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He fell into a grain elevator and almost drowned in the grain
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his father found him squatting on some duck
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His mother took him out of school and taught him at home
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He set up a chemistry lab in the basement in his home
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He was give the chance to lern how to be telegraph operator and he then became as fascinated by electricity
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He had changed from an experimenter to inventor and worked full-time in his inventions
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He moved to New Jersey
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His first great invention, the ponograph
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he showed his greatest invation, the first incandescent light.