Thomas+Edison

__**Thomas Edison**__

Thomas Edison was a renown inventor and also referred to as "The Wizard of Menlo Park." Edison had been granted about 1,093 patents for his inventions. 150 of these patents were for the telegraph technology. He was called the "Wizard of Menlo Park" because he owned a factory in Menlo Park, New Jersey, and used to light it up with the light bulbs he made. Edison invented the phonograph, helped with the lightbulb to make it last longer, and movie projector. Also, Edison invented the Quadruplex instruments after Joseph Sturn had invented one. Edison was known as one of the best inventors of all time.