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Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed and made commercially available many key inventions of a modern life. His Edison Electric Company was a pioneering company for delivering DC electricity directly into people’s homes. He filed over 1,000 patents for a variety of different inventions. Crucially, he used mass-produced techniques to make his inventions available at low cost to households across America. His most important inventions include the electric light bulb, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, the electric car and the electric power station.

Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on the 11of February 1847. He was the youngest of seven siblings. His parents belonged to the middle class, though they were not wealthy. In particular, the family struggled when the railroad passed by Milan, forcing the family to move to Port Huron, Michigan. He attended only three months of formal schooling because he irritated his teachers with his repeated questioning and inability to just follow instructions. He was largely disinterested at school and was mainly self-educated through reading. He read almost every book on the library shelf.

As a youngster, he tried various odd jobs to earn a living. He worked as a candy, vegetables and newspaper seller. From childhood, Edison loved to experiment, especially with chemicals. In the 1870s, he sold the rights to the quadruples telegraph to Western Union for $10,000. This gave him the financial backing to establish a proper research laboratory and extend his experiments and innovations.

Thomas Edison’s phonograph is considered to be the first invention and his long-life favourite. It could record the spoken voice and play it back. The first recorded message was “Mary had a little lamb“, spoken by Thomas Edison.

With William Joseph Hammer, Edison started producing the electric light bulb, which was a great commercial success. Edison’s great advance was to use a carbonized bamboo filament that could last over 1,000 hours.

Top Thomas Edison’s quotes

Just because something doesn’t do what you planned it to do doesn’t mean it’s useless.

Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.

I never did a day’s work in my life. It was all fun.

I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.