Edison

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Sadly, one of chemicals fell off an unstable rack and caught fire. The fire was quickly spotted and only caused minor damage. Tom was then banned from experimenting on the train.
Along with chemistry, he began to work with telegraphy. When he was fourteen, he and another boy who lived nearby set up a telegraphic connection between their houses. By using the telegrapher so often, Tom became equivalent to a second class, which could earn a very steady pay. With his knowledge in telegraphy he began working as a full time operator. Soon after, he made his first major invention, which was a telegraphic repeating instrument that enabled messages to be transmitted automatically over a second line without the need for an operator. He had invented a machine that does the job he was hired to do. For a while, Edison kept this invention secret. He began using it while at work, but was caught asleep with it on. After he was fired, he moved to Boston. Here, he planned to dedicate all of his time to research for new inventions. Soon after, he invented an automatic vote counter. Now the presidential votes could be counted in a fraction of the time it used to take. However, the government didn’t like it, it was too fast. Those who decided not to use it argued that people want time between the time that they vote and the time they hear the results. However, this machine is later used, and the same design is still used today.
Since his last invention didn’t produce any profit, he was hoping his next invention would help him financially. Edison wandered from Boston to New York City in 1869 close to broke. He convinced an employee at the Gold Indicator Company to let him sleep in his office. Whi...