Alva
['ælvə]
Examples
- THOMAS ALVA EDISON was born at Milan Ohio, February 11, 1847. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Into such times Thomas Alva Edison was born, and his relations to them and to the events of the past sixty years are the subject of this narrative. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- If I take Alkmaar,' Alva wrote to Philip, 'I am resolved not to leave a single creature alive; the knife shall be put to every throat. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alva murdered, sacked, and massacred--in vain. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- According to the family records this Edison, great-grandfather of Thomas Alva, reached the extreme old age of 104 years. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Yet these plain-looking fishermen had defeated the veterans of Alva. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- By accident or contrivance he lost these despatches as he made his way into the town, so that they fell into Alva's hands. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Alva Bradley, an old friend of his father, and a celebrated ship-owner on the Lakes. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- It is an altogether pleasant and unpretentious town, which cherishes with no small amount of pride its association with the name of Thomas Alva Edison. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was married in 1873 to Miss Mary Stillwell, who died in 1884, leaving three children--Thomas Alva, William Leslie, and Marion Estelle. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Of these latter, Thomas Alva Edison is one, but in the pages of history he stands conspicuously pre-eminent--a commanding towering figure, even among giants. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But Alva, when he had read these documents, did not wait for the opening of any more sluices. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Perhaps there has never been a man whose thoughts were so continually asking the question why as Thomas Alva Edison. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In the cellar of the Edison homestead young Alva soon accumulated a chemical outfit, constituting the first in a long series of laboratories. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Editor: Rhoda