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  2. 15 Historic Failures by Successful Billionaires - AOL

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    Thomas Edison once said, "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." ... Branson's failures don't end there — in 2020 his attempt to launch his first rocket for Virgin ...

  3. Edisonian approach - Wikipedia

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    Historian Thomas Hughes (1977) describes the features of Edison's method. In summary, they are: Hughes says, "In formulating problem-solving ideas, he was inventing; in developing inventions, his approach was akin to engineering; and in looking after financing and manufacturing and other post-invention and development activities, he was innovating."

  4. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).

  5. Electrocuting an Elephant - Wikipedia

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    In popular culture, Thompson and Dundy's execution of Topsy has switched attribution, with narratives claiming the film depicts an anti-alternating current demonstration organized by Thomas A. Edison during the war of the currents waged against his competitor, George Westinghouse. This is a popular misconception.

  6. 50 positive life quotes to inspire, and lift your ... - AOL

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    Here are 50 quotes about life to motivate you. ... "Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up." – Thomas Edison "I have very strong ...

  7. War of the currents - Wikipedia

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    The war of the currents was a series of events surrounding the introduction of competing electric power transmission systems in the late 1880s and early 1890s. It grew out of two lighting systems developed in the late 1870s and early 1880s: arc lamp street lighting running on high-voltage alternating current (AC), and large-scale low-voltage direct current (DC) indoor incandescent lighting ...

  8. Thomas Edison Conducted the First Job Interview in 1921 ... - AOL

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    Getty By Jacquelyn Smith The job interview was born in 1921, when Thomas Edison created a written test to evaluate job candidates' knowledge. Since then, the process has come a long way. "As the ...

  9. Etheric force - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Edison announced the discovery, which he called etheric force, to the press and reports began to appear in Newark newspapers from November 29, 1875. While etheric force initially met with an enthusiastic reception, sceptics began to question whether it truly was a new phenomenon or merely a consequence of some already known phenomenon such as electromagnetic induction.