Thomas Edison was an inventor described as Americas greatest inventor. He invented a lot of devices important to this generation, such as the phonograph, the camera, and the light bulb. Edison was one of the first inventors to add the rules of mass production and large scale teamwork to the process invention, and cause of that, he is commonly credited with the invention of the first invention laboratory. Edison was a creative inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the UK, Germany, and France. Higher than the amount of Edison's patents was the widespread impact of his inventions: electric light bulb, power utilities, sound recording, and motion pictures are all established new companies nearby. Edison's mass communication and in particular, telecommunications. These included a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a batterey of an electric car, …show more content…
His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early liffe as a telegraph operator. Edison created a system of electricity generation and distribution to homes, bussinesses, and factories. His first power station was on Pearl Street in Manhattan. In 1854, Edison's family moved to Port Huron in Michigan, where he went to a public school for only 12 weeks. A child prone to discraction was deemed difficult by his teacher. His mom quickly made him get home schooled. When he was 11, he showed a big passion for knowledge, reading books on wide range of subjects. Edison developed a process for self-edecation and learning independently that would help him in his life. When Edison was 12 he told his parents to let him sell newspapers to passengers along the Grand Trunk Railroad line. Edison began pubishing his own small newspapers, called the Grand Trunk Herald. The up to date were a hit to passengers. This is what started Edison to his ventures where he saw a need and capitalized on his