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OCR: THOMAS EDISON (1847 1931) HE AMERICAN inventor Thomas Edison lived and worked in the United States all his life. He was the most productive inventor ever During his lifetime he patented 1,093 different inventions including the incandescent electric lamp (similar to the ordinary light bulb we know today) the motion picture projector, and the phonograph. He also set up the first industrial research laboratory. Edison had slow start in life He was expelled from school because people not realize that he was deaf, thin king instead that he was unable to learn. His mother taught him at home where had built his own laboratory by the time he was 10 years old. ALSO STORY laborator