Edison Laboratory
national monument, West Orange, New Jersey, United States
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The role of chemistry in Thomas Edison's inventions
How Thomas Edison changed the world.
The Edison Laboratory National Monument is located in West Orange, New Jersey. This site preserves the laboratory where Thomas Edison worked for over 40 years, developing inventions such as the phonograph and silent and sound motion pictures. Edison, a prolific American inventor, created the world's first industrial research laboratory and held 1,093 patents. While his earlier laboratories were in Menlo Park, New Jersey, his West Orange laboratory and home, Glenmont, are now preserved as a National Historic Site.123
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