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Thomas Alva Edison is one of the greatest inventors in history and was responsible for more inventions than any other inventor.
He created the first research laboratory, which he called The Invention Factory, probably one of his greatest achievements.
Altogether he took out patents on 1093 inventions. Some of his inventions developed and improved other people's.
He created the first research laboratory, which he called The Invention Factory, probably one of his greatest achievements.
Edison was born in Ohio in the USA in 1847. At school his teacher thought his ideas were crazy and that he might have a learning difficulty.
After that, his mother taught him at home. He was full of curiosity and she encouraged him to learn things for himself.
After that, his mother taught him at home. He was full of curiosity and she encouraged him to learn things for himself.
He made working models of a steam engine and steam- powered sawmill, and experimented with chemicals.
He was a good businessman all his life. As a child, he grew vegetables and sold them in town.
At 12 he got a job selling newspapers on a train, and, at 15, started his own weekly newspaper, which he printed on an old printing press on the train.
He worked as a telegraph operator and in 1869, at 22, he moved to New York where he worked for a gold company. When the machine that printed gold prices broke down,
Edison fixed it, then invented a machine that did the job better.
This invention made him a lot of money, and with it he set up his own workshop where he manufactured these machines, as well as telegraph machinery.
Edison's favourite invention was the phonograph, in 1877. He regarded it as a toy, and designed toys that used the device, including talking dolls and children's pianos.
He improved it so that it could record and play music Recordings were made on the surface of a metal cylinder, and the sounds were heard when a needle ran through grooves on the cylinder
as it turned round and round. He experimented with recording on disks and tape.
Thomas Edison died At 9 P.M. On Oct. 18th, 1931 in New Jersey.
He was 84 years of age. Shortly before passing away, he awoke from a coma and quietly whispered to his very religious and faithful wife Mina, who had been keeping a vigil all night by his
who had been keeping a vigil all night by his side: "It is very beautiful over there..."