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    attribute in relation to great innovators such as Henry Ford and Thomas Edison‚ resulting in the highly successful endeavours they’re known for today. Thomas Edison once said that “Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time” (Rhodes‚ 1961). This statement can be interpreted as a spoken admittance of perseverance being an important factor in his successful innovations. Thomas Edison changed the world‚ technologically speaking – his brilliant

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    worthwhile need to be met and I make trial after trial until it comes. What it boils down to is one per cent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. * Statement in a press conference (1929)‚ as quoted in Uncommon Friends: Life with Thomas Edison‚ Henry Ford‚ Harvey Firestone‚ Alexis Carrel & Charles Lindbergh (1987) by James D. Newton‚ p. 24. * Variant forms without early citation: "Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine per cent perspiration. Accordingly‚ a ’genius’

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    |The Biography of Thomas Edison | |"... Thomas Edison was more responsible than any one else for creating the modern world ....  No one did more to shape the physical/cultural | |makeup of  present day civilization.... Accordingly‚ he was the most influential figure of the millennium...."   | |The Heroes Of The Age: Electricity And Man

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    Harmantaj sahota sahot111 103776105 Professor Oriet 10 march‚ 2013 Inventing solutions “To invent u need a good imagination and a pile of junk.” –Thomas Edison Inventing solutions and inventions is familiar to us in science and engineering. We use the word ‘invention’ in creative endeavours such as mathematics‚ music‚ literature and sometimes in fine art too. In a broader context invention can be

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    Thomas Edison’s invention of the lightbulb was so significant that it is still effecting society to today. Thomas Edison’s lightbulb had to consist of three things‚ the first being a durable incandescent material‚ the second thing the lightbulb needed was to eliminate the oxygenation from the bulb‚ and the last thing the lightbulb needed was a filament material of high resistance. The first lightbulb was going to be made out of platinum‚ however‚ platinum was very expensive to distribute to homes

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    Nikola Teslas Greatest Inventions Randee Harrison Com/172 March‚ 24‚ 2014 Amy Hankins Nikola Teslas Greatest Inventions Nikola Tesla was one of the greatest inventors of the 19th and 20th centuries. Nikola Tesla was born in Smiljan‚ a village in Croatia. This was also where he had attended middle school. Tesla continued his education at the Polytechnic Institute (a college that offered general education courses) in Graz‚ Austria. Tesla later completed his education at The University of Prague

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    through power sources. Nikola Tesla was an individual of change because he made the Alternating current power generator which we use today‚ and left an age of new possibilities‚ power‚ and energy sources. At this time Tesla was competing with edisonThomas Alva Edison was an American inventor and businessman‚ who has been described as America’s greatest inventor. Tesla leaves many legacies but one is the new possibilities he left behind. Nikola Tesla was born July 10‚ 1856‚ Smiljan‚ Croatia‚ During a

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    Have you ever done so much work and never given enough credit for it? This one man was never given enough credit due to fraud by Thomas Edison. This particular man was named Nikola Tesla. He had a mind ahead of his own time. Tesla was a Serbian-American physicist who was born on July 9‚ 1856 in Smiljan‚ Croatia. He was born during the Austro-Hungarian Empire. His father was Milutin Tesla‚ a preacher at the Serbian Orthodox Church. While his mother‚ Djuka Mandic‚ ran the family farm. When he was seven

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    a symbol of media fear mongering‚ a symbol of inhumane animal testing‚ and a symbol of competition. Since its discovery by Alfred P. Southwick and building of the first electric chair by Edison Electric Light Company (later become General Electric) employee Harold P. Brown (commonly thought to be Thomas Edison but historically inaccurate)‚ this invention has been steeped in controversy. When the primary purpose of an invention is to end human life‚ how could it not be? Timeline of the Electric

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    important: theory‚ practice or combination of both? For me‚ combination of both practice and theory is more important in Science and technology because like in the "War of Currents" when Thomas Edison dismissed the idea of Nikola Tesla using the alternating-current power transmission and later on Thomas Edison cane to regret that he had not listened to Nikola Tesla about it. This shows that practice maybe have a good point in Science but theories could help things out so things would be easier

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