The Thomas Edison Laboratory in West Orange, New Jersey, is HUGE!
We only allowed 1 1/2 hours to tour it which was a mistake. That did allow us enough time to watch the introductory video and take the main audio tour but not the extended audio tour nor listen to any of the ranger talks.
But we did learn how he managed to invent so many things in one lifetime. He had help.
Yes, the man was a genius. He did invent many things himself. But once he had enough money to expand, he began building his labs where others were put to work developing his ideas.
Want to know what shape and material makes the best speaker phone? Give a bunch of people unlimited materials with which to experiment and they will eventually find the best.
Do this over and over again with question after question and you will eventually wind up with lots of patents.
All it takes it time, money, and…
…genius enough to come up with the questions in the first place.
TTYL,
Linda
So the one with the money and the idea is the one that gets the credit and not all those other people who were actually the first to do it?