Thomas Edison made thousands of inventions in his life. Many of his inventions have the world. His first invention was a vote recorder (投票计数器) in 1868. This machine allowed people to place a vote pressing a button instead of saying "yes" or "no". However, American government officials did not like Edison's invention because they preferred to call out their votes.

    Then Edison started a company with his friend Franklin Pope. Edison was busy from early morning until late night. As a of hard work, he invented a telegraph. Later, he earned much money.

    With some of the money Edison started his own company. Next he invented a stock(股票) ticker. This machine was to record the price of stocks in New York. Western Union Edison $ 40,000 for this invention.

    Edison used the money to open a shop in Newark in the state of New Jersey. In 1876, Edison and his family moved to Menlo Park in the same state. There he built his own laboratory later.

He is an honest man .

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