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Thomas Edison was called a “wizard” because of his many important inventions. He created more than 1,000 devices on his own or with others. His best-known inventions include the phonograph (record player), the lightbulb, and the motion-picture projector. Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. He experienced hearing loss at an early age. He was an imaginative and curious child. He did poorly in school, though, perhaps because he could not hear his teacher. His mother then educated him at home. When Thomas was a teenager he became a Edison worked hard with scientists and other partners to finish projects. He built research laboratories at Menlo Park and West Orange, New Jersey. Finally Edison created companies that produced and sold the successful inventions. Although most of his life was devoted to his work, Edison’s family was also important to him. He married twice and had six children. Edison died on October 18, 1931.

Thomas Edison applied for his first patent in 1868, when he was just 21 years old. The famous inventor’s first brainchild was for a “When Edison raised enormous capital, built a laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J., and hired a staff of several dozen, each with distinct talents, he pioneered what became the modern corporate research and development process,” explains The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America . “He considered it an invention factory, one that would produce surprising new products at a regular rate.” In many cases, Edison’s genius was taking a new technology that someone else had pioneered and developing a superior way of doing the same thing. “An invention not only has to work fairly well, but it has to be something that the market wants and can afford to buy. Edison understood that as well as anyone in his day,” says Freeberg. Below are some of Edison’s most significant inventions. Automatic Telegraph Edison's filament lamp, with a glass bulb containing a partial vacuum.  Contrary to popular belief, Edison “Edison was one of a half dozen who were putting the elements of a viable lighting system together in those years, and since Edison was late to the race, he benefited from all his predecessors and rivals,” Freeberg explains. In the late 1870s, Edison designed a Phonograph Thomas Edison pictured with his phonograph. While developing his telephone transmitter, Edison got the idea of creating a machine that could record and play b...

Chris Light Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on Feb. 11, 1847. His father, Samuel Edison, was a freethinker who tried many different careers. His mother, Nancy Elliott Edison, was a schoolteacher. When Thomas was seven, the family moved to Port Huron, Mich. There he went to school for a few months—the only formal schooling he ever had. He was educated mostly at home by his mother, who helped him to read classic works of literature, history, and science. By the time he was 12, he had also begun to do chemistry experiments and had his own laboratory in his father’s basement. Courtesy of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site When he was 13, Edison began working on the Grand Trunk Railroad between Port Huron and Detroit, selling newspapers and candy. To continue his chemistry experiments he set up a laboratory in a baggage car on the train. He also began publishing his own newspaper there on a press that had been used for printing handbills. He was typesetter, press operator, editor, publisher, and newsboy for this paper, which he called The Herald. He printed many reports of the Civil War battles, and these helped to make his newspaper a success. At about this time Edison lost almost all of his hearing. A number of explanations have been given for his deafness. One story, told by Edison himself, is that a conductor once took him by both ears to lift him onto the train. Edison felt something snap in his head, and h...

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Photo via Edison has long been a staple of school history books, and most people know him as the inventor of the lightbulb. But in recent years, Edison has become an extremely controversial figure. As the Information Age entered full swing, people started questioning everything, and many people started saying that Edison does not deserve as much credit as people give him. Around the same time, a Tesla revival movement kicked off to honor the mad Serbian scientist. Unfortunately, this movement decided that Tesla couldn’t be built up without tearing Edison down. This has led to a plethora of misinformation about Edison spreading around the Internet, leading to massive confusion about the man who brought us the first phonograph. While Edison wasn’t perfect, he was hardly the mustache-twirling villain some people claim he was, and his rivalry with Tesla was not all it’s cracked up to be. 10The Confusion Over His Credit for the Lightbulb Many people were taught when they were young that Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, and when they were older, the Internet told them they were wrong. Now, many confused people wonder what exactly is going on and what all the confusion is about. Well, as it turns out, with many things, the answer is a little complicated. And, as is often the case with inventions, more than one person deserves credit. Back in 1875, two men named Woodward and Evans designed a primitive lightbulb that they patented, but they could never make money to experiment...

