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   Thomas Edison

   Many of these paper prints survived longer and in better condition than the actual films of that era. ... The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World.
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   Thomas Edison in popular culture

   In the cartoon series Clone High, Thomas Edison 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).
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   Edisonian approach

   Edison invented by repeatedly trying devices in more complex environments to progressively approximate their final use conditions. ... Edison was also very effective at sketching, enabling him to conceive and manipulate his ideas on paper.
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   Film Fest: Tears of a Clone

   This is appropriate, since the original Thomas Edison invented the film projector.
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   Edison Records

   Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877.
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   Dry cell

   For the cheapest carbon-zinc variety, a zinc outer casing (anode) contains a layer of NH4Cl with ZnCl2 aqueous paste separated by a paper layer from a mixture of powdered carbon & manganese(IV) oxide (MnO2) which is packed around a carbon rod (cathode). ... 1901 - Thomas Edison invented the Nickel-iron battery.
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   George Westinghouse

   Thomas Edison was one of his main rivals due to the fact that they were both very intelligent inventors. ... In 1878 Edison invented an improved incandescent light bulb, and realized the need for an electrical distribution system to provide power for lighting.
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   History of erotic depictions

   William Kennedy Dickson, while working for Thomas Edison, invented the first practical celluloid film and worked on making the kinetoscope, a peep show machine showing a continuous loop of the film Dickson invented lit by an Edison light source.
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   Format war

   Player Pianos: In stark contrast to almost every other entertainment medium of the 20th century and beyond, a looming format war involving paper roll music for player pianos was averted when industry leaders agreed upon a common format in Buffalo, New York in 1908. ... In 1877 Thomas Edison invented sound recording technology using a tin cylinder record, and soon thereafter mass-marketed the wax "Edison cylinder".
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    Backmasking

    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.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Thomas Edison,
• Thomas Edison in popular culture,
• Edisonian approach,
• Film Fest: Tears of a Clone,
• Edison Records,
• Dry cell,
• George Westinghouse,
• History of erotic depictions,
• Format war,
• Backmasking