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Edward Goodrich Acheson was born in the year 1856 and was a great chemist/inventor for his time period. Edward Acheson had a rough childhood. He was forced to drop out of school at the age of 16 to help around the house, due to the death of his father. He had committed all of his free time, as a kid, to experiment with electrical science. In the year 1880 he had built a battery and even tried to sell it to Thomas Edison. Edison then hires Acheson to help with his electrical and other scientific experiments.

After about 4 years he left Edison to become an independent inventor. In the year 1891 he obtained a power plant company to help test his experiments. In the year 1894 he had created a new adhesive called carborundum  which is clay with carbon atoms altered into it, and created The Carborundum Company. His company was known for creating knife sharpeners, grind wheels, whet stones, and powdered abrasive. In the year 1901 he was fired from the presidency of his company due to his lack in using money economically. He had a very loving and supportive family. He had his loving wife Margret Acheson and seven children, named Edward Jr., George, Howard, John, Jean, Margret Irene, and Sarah.

Finally in the year 1901 he passed away. The Carborundum Company is still around it just has been sold and renamed to many times to count. Even after his death we still use the carborundum bars to sharpen knifes and swords, we still use grind wheels to sand and sharpen large objects. I guess what I am trying to say is that even though he is dead he is remembered and his legacy continues. He successfully patented about 70 different inventions of ores and other substances. Without these inventions the industrial era might not have happened when it was supposed to we would not have the technology we have today. This was my story of Edward Goodrich Acheson's life.

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