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A: Well, J.U. Mackenzie, taught me some a new thing. Such a thing was
railroad telegraphy. I got this reward after saving a three year old from the
tracks when he was about to be hit. Some other mentors where my partners,
Franklin L. Pope and James Ashley. Together we made Pope, Edison and
CO.
Some people I just wanted to prove I was better. I wanted to prove to
them that I was the best. One was George Westinghouse. He was in charged
of the AC current while I was head of DC current. So that also what drove
me to become better.
A: I was very much the same as any other. There were people in it, in there
own way. I think when I entered, I brung a new attitude to this era and field.
Let me explain. I was not afraid to fail, because that was one step closer to
success, as I saw it.
I made hundreds and hundreds of different inventions. But I never
stopped until I completed one. Take the light bulb. It took me many tries
until I finally got it just right. And I know you are happy right.
Q: How did the world’s situations affect your work in your
field such as political, economic, and cultural?
A: Well as some of you may know or all at that, I was the 1st to create the
light bulb. But what you may not know is that I did not make the 1st electric
light bulb. Oh no, I made the 1st commercially practical incandescent light.
Yes this is what I did. My methods I used were filament which I applied to
the element of glowing wire which carried the current.
Another major invention of mine was another light bulb. This was the
improvement of the electric light bulb. What I used was a carbon filament.
On Jan. 27, 1880, I was granted for the design I made on Nov. 4, 1879, a
U.S. patent 223,898. They said the electric lamp was using “ a carbon
filament or strip coiled and connected to patina contact wires.”
A: The personal choices I made were to never give up. This was my passion
so I wanted to do it and be the best. As a boy I wanted to learn and become
different from the others. So I got a job and learned different things about
different inventions. Also I loved to read.
So I think the choices I made when I was young influenced the
choices I made when I was older. The job of inventing with the automatic
repeater and other things help me gain fame. That is what drove me to make
the phonograph in 1877. I redesigned some of the models using wax-coated
cardboard cylinders which were produced by many, one being Alexander
Graham Bell. That is why I called it the “Perfected phonograph.”
A: I believe one of the hardships was life. I lost my mother in 1871. Then I
lost my 1st wife in 1886, to a brain tumor. So I had to be strong for me and
my kids. So I think that was a hardship.
The other was failure. When you fail, you always fall backward. No
matter who you are or what you do, that will happen. So they were always
very hard to overcome. But again, that’s when your determination kicks in.
So that’s mainly what I think.
A: I hate to repeat myself, but the main ones were at age 10 and age 12. At
age 10, I made my 1st lab in my basement. So I think that illustrated that I
was going to keep building labs and continue my discovery of new things. I
built my 2nd one at the place that I was working at after my mother was tired
of the smell. I also built one in New Jersey, where I launched my career.
At the age of 12, I had a job, as you know, and after saving a little
baby boy, my boss taught me about a railroad telegraphy. So I think I
wanted to expand my knowledge. So I learned more about different artist
before me such as Alexander Graham Bell. So from that of his work, I made
an improvement of some of their inventions. So this is what illustrated on
how I became successful in the arts.