How was Edison important?

Answer 1

Edison, also known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park", was important to American history.

1. His laboratory was the first ORGANIZED laboratory ever.

2. He invented over 400 things like the phonograph, the automatic telegraph repeater, and the first light bulb.

3. Edison created the "Ignoramus Test" that was used to "read" people.

4. He was the man who invented the word "Hello."

5. He helped improve many things such as the telegraph.

6. Thomas Edison hired people like mathematicians, chemists, and other people who might know things he didn't.

7. Edison created the first light bulb. In fact, the first city to be lit up in lights was New York City!

8. He said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration."

9. "Publicity is almost as important as the device itself."

10. Thomas Edison would take or capture vibrations and recreate sounds. In fact, the first recording was "Mary Had a Little Lamb"!