Thomas Edison was born in Ohio Febuary 11, 1847. He was one of the most well known inventers of his time. In 1876 Edison made a laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey. Between the period of 1878 to 1880 Edison and his associates worked on at least three thousand different theories to devolop an efficient incandescent lamp. these lamps make light by useing electricity to heat a thin strip of material (called a filiment) until it gets hot enouph to glow. Edisons designed conist of a filament housed in a glass vacuum bulb. he had his own glass blowing shed where the fragil bulbs were made. By January 1879, at his laboratory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, Edison had built his first high resistant incandescent electric light but it only burned for a few hours so Edison Tested thousands and thousands of other materials like baywood boxwood hickory cedar. flax bamboo and many others. finally it worked he used carbonized carboard and it could burn up to 300 hours. without Edisons Invention we wouldnt be living like we are today. He brought us out of the dark age. he made the first central electric power station in New york and many others around the world. Thomas Edison died in 1931.
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