Thomas Edison -IND- Taylor Raatz

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison was born February 11, 1847  in Milan, Ohio. Thomas Edison was an extremely important figure when it comes to our history of developing items for the future. Some items that he invented were the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and, of course, the long lasting electrical light bulb. He is most know and famous for the invention of the light bulb. He then perfected the light bulb in 1879; he was supposed to make it low cost and available to the public within six weeks, but it took him over a year.

Edison had a laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey, where he did most of his work. This laboratory was the forerunner of modern research. He developed this lab with the money he earned from improving the telegraph system for Western Union. During the first 5 years of Menlo Park, and invention was patented almost every single month. After Edison died, his company then went on to power the entire city of New York with electricity. Edison’s companies then combined to form “Edison General Electric Company” today it is known as GE.