Thomas Edison-American Inventor

   
                                                         

Thomas Alva Edison

         Thomas Edison was an American inventor and businessman who developed and made commercially available many key inventions of modern life. His Edison Electric company was a pioneering company for delivering DC electricity directly into people's homes. His most important inventions include, the electric light bulb, the phonograph, the motion picture camera, an electric car and electric power station.

        Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on Feb 11, 1847, the youngest of seven siblings. His parents were middle class. By 1877, he had developed the phonograph.It is an early form of the gramophone player .This received widespread interest, and people were astonished at one of the first audio recording devices . Edison successfully predicted that he could make electric light so cheap, it would soon come universal. To capitalize on the success of the electric light bulb, he also work on electricity distribution. His first power station was able to distribute DC current to customers in lower Manhattan.

        Edison had great faith in progress and industry, and valued long, hard work. He used to say,“Genius was 1 percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.” Edison believed that inventing useful products offered everyone the opportunity for fame and fortune while benefiting society.Thomas Edison died in October 18,1931 at the age 84 in West Orange, New Jersey, US.