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Thomas Edison 1847-1931
Thomas Alva Edison 1847-1931
Edison invented
or refined devices
that made a profound impact
on how people
lived.
The most famous
of his inventions
was the
incandescent
light bulb
(1878),
which would revolutionize
indoor lighting
and
forever separate
light from fire.
He also developed
the phonograph
(1877),
the central power station
(1881),
the motion-picture studio
(1892)
and system for making
and showing motion
pictures
(1893),
and alkaline storage batteries
(1901).
Edison improved upon
the original designs
of the stock ticker,
the telegraph,
and Alexander Graham Bell's
telephone.
He was one of the first
to explore X-rays, and in 1875,
he announced his observation
of
"etheric force" -- radio waves --
although his claim would be rejected
by the
scientificcommunity.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/edison_lo.html
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/theymadeamerica/whomade/
edison_lo.html
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/
key-figures-eastmans-life/
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/oct/24/
amazing-infuriating-history-electric-car-in-pictures
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/26/
773675400/the-war-behind-the-current-war
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/24/
771307612/the-current-war-director-s-cut-shines-at-low-but-steady-wattage
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/27/
the-current-war-review-benedict-cumberbatch-michael-shannon
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the-current-war-review-
benedict-cumberbatch-edison-toronto-film-festival-2017-tiff
https://www.npr.org/2016/08/13/
489655417/its-electric-
novel-re-creates-charged-rivalry-between-edison-and-westinghouse
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2015/05/05/
404445211/edisons-talking-dolls-
can-now-provide-the-soundtrack-to-your-nightmares
https://www.nytimes.com/1975/07/01/
archives/edisons-films-on-the-revolution-
will-play-again-for-bicentennial.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1958/09/11/
archives/early-edison-films-found-in-an-attic.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1940/06/07/
archives/the-screen-in-review-edison-the-man-or-part-ii-of-a-biography.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1940/05/24/
archives/old-edison-movie-studio-in-the-bronx-sold.html
https://www.nytimes.com/1931/10/18/
archives/thomas-edison-dies-in-coma-at-84-
family-with-him-as-the-end-comes.html
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