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The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace However, his hopes are dashed when he notices his poster of Edison shows his idol sitting in the same type of chair, which indicates Edison has already invented Homer's untippable chair.

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    Milan Ohio Thomas Edison Birthplace

    Thomas Edison

    Birthplace of Thomas Edison ... In 1877–1878, Edison invented and developed the carbon microphone used in all telephones along with the Bell receiver until the 1980s.
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    Thomas Edison in popular culture

    In the cartoon series Clone High, Thomas Edison's clone is shown as a short, sniveling nerd who seems to spend most of his time working with A.V equipment (a reference to the fact that Edison invented the projector). ... "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace", an episode of The Simpsons where Homer Simpson becomes obsessed with inventions until he finally invents something useful (additional chair legs to prevent falling) when it turns out that Edison had invented it first.
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    The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace

    Later, when the family has a party to honor him, Lisa mentions that Thomas Edison invented the film projector as well as many other inventions Homer uses. ... However, his hopes are dashed when he notices his poster of Edison shows his idol sitting in the same type of chair, which indicates Edison has already invented Homer's untippable chair.
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    Electric chair

    Execution by electrocution (usually referred to as the electric chair or simply the chair after its method of implementation) is an execution method originating in the United States in which the person being put to death is strapped to a specially built wooden chair and electrocuted through electrodes placed on the body. ... Brown was an employee of Thomas Edison, hired for the purpose of researching electrocution and for the development of the electric chair.
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    Edison Records

    Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877. ... | Founder | Thomas Edison Jesse H. Lippincott |
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    George Westinghouse

    In 1878 Edison invented an improved incandescent light bulb, and realized the need for an electrical distribution system to provide power for lighting. ... Executioner's Current: Thomas Edison, George Westinghouse, and the Invention of the Electric Chair New York: Alfred A. Knopf.
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    Timeline of United States inventions

    Using an English-style Windsor chair of which was possibly made and purchased from Francis Trumble or Philadelphia cabinet-maker Benjamin Randolph, Thomas Jefferson invented the swivel chair in 1776. ... Thomas Alva Edison invented the mimeograph in 1875.
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    List of Exhibitions at Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver)

    Max Dean - Robotic Chair ... Kirsten Pieroth - I don't know if Thomas Edison invented the excuse.
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    List of exhibitions at Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver)

    Max Dean - Robotic Chair ... Kirsten Pieroth - I don't know if Thomas Edison invented the excuse.
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    Backmasking

    Backmasking (also known as backward masking) is a recording technique in which a sound or message is recorded backward onto a track that is meant to be played forward. ... In 1877 Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, a device that allowed sound to be recorded and reproduced on a rotating cylinder with a stylus (or "needle") attached to a diaphragm mounted at the narrow end of a horn.

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