Edison's Inventions

Edison's Inventions

Who Was Thomas Edison? Thomas Edison was an inventor. He lived from 1847 to 1931. He invented many things. We still use some things he invented today.

Early Life Thomas did not go to school much, but he loved to read. He quit school when he was twelve. He went to work on trains.

There he learned to use the telegraph. The telegraph was a machine that sent a message. The message came in long and short beeps.

Thomas did not hear well. He could not always hear the beeps. He invented a machine that changed the beeps to letters. Thomas was an inventor!

The Phonograph Thomas invented many things. He invented the phonograph. People could record and play back sound with this machine. They did not think it was real! They thought another person was talking.