Title supplied by cataloger. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), considered one of the most prolific inventors in history - holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France and Germany - was also a scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park", Edison is credited with inventing and/or developing the following devices: (June 1, 1869) electric vote recorder - his first patent; (1877) invented the phonograph - this patent was unprecedented as the first device to record and produce sounds, this invention first gained him fame; (1877-1878) invented and developed the carbon microphone - used in all telephones along with the Bell receiver until the 1980s; (1878) patented the sound recording and reproducing phonograph; (1878) patented the motion picture camera or "Kinetograph"; (late 1800s) designed and produced the first commercially available fluoroscope - a machine that uses X-rays to take radiographs; (1891) built the Kinetoscope or peep-show viewer - this device was installed in penny arcades, where people could watch sort, simple films; (August 9, 1892) patented the two-way telegraph; etc. Edison also founded 14 companies, including General Electric, which is still in existence and is one of the largest publicly traded companies in the world; the Edison Electric Light Company in New York City; and the Edison Illuminating Company, among others. Thomas Edison died of complications of diabetes on October 18, 1931, in his home of "Glenmont" in Llewellyn Park in West Orange, New Jersey, which he had purchased in 1886 as a wedding gift for his second wife, Mina. He is buried behind the home. Photograph shows Thomas Alva Edison standing next to an unidentified man. The man is holding Mr. Edison's left arm, and appears to be holding a lightbulb with his other hand.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm. Photographic prints
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