Thomas Alva Edison There is one inventor that stands out among the rest his name is Thomas Alva Edison, Thomas Edison is one of the most famous inventors ever known to history. Thomas has taken credit for more than one thousand inventions in fact one thousand and ninety three like the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph, the carbon telephone transmitter and the motion-picture projector. Thomas Alva Edison was born in Milan Ohio on the 11 of …showed first 75 words of 178 total…

…showed last 75 words of 178 total…the summer of 1868 he invented the first electrical vote recorder this was a big success. Thomas Edison promised that he would invent a minor invention every ten days and a big invention every six months. He also proposed to make inventions to order. Before long he had 40 different projects going at the same time. Edison announced he would invent a safe, mild, and inexpensive electric light that would replace the gaslight in millions of homes.