How Did Thomas Edison Influence The World

Thomas Alva Edison was born on February 11, 1847 that means just last month he would have been 172 years old. He was an american inventor and businessman that is responsible for many inventions that we still use in our everyday lives. Inventions such as the lightbulb, the phonograph also known as the telephone, the movie camera and many more. He developed many inventions that influenced life around the world. He has often been referred to as the world’s greatest inventor.
Thomas Edison was one of the first inventores to apply the idea of mass production along with large-scale teamwork to the process of invention. Because of that he is often credited of the first industrial research laboratory. Edison holds 1,093 U.S. patents in his name. He also holds many other patents in the United Kingdom, France and and Germany. More amazing than the amount of patents Edison holds in his name is the worldwide impact of his inventions
All those inventions established major new industries worldwide. Edison’s inventions help to spread mass communication in particular telecommunication. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison later invented electric power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories. This was a critical development to the modern industrial world.
At the beginning of edison's career he worked in Newark, New Jersey. The invention that first grabbed the public's interest was the phonograph in 1877. The invention was so unexpected by the people that it felt as if it almost appeared to them like magic. From that point on edison was known as the “The Wizard of Menlo Park”, New