Thomas Edison was an American inventor born in 1847 who is best known for inventing the first practical incandescent electric light bulb. In the late 1800s, through experimenting in his lab, Edison improved and invented the light bulb, making the first public demonstration on December 31, 1879. Edison's invention helped make electricity affordable and available to the masses, fulfilling his goal of making electricity so cheap that only the rich would burn candles.

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3. Thomas Edison

4. • Thomas Alva Edison was born
February 11th, 1847 in Milan Ohio.
• In the 1800s Edison
improve/invented the light bulb
• Edison made the first public
demonstration of his descending
light bulb on December 31st , 1931
• It was made during the time he said
“we will make electricity so cheap
that only the rich will burn candles”
• Thomas Edison did not fail he just
found 10,000 ways that wont work;

5. Edison invented his first lab at age 10

6. How he invented bulb
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