Labels:text | human face | man | person | screenshot OCR: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ Edison, Thomas Thomas Edison One of the most prolific inventors of all time, Thomas Alva Edison combined an insatiable curiosity with a flair for recognizing the practical potential of his discoveries. Best known for his invention of electric lighting, he also patented more than 1,000 devices, which laid the foundation for the modern technological age Almost entirely self-taught, Edison spent four years working as a telegraph operator before branching out into the invention of electrical instruments. The sale of a stock-ticker system for $40,000 enabled him to set up a small manufacturing plant in 1871. Eight years and many inventions later his development of the incandescent lamp - together with all the associated power plants and electricity distribution systems - provided the basis of the vast General Electric Company. Thomas Edison, U.S. inventor, When hailed as a genius, Edison retorted "Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 1847-1931 percent perspiration" - an acknowledgement that his own skill lay in the painstaking development of practical applications from scientific principles. CHRONOLOGY
