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  1. www.thoughtco.com › thomas-edison-failures-1991687The Failed Inventions of Thomas Alva Edison - ThoughtCo

    Thomas Alva Edison held 1,093 patents for different inventions. Many of them, like the lightbulb, the phonograph, and the motion picture camera, were brilliant creations that have a huge influence on our everyday life. However, not everything he created was a success; he also had a few failures.

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  3. www.smithsonianmag.com › innovation › 7-epic-fails-brought-to7 Epic Fails Brought to You By the Genius Mind of Thomas Edison

    7 Epic Fails Brought to You By the Genius Mind of Thomas Edison. Despite popular belief, the inventor wasn’t the “Wiz” of everything. Erica R. Hendry. November 20, 2013. National Park Service,...

  4. www.forbes.com › sites › nathanfurrHow Failure Taught Edison to Repeatedly Innovate - Forbes

    If he hadn’t failed, Thomas Edison might not have become America’s most well-known and prolific innovator. Like most entrepreneurs, when Edison first started his career, he was certain he had ...

  5. www.intellectualventures.com › buzz › insightsFailing for Success: Thomas Edison | Intellectual Ventures

    In today’s “Failing for Success,” we take a look at a few of Thomas Edison’s failures, which ultimately became footnotes of his wildly successful career.

  6. blogs.loc.gov › teachers › 2024Inventions and Innovations: Thomas Edison and Learning through...

    Explore the failures of Thomas Edison and how he used them to improve future inventions.

  7. www.nationalgeographic.com › history › articleThomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb—but here’s what he did...

    Thomas Edison didn’t invent the light bulb—but here’s what he did do. With more than a thousand patents to his name, the legendary inventor's innovations helped define the modern world.

  8. engines.egr.uh.edu › episode › 523Edison's Big Failure | The Engines of Our Ingenuity

    No. 523: Edison's Big Failure. by John H. Lienhard. Audio. Today, let's meet a great inventive failure -- Thomas Edison. The University of Houston's College of Engineering presents this series about the machines that make our civilization run, and the people whose ingenuity created them.