Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor born in 1847 in Ohio. After working as a young telegraph operator, Edison established Menlo Park Laboratory in 1876, considered the first industrial research lab. There, he invented many devices including the phonograph in 1877 and a long-lasting, affordable light bulb in 1879 which established his reputation as a leading inventor. Throughout his career, Edison obtained over 1,000 patents and brought innovations in electric power, mass communication, and motion pictures.

1. Key points to be discussed
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Who was ThomasAlva Edison?
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Early Life of Edison.
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Edison’s emergence as a leading inventor.
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Edison’s innovations with Electric Light

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3. Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison was an American
inventor and entrepreneur who has
been described as America's greatest
inventor. He developed many devices
in fields such as electric power
generation, mass communication,
sound recording, and motion pictures.
He was one of the first inventors to
apply the principles of organized
science and teamwork to the process
of invention, working with many
researchers
researchers
established
and
employees
He
The
first
industrial
research laboratory.

4. Early Life of Edison
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Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in
Milan, Ohio.
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He was the seventh and last child of
Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. and Nancy
Matthews Elliott.
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Edison was taught reading, writing,
and arithmetic by his mother who
used to be a school teacher.
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When he was just 12, Edison began working for the Grand
Trunk Railroad, selling newspapers on trains. He even printed
his own newspaper named as The Grand Trunk Herald.

5. Emergence as a Leading Inventor
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From 1870 to 1875, Edison worked at
New Jersey, where he developed
telegraph-related products for both
Western Union Telegraph Company
and its rivals.
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In 1876, His major innovation was the
establishment of an famous industrial research lab which was
named as Menlo Park Laboratory.
phonograph
notable as
the
first
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In 1877, He invented the carbon
telephone transmitter for the Western
Union Telegraph Company.
His phonograph (patented 1878) was
successful instrument of its kind.

6. Innovations with Electric Light
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In 1878, Edison set up the Edison Electric
Light Company and began research and
development.
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He made a breakthrough in October 1879
with a bulb that used a platinum filament.
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In
1880,
hit
on
carbonized
bamboo
as
a
viable
alternative
for
the
filament,
which
proved to be the key to a long-lasting and
affordable light bulb.
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In 1881, he set up an electric light company in Newark, and the
following year moved his family to New York.
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By 1889, AC current would come to dominate the field, and the
Edison General Electric Co. merged with another company in
1892 to become General Electric Co.

7. Conclusion
In 1931, Edison succumbed to complications from diabetes. He was
survived by his second wife and their three children, as well as his
three children by his first wife. By the time he died on October 18,
1931, Edison had amassed a record 1,093 US patents in his name, as
well as patents in other countries.
Everyone had heard of the "Wizard" and looked up to him. The
whole world called him a genius. But he knew that having a good
idea was not enough. It takes hard work to make dreams into reality.
That is why Edison liked to say,