Albany lies along the Great Southern Railway and the South Western and Albany highways to Perth-Fremantle, 240 miles (386 km) northwest. The town serves an area of wine growing and dairy, beef, lamb, fruit, and potato farming.
Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, and grew up in Port Huron, Michigan. He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison, Jr. (1804â1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810â1871, born in Chenango County, New York).
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Below is a list of Edison patents. Thomas Edison was an inventor who accumulated 2,332 patents worldwide for his inventions. 1,093 of Edison's patents were in the United States, but other patents were approved in countries around the globe. 1 Introduction.