bulb has grown more important with more and more functions. Just think about how many different types of light bulbs
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Mexican President Porfirio Diaz‚ a dictator‚ ruled Mexico for almost 35 years‚ begun in 1876 and ended in 1911. Under his control‚ Mexican became modernized as it improved its diplomatic affairs with foreigners. In addition‚ the country experienced peace‚ economic‚ and industry growth. However that covers only one side of the coin as Mexican lower class‚ consisting of mestizos and Indian peasants‚ was faced with poverty. Likewise‚ the middle class sought for a democracy while the upper class wanted
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Ada Maria Isasi-Diaz writes: In spite of this difference‚ many people believe we Hispanics could have become as successful as the European immigrants. So why haven’t we? For one thing‚ by the time Hispanics grew in numbers in the United States‚ the economy was no longer labor-intensive. Hispanics have lacked not “a strong back and a willingness to work‚” but the opportunity to capitalize on them. Then‚ unlike the European immigrants who went west and were able to buy land‚ Hispanics arrived here
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Thomas Edison An Outstanding Inventor A full time inventor‚ a big business man‚ and a motion picture movie author are three words that people think of in connection with Thomas Edison. Many people know that Thomas Edison made the electric light bulb‚ but he was so much more. Thomas Edison changed the world with his inventions that made people’s life way easier‚ and left a legacy as a great inventor. The early life of Thomas Edison was very rough and but got better. Family had an impact too. His
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