Edison Funded by Laws' Payment

Edison Funded by Laws' Payment

A young Thomas Edison helped another inventor, Samuel Laws, design telegraph machines. He expected to be paid a few hundred dollars, but Laws instead gave him $40,000, which allowed Edison to afford a new research laboratory and factory. He hired 300 employees and developed 50 inventions there.

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