The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that occupational therapists made $74,970 a year on average in May 2011. The top 10 percent of workers in the field made over $104,350 and the bottom 10 percent earned less than $49,980. Half of workers in the occupation made between $61,520 and $88,790 a year.
These patents covered a carbon rod in a nitrogen filled glass cylinder, and differed substantially from the first commercially practical bulb invented by Edison. Edison's major innovation was the first industrial research lab, which was built in Menlo Park, New Jersey. It was built with the funds from the sale of Edison's quadruplex telegraph.
Thomas Edison (1847 â 1931) was an American inventor and businessman who developed and made commercially available â many key inventions of modern life. His Edison Electric company was a pioneering company for delivering DC electricity directly into peopleâs homes.homas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio on Feb 11, 1847, the youngest of seven siblings. His parents were middle class, though they were not wealthy, especially when the railroad bypassed Milan, forcing the family to move to Port Huron, Michigan.