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Thomas Edison held 1,093 different patents for all of his many inventions. Many of them, like the light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, were amazing inventions that still have a huge impact on how we live our lives today. However, not everything Edison created was a success; he also had a few failures along the way.

Thomas Edison’s greatest failure came from not being able to create a practical way to mine iron ore. He worked on mining methods in the late 1800s in hopes of being able to provide iron ore to the Pennsylvania steel mills. However, he was never able to create a separator that could extract iron from low-grade ores. Eventually, Edison gave up on the idea, but by then he had lost all the money he had invested in the project.

However, after this Thomas Edison went on to invent the motion picture camera. He called this invention a “Kinetoscope,” using the Greek words “kineto” meaning “movement” and “scopos”, which means “to watch.” He even built a motion picture production studio in New Jersey that was constructed so that it could be moved to stay in direct daylight at all hours of the day.

So, the lesson is – in order to invent something spectacular, it’s ok to fail along the way because these failures will teach you lessons that will help you to achieve even greater things in the future. If you want to learn more about the greatest inventors of all time, check out our Online Educational Book Store. We have many interesting books including the “100 Scientists Book”, “Seven Ideas That Shook the Universe”, “Thomas Edison: A Brilliant Inventor Book”, “Henry Ford, Young Man With Ideas Book”, “The Ben Franklin Book of Easy & Incredible Experiments Book”, and more! Give our educational book store a call today at 407-438-6700 to order your books.

Or in this case, also the fathers. If you have ever tapped into your creative side and thought that attaching an iPod player to an automated, robotic carpet cleaner was unique, unfortunately this has already been done. It was Thomas Edison who said “genius is 1% inspiration, 99% perspiration”. If you don’t mind the immense amount of sweating, then perhaps innovation and creation are your foremost fortes.

The brilliant minds of our world have forged all the things around us that we take for granted with pure, unadulterated brain power. Thomas Edison himself is regarded as one of the most famous inventors of all time, even after sandbagging Nikolai Tesla and his majestic discovery of alternating currents. Learned about the great scientists and inventors of this world with our scintillating collection of inventor educational books we have to offer. After you read about iconic figures such as Bell and Einstein, maybe your own proverbial light bulb will illuminate with a spark of genius.

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