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   Thomas Edison

   He was surprised to hear them offer $10,000, which he gratefully accepted. ... 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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   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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   Film Fest: Tears of a Clone

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

   This is a derivation of the aspect ratio and frame size designated by Thomas Edison (24.89 mm by 18.67 mm or 0.980 in by 0.735 in) at the dawn of motion pictures, which was an aspect ratio of 1.33:1. ... projector aperture (1.66:1): 0.825 by 0.497 in (21 by 13 mm)
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   List of characters in Time Squad

   The problem is solved when Winston sees that himself on Larry's built-in camera/projector and is appalled to see how overweight he is. ... They go back to Otto who says that Thomas Edison invented the light bulb.
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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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   Incandescent light bulb

   Another historian, Thomas Hughes, has attributed Edison's success to the fact that he invented an entire, integrated system of electric lighting. ... ↑ The Basics About Projector Lamps.
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   Nikola Tesla

   This would be the projector, or gun, of the invention. ... Thomas Edison
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    History of film

    In 1893 at the Chicago World's Fair, Thomas Edison introduced to the public two pioneering inventions based on this innovation; the Kinetograph - the first practical moving picture camera - and the Kinetoscope. ... Paul had the idea of displaying moving pictures for group audiences, rather than just to individual viewers, and invented a film projector, giving his first public showing in 1895.

Explore the following pages on Powerset:

• Thomas Edison,
• Thomas Edison in popular culture,
• The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace,
• Film Fest: Tears of a Clone,
• 35 mm film,
• List of characters in Time Squad,
• History of erotic depictions,
• Incandescent light bulb,
• Nikola Tesla,
• History of film