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  • He was issued 1,093 patents.
  • Some inventions: Electric Light Bulb, Storage Battery, Kinetoscope, Electric generators, Sound microphone, and the Phonograph.
  • He made contributions to the telephone and telegraph.
  • He originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and the distribution of it to homes, businesses, and factories.

Thomas Edison was a prolific American inventor, with over a thousand patents to his name. Inventions credited to him include the phonograph, the first practical light bulb, the carbon microphone, the stock ticker, the Kinetoscope, and improvements on the telegraph (invented by others 35 years earlier). Another Edison innovation was what is considered the first industrial research laboratory. Edison was also a businessman, using patents and mass production methods to profit from his inventions. He also patented an electric distribution system and built an investor-owned electric utility.

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