Thomas Edison had created the first industrial laboratory concerned with creating knowledge and then controlling its application. Edison's name is registered on 1,093 patents. Edison began his career as an inventor in Newark, New Jersey, with the automatic repeater and his other improved telegraphic devices, but the invention that first gained him wider notice was the phonograph in 1877. This accomplishment was so unexpected by the public at large as to appear almost magical. Edison became known as "The Wizard of Menlo Park," New Jersey. His first phonograph recorded on tinfoil around a grooved cylinder. Despite its limited sound quality and that
Menlo Park Fire Protection District Menlo Park Fire Protection District The Menlo Park Fire Protection District is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for Menlo Park. The Menlo Park Fire District is located on the peninsula in the southernmost part of San Mateo County in the metropolitan bay area. It covers approximately 30 square miles that reaches into the bay. The District's population is estimated around 90,000 and covers the communities of Atherton, Menlo Park and East Palo Alto as well as some of the unincorporated areas of San Mateo County. The district is also part of the greater San Mateo