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Thomas was born in Milan, Ohio.
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Thomas sold newspapers and sundries on a train between Port Huron, Michigan and Detroit.
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He patents in first invention, in Boston
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On Christmas Day Thomas marries Mary Stilwell
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He invents the Quadruplex telegraph, sending messages over a mire at the same time.
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He wrapped a piece of foil around a cylinder, and it recites Mary Had a Little Lamb back to him.
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They first made a light bulb that lasted for more than 13 hours
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Discovers and experiments with electrical discharge inside lamp called Edison Effect basis of the vacuum tube
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Mary Stilwell dies at the age of 29
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He re-marries Mina Miller and has 3 more children with her.
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He opens a newer, larger laboratory, West Orange, New Jersey
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Thomas starts working on a motion picture
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Thomas attempts to find alternative sources of rubber.
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Fires swept through the area and burnt down the new lab, so he has to start fresh at the age 84
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Dies October 18, West Orange, New Jersey. At age 84
