Thomas Edison
Deemed America’s greatest inventor, Thomas Edison was an inventor and businessman. His most notable work is the invention of a device we couldn’t imagine life without now, the electric lightbulb. Edison’s portfolio of inventions also includes the motion picture camera and the phonograph, with 1093 US patents into his name such as sound recordings and motion pictures. The world's first industrial research laboratory was facilitated by Edison.
Who really invented the light bulb?
US inventor Thomas Edison often gets all the credit, but was he really the first to invent it, or did he just come up with a 'bright' idea?
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