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Thomas Edison Video
and Activity Book
Persistence, hard work and sacrifice catapult Thomas
Edison to become one of the world's greatest
inventors.
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Interactive DVD & Resource Book
Thomas Edison gives us a
lesson in the value of persistence. We enter the world a
century ago, a world lit by gaslight. It is Menlo Park, New
Jersey, in 1877. Thomas Edison and his team are completing
work on a new invention - the phonograph. Thomas Edison gains renown as
an inventor and is hailed as "The Wizard of Menlo Park". He
declares he will invent an electric light, a light that will
be safer and cleaner than gaslight. There are those who do not
want Thomas Edison to succeed, but he toils on. He knows that the
secret of electric light is incandescence - heating a filament
with electricity until it glows. But what material should be
used for the filament? His team tries everything - but in each
case, the filament shoots up in flames. The trials go on for
months, yet Thomas Edison does not give up hope. The search for the
elusive filament goes on. His team is ready to give up. "We
have tried 1,000 different types of filament", they say. Thomas Edison says
that the trick is to get up the courage to try 1,001. At last
their persistence is rewarded. The successful filament proves
to be ordinary cotton thread coated with carbon. On New Year’s
Eve, Thomas Edison ushers in 1880 with a display of electric lights.
His team and supporters cheer. Includes 48-page activity
book.
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