One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison's inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly Here's an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.
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One day in 1882, Thomas Edison flipped a switch that lit up lower Manhattan with incandescent light and changed the way people live ever after. The electric light bulb was only one of thousands of Edison's inventions, which include the phonograph and the kinetoscope, an early precursor to the movie camera. As a boy, observing a robin catch a worm and then take flight, he fed a playmate a mixture of worms and water to see if she could fly Here's an accessible, appealing biography with 100 black-and-white illustrations.
Imprint | Grosset & Dunlap Inc.,U.S. |
Country of origin | United States |
Series | Who Was? |
Release date | December 2005 |
Availability | In stock. We should be able to ship in 1 working day. |
First published | December 2005 |
Authors | Margaret Frith, Who Hq |
Illustrators | John O'Brien |
Dimensions | 194 x 136 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 106 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-448-43765-1 |
Barcode | 9780448437651 |
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LSN | 0-448-43765-1 |