Karla Karr's List: Diigo Highlights

• He holds 1,093 patents for his   inventions. This is the largest number of patents held   by any one person.

  • Edison seemed to take action when he had a question!
• when Alva was six years old, he saw a goose sitting   on some eggs until they hatched. Being the curious youngster,   Alva sat on other goose eggs to see if they would hatch.
• Alva wanted to know   where grain came from so he climbed to the top of a   grain elevator. He fell into a pile of grain and started   to sink.
• In an experiment to   generate static electricity, he attached wires to the   tails of two cats and quickly rubbed their fur. This   experiment did not work.
• Alva then set up   a laboratory in the basement. He labeled his chemical   bottles "POISON" to keep other people from using them   even though the chemicals were not poisonous.
• n an experiment   to make a human balloon, Alva had a boy swallow Seidlitz   powders which give off gas when mixed with water. Alva   hoped the powder would mix in the boy's stomach and   create a gas, and this gas would cause the boy to float.   This experiment did not work.
• When Alva was 11   years old, he built a telegraph with his friend, Jim   Clancy. The telegraph connected their houses. Alva and   Jim communicated with each other by using Morse Code.
• Alva's curiosity   continued throughout his life and led to a lifetime   of experimenting and inventing.

  • Is this the type of learning "attitude" we are promoting in this day and age?

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• Man Edison was always thinking of new ideas and protecting his work. I wonder how he would fair today as we enter this age of collaboration and the lines are blurred about who owns ideas? - Karla Karr on 2008-04-10
• I recently had the opportunity to try out using telegraph. It was easy to send a message, but hard to listen and understand the message coming to you. - Karla Karr on 2008-04-10