“I have got so much to do and life is so short, I am going to hustle,” 21-year-old Thomas Edison said. Hustle he did, at the end of his life holding 1,093 patents. As an inventor, Edison worked brutally long hours before lying down wherever he could to catch a few hours of sleep. From his younger days as a telegraph operator to his elderly ones experimenting with plants and rubber, Edison remained a flurry of ideas and energy.
The most famous of his inventions is his light bulb, the first to burn long enough for practical, commercial use. While the public was amazed by these bright lights that burned for hours, Edison astounded many through some of his lesser-known inventions, capturing sound and motion in ways most people had never dreamed of.
