# Thomas Edison's most important inventions

He patented more than a thousand inventions: the light bulb that could be mass-produced, the phonograph, early cinema, the first commercial power station… Which one changed the world most?

- 72 votes · 10 items
- Dec 19, 2019 · sofia_noscope
- https://even.best/en/l/3053/thomas-edison-s-most-important-inventions

## Top 10

1. **The incandescent light bulb (1879)** (10 · ▲10 ▼0) — The first that could be mass-produced and used every day.
2. **The carbon telephone transmitter (1877–78)** (8 · ▲8 ▼0) — It improved the sound of telephone calls.
3. **The Kinetoscope** (7 · ▲7 ▼0) — The box for watching films through a peephole.
4. **The electric pen (1875–76)** (6 · ▲8 ▼2) — One of the first machines for copying documents.
5. **The tasimeter** (5 · ▲6 ▼1) — It measured tiny changes in temperature.
6. **The phonograph (1877)** (4 · ▲6 ▼2) — The first machine to record and play back sound; his favourite invention.
7. **Pearl Street Station (1882)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — One of the first commercial power stations, in New York.
8. **The nickel-iron battery (1900)** (4 · ▲5 ▼1) — Rechargeable and durable, for machines and electric cars.
9. **The phonomotor** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — It turned sound into mechanical motion.
10. **The Kinetograph** (1 · ▲4 ▼3) — His laboratory's motion picture camera.

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