Edison
['edɪsn]
Definition
(noun.) United States inventor; inventions included the phonograph and incandescent electric light and the microphone and the Kinetoscope (1847-1931).
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Examples
- Until Edison made his wonderful invention in 1877, the human race was entirely without means for preserving or passing on to posterity its own linguistic utterances or any other vocal sound. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- For a short while the world outside of Menlo Park held Edison's claims in derision. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Johnson and I went to the Charleston end to carry out Edison's plans, which were rapidly unfolded by telegraph every night from a loft on lower Broadway, New York. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- THOMAS ALVA EDISON was born at Milan Ohio, February 11, 1847. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Before leaving this period of his career, it is to be noted that it gave Edison many favorable opportunities. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In other words, Edison's real work has seldom been seriously discussed. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- One day Edison appeared with some tin-foil and four or five yards of fine wire. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- On such occasions an interesting opportunity is offered to study Edison in his intense and constructive moods. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- And by reason of the employment of such vision in the past, Edison is now able to see quite clearly through the forest of difficulties after eliminating them one by one. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Notwithstanding the establishment of a regular routine of manufacture and sale, Edison did not cease to experiment for improvement. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The wanderings led to the old ore-milling plant at Edison, now practically a mass of deserted buildings all going to decay. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison has always had an amused admiration for Bergmann, and his social side is often made evident by his love of telling stories about those days of struggle. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- There is nothing of the helter-skelter, slap-dash style in Edison's experiments. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Samuel Edison, versatile, buoyant of temper, and ever optimistic, would thus appear to have pitched his tent with shrewd judgment. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Edison always enjoyed Othello greatly. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- In all this the Edisons shared on equal terms. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
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