His inventions changed many people life and eased their lives. He had invented many inventions and 2,332 of this got patents. Half of those inventions were patents in United States and the other half got approved from other countries. All of those inventions had different performance. The main invention that had the revolution impacts was the light bulb. The light bulb function was to light and it was lasted for long hours. Then he invented the system that connect those lights and makes them work together. There are many other good examples of his inventions, Such as motion picture, phonograph and magnetic iron ore separator.
He achieved so many things and he succeeded until the last day when he was healthy. He was sick and suffered from his diseases before he die. He died at 9 P.M on 18th of October, 1931 in New Jersey. He was 84 years of age.