Previous Page: Thomas Edison on the whole never worked less than 112 hours per week, he was the role model for his colleagues for working long hours. Thomas Edison had a massive appetite for knowledge as he read many books on electricity, mechanics, chemical analysis, manufacturing, and technology. Of all the books he read, he developed a vehement passion for science books that became his greater love, but had never liked mathematics. Thomas Edison decided at an early age that his future would be in finding ways of making other people's lives better, instead of just wanting to know how things works. Thomas Edison's honours are almost as plentiful as his inventions. In 1878, he was gratified with the name chevalier of the Legion of Honour. In 1892, he was favourable approved the Albert Metal of the Society of Arts of Great Britain. In 1928, he was commended with the Congressional Gold Metal for "Development and application of inventions, and Edison accepted each of his commemorations with the gaiety of a small child getting their first toy. Thomas Edison was experimenting with the telephone and the telegraph when he inadvertidly stumbled upon the phonograph, and with glee in his eyes, he shouted Eureka! The phonograph became his most original invention. |
