Vii. прочтите текст, чтобы понять, о каких изобретениях томаса эдисона говорится в данном тексте. переведите. thomas a. edison 1. when thomas edison was born in the small town of milan, ohio, in 1847 america was just beginning its great industrial development. the time in which he lived was an age of invention, filled with human and scientific adventures; and edison became the hero of the age. 2. when he was ten, edison built his own chemistry laboratory. he sold sandwiches and newspapers on the local trains in order to earn money to buy supplies for his laboratory. 3. in 1869 edison arrived in new york city, poor and in debt. he went to work with a small company that later became part of the western union telegraph company. it was here that he became interested in the uses of electricity. at that time, electricity was still in the experimental stages, and edison hoped to invent new ways to use it for the benefit of people. as he once said, “my philosophy of life is work. i want to bring out the secrets of nature and apply them for the happiness of man”. 4. in his laboratory in new jersey edison organized industrial research. he equipped his laboratory with good scientific instruments and hired a select team of 20 clockmakers and mechanics and one university - trained mathematician. one of his first inventions to come from his laboratory was an improvement of a. bell’s telephone. 5. for more than 50 years thomas edison was the world's leading inventor. he patented over 1,000 inventions which changed our way of living. he designed the central power station which became the model for the first public electrical plant in new york city. 6. thomas edison died in 1931. as a great inventor, he received many honors during his life. he rightfully belongs to among america's and the world's great contributors to industrial development and progress of man.