Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison
ISBN-10
0749643390
ISBN-13
9780749643393
Series
Thomas Edison
Category
Electric engineers
Pages
48
Language
English
Published
1997
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Author
Karen Wallace

Description

At school, Thomas Edison's teachers think he is stupid. How wrong they are Instead he becomes one of the greatest inventors of his day, creating the electric light bulb and an early record player, to name but two. Ages 5+.

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