Edison got himself a library card and read his way through the entire Detroit library. He worked on the railroad between Detroit and Port Huron, Michigan at age 12 and by his early twenties; he had already registered patents on several of his own inventions. Over the next few years, he formed a team of researchers and inventors who worked for him and continued to invent and patent a number of successful inventions.
In December 25th 1871, Edison married his first wife, Mary Stilwell and they both had three children after which he moved his family from Newark to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876. There he built his most famous laboratory and within a year, it became the largest scientific testing laboratory in the world. He invented in 1877, the
In December 25th 1871, Edison married his first wife, Mary Stilwell and they both had three children after which he moved his family from Newark to Menlo Park, New Jersey, in 1876. There he built his most famous laboratory and within a year, it became the largest scientific testing laboratory in the world. He invented in 1877, the