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   Thomas Edison

   List of Edison patents ... 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. ... List of record labels
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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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   Thomas Edison in popular culture

   His history with Nikola Tesla has also provided dramatic tension and is a theme returned to numerous times. ... 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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   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. Emile Berliner invented the familiar lateral-cut disc phonograph record in 1888.
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   Edisonian approach

   Trial and error alone cannot account for Edison's success with electric lighting when so many others failed (Friedel and Israel (1987) list 23 others) or his remarkable record of almost 1100 patents (see the list of Edison patents). ... Edison invented by repeatedly trying devices in more complex environments to progressively approximate their final use conditions.
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   Film Fest: Tears of a Clone

   After that, we cut to two Germans watching the show. ... This is appropriate, since the original Thomas Edison invented the film projector.
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   Format war

   In 1886 Berliner invented disk records. ... The Edison disks rotated at about 80 rpm.
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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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• Thomas Edison,
• Edison Records,
• The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace,
• Thomas Edison in popular culture,
• Backmasking,
• Edisonian approach,
• Film Fest: Tears of a Clone,
• Format war,
• George Westinghouse,
• History of erotic depictions