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    Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many groundbreaking inventions including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He held over 1,000 patents in his name and founded companies like General Electric which are still major corporations today. Edison was considered one of the most prolific inventors in history.

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    Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many groundbreaking inventions including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He held over 1,000 patents in his name and founded companies like General Electric which are still major corporations today. Edison was considered one of the most prolific inventors in history.

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    Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed many groundbreaking inventions including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. He held over 1,000 patents in his name and founded companies like General Electric which are still major corporations today. Edison was considered one of the most prolific inventors in history.

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    THE GREATEST INVENTOR IN HISTORY

    1 Thomas Edison has over 1,000 patents in his name. Many of his inventions still have a major effect on our
    lives today. He was also a business entrepreneur. Many of his inventions were group efforts in his large
    invention laboratory where he had many people working for him to help develop, build and test his
    inventions. He also started many companies including General Electric, which is one of the biggest
    corporations in the world today.

    6 Edison was born in Milan, Ohio in February 11, 1847. His family soon moved to Port Huron, Michigan
    where he spent most of his childhood. Surprisingly, he did not do well in school and ended up being home
    schooled by his mother. Thomas was an enterprising young man, selling vegetables, candy and
    newspapers on trains. One day, he saved a child from a runaway train. The child’s father compensated
    Edison by training him as a telegraph operator. As a telegraph operator, Thomas became interested in
    communications, which would be the focus of many of his inventions.

    12 Edison has the patents and credits from many inventions. Three of his most famous include: The
    Phonograph; this was the first major invention by Edison and made him famous. It was the first machine
    that was able to record and playback sound. Light Bulb; although he didn’t invent the first electric light,
    Edison made the first practical electrical light bulb that could be manufactured and used at home. He also
    invented other items that were needed make the light bulb practical for use at homes including safety
    fuses and on/off switches for light sockets. The Motion Picture; Edison did a lot of work in creating the
    motion picture camera and helping move forward the progress of practical movies.

    19 This remarkable scientist, died in October 189, 1931 in West Orange, New Jersey.

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