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    Thomas Alva Edison

    Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was an American inventor and
    businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many
    devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion
    picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of
    Menlo Park", he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and
    large-scale teamwork to the process of invention, and is often credited with the creation of the
    first industrial research laboratory.
    Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents
    in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. More significant than the number of Edison's
    patents was the widespread impact of his inventions: electric lightand power utilities, sound
    recording, and motion pictures all established major new industries worldwide. Edison's
    inventions contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. These
    included a stock ticker, a mechanical vote recorder, a battery for an electric car, electrical
    power, recorded music and motion pictures. His advanced work in these fields was an
    outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison developed a system of electric-
    power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories – a crucial development
    in the modern industrialized world. His first power station was on Pearl Street in Manhattan,
    New York.

    Incandescent light bulb


    In addressing the question of who invented the incandescent lamp, historians Robert Friedel
    and Paul Israel list 22 inventors of incandescent lamps prior to Joseph Swanand Thomas
    Edison. They conclude that Edison's version was able to outstrip the others because of a
    combination of three factors: an effective incandescent material, a higher vacuum than others
    were able to achieve (by use of the Sprengel pump) and a high resistance that made power
    distribution from a centralized source economically viable.
    Historian Thomas Hughes has attributed Edison's success to his development of an entire,
    integrated system of electric lighting.
    The lamp was a small component in his system of electric lighting, and no more critical to its
    effective functioning than the Edison Jumbo generator, the Edison main and feeder, and the
    parallel-distribution system. Other inventors with generators and incandescent lamps, and
    with comparable ingenuity and excellence, have long been forgotten because their creators did
    not preside over their introduction in a system of lighting.

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