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Thomas Edison was called a “wizard” because of his many important inventions. He created more than 1,000 devices on his own or with others. His best-known inventions include the phonograph (record player), the lightbulb, and the motion-picture projector. Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847, in Milan, Ohio. He experienced hearing loss at an early age. He was an imaginative and curious child. He did poorly in school, though, perhaps because he could not hear his teacher. His mother then educated him at home. When Thomas was a teenager he became a Edison worked hard with scientists and other partners to finish projects. He built research laboratories at Menlo Park and West Orange, New Jersey. Finally Edison created companies that produced and sold the successful inventions. Although most of his life was devoted to his work, Edison’s family was also important to him. He married twice and had six children. Edison died on October 18, 1931.

Thomas Edison applied for his first patent in 1868, when he was just 21 years old. The famous inventor’s first brainchild was for a “When Edison raised enormous capital, built a laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J., and hired a staff of several dozen, each with distinct talents, he pioneered what became the modern corporate research and development process,” explains The Age of Edison: Electric Light and the Invention of Modern America . “He considered it an invention factory, one that would produce surprising new products at a regular rate.” In many cases, Edison’s genius was taking a new technology that someone else had pioneered and developing a superior way of doing the same thing. “An invention not only has to work fairly well, but it has to be something that the market wants and can afford to buy. Edison understood that as well as anyone in his day,” says Freeberg. Below are some of Edison’s most significant inventions. Automatic Telegraph Edison's filament lamp, with a glass bulb containing a partial vacuum.  Contrary to popular belief, Edison “Edison was one of a half dozen who were putting the elements of a viable lighting system together in those years, and since Edison was late to the race, he benefited from all his predecessors and rivals,” Freeberg explains. In the late 1870s, Edison designed a Phonograph Thomas Edison pictured with his phonograph. While developing his telephone transmitter, Edison got the idea of creating a machine that could record and play b...

Chris Light Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on Feb. 11, 1847. His father, Samuel Edison, was a freethinker who tried many different careers. His mother, Nancy Elliott Edison, was a schoolteacher. When Thomas was seven, the family moved to Port Huron, Mich. There he went to school for a few months—the only formal schooling he ever had. He was educated mostly at home by his mother, who helped him to read classic works of literature, history, and science. By the time he was 12, he had also begun to do chemistry experiments and had his own laboratory in his father’s basement. Courtesy of the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Edison National Historic Site When he was 13, Edison began working on the Grand Trunk Railroad between Port Huron and Detroit, selling newspapers and candy. To continue his chemistry experiments he set up a laboratory in a baggage car on the train. He also began publishing his own newspaper there on a press that had been used for printing handbills. He was typesetter, press operator, editor, publisher, and newsboy for this paper, which he called The Herald. He printed many reports of the Civil War battles, and these helped to make his newspaper a success. At about this time Edison lost almost all of his hearing. A number of explanations have been given for his deafness. One story, told by Edison himself, is that a conductor once took him by both ears to lift him onto the train. Edison felt something snap in his head, and h...

Photo via Edison has long been a staple of school history books, and most people know him as the inventor of the lightbulb. But in recent years, Edison has become an extremely controversial figure. As the Information Age entered full swing, people started questioning everything, and many people started saying that Edison does not deserve as much credit as people give him. Around the same time, a Tesla revival movement kicked off to honor the mad Serbian scientist. Unfortunately, this movement decided that Tesla couldn’t be built up without tearing Edison down. This has led to a plethora of misinformation about Edison spreading around the Internet, leading to massive confusion about the man who brought us the first phonograph. While Edison wasn’t perfect, he was hardly the mustache-twirling villain some people claim he was, and his rivalry with Tesla was not all it’s cracked up to be. 10The Confusion Over His Credit for the Lightbulb Many people were taught when they were young that Thomas Edison invented the lightbulb, and when they were older, the Internet told them they were wrong. Now, many confused people wonder what exactly is going on and what all the confusion is about. Well, as it turns out, with many things, the answer is a little complicated. And, as is often the case with inventions, more than one person deserves credit. Back in 1875, two men named Woodward and Evans designed a primitive lightbulb that they patented, but they could never make money to experiment...