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   Thomas Edison

   In 1877–1878, Edison invented and developed the carbon microphone used in all telephones along with the Bell receiver until the 1980s. ... Paine believed in a supreme intelligence, as representing the idea which other men often express by the name of deity."
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   New Jersey Music Hall of Fame

   New Jersey has also played a role in the technology behind music; Thomas Edison invented the record player in the state in 1877, while Les Paul created the solid-body guitar.
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   Disc jockey

   In 1877, Charles Cros invented the phonograph in France (it was patented before Edison's invention but never built) and Thomas Alva Edison invented the phonograph cylinder, the first device to play back recorded sound, in the United States. ... Record player
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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. ... Feeling despondent over his failure to invent anything useful, his invention career is saved when he reveals he added two hinged legs to a chair making it impossible to tip over backwards.
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   Thomas Edison in popular culture

   His first major appearance was in a sketch in which he comes up with the light bulb while his nephew (played by Loud Kiddington and his friends fool around in his office. ... 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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   Edison Records

   Edison Records was the first record label, pioneering recorded sound and an important player in the early record industry. ... Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877.
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   Film Fest: Tears of a Clone

   You’re walking on thin ice, man. ... This is appropriate, since the original Thomas Edison invented the film projector.
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   Edisonian approach

   Edison did not just invent a light bulb, he invented an economically viable system of lighting including its generators, cables, metering and so on. Edison invented by repeatedly trying devices in more complex environments to progressively approximate their final use conditions.
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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. ... Jeff Milner's Backmasking Page—a Flash player with forward and backward versions of songs claimed to contain backmasking; the focus of the Wall Street Journal article
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    Format war

    In 1877 Thomas Edison invented sound recording technology using a tin cylinder record, and soon thereafter mass-marketed the wax "Edison cylinder". ... Cassettes continued to dominate the portable player market.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Thomas Edison,
• New Jersey Music Hall of Fame,
• Disc jockey,
• The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace,
• Thomas Edison in popular culture,
• Edison Records,
• Film Fest: Tears of a Clone,
• Edisonian approach,
• Backmasking,
• Format war