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   Thomas Edison

   Dally had made himself an enthusiastic human guinea pig for the fluoroscopy project and in the process been exposed to a poisonous dose of radiation. ... The Wizard of Menlo Park: How Thomas Alva Edison Invented the Modern World.
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   Edison Records

   Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877. ... By 1901 The Gold Molded (originally spelled Moulded) process was developed by Thomas Edison and Jonas Aylsworth (Edison’s Chemist) with input from Walter Miller, the Recording Manager of Edison Records.
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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.
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   Edisonian approach

   Edison invented by repeatedly trying devices in more complex environments to progressively approximate their final use conditions. ... Interpreting invention as a cognitive process : the case of Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison and the telephone.
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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. ... "The Calotype Process".
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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. ... Lewis Latimer received a patent for an improved process for manufacturing the carbon filaments in light bulbs.
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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. ... Digital audio recording has greatly simplified the process.
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   Film Fest: Tears of a Clone

   Together, they are "Black and Tan." ... This is appropriate, since the original Thomas Edison invented the film projector.
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   Technological and industrial history of the United States

   In 1868, Andrew Carnegie saw an opportunity to integrate new coke-making methods with the recently developed Kelly-Bessemer process to supply steel for railroads. ... In 1883, a Serbian immigrant, Nikola Tesla, a protégé of Edison's, invented an electric motor which greatly simplified electric motors and licensed the invention to the Westinghouse Corporation.
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    Dry cell

    1901 - Thomas Edison invented the Nickel-iron battery.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Thomas Edison,
• Edison Records,
• The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace,
• Edisonian approach,
• History of erotic depictions,
• George Westinghouse,
• Backmasking,
• Film Fest: Tears of a Clone,
• Technological and industrial history of the United States,
• Dry cell