Thomas A. Edison - The Father Of Invention
Thomas A. Edison speaking -January 1904 - Audio Clip
The Joys of the Phonograph EDISON has produced in the Phonograph the greatest amuser of modern times - the most perfect instrument for reproducing music, the human voice and other sounds. There is only one Phonograph, and that was invented by Mr. Edison and is made under his supervision. Naturally the best form of a sound producing machine is the one in
which the inventor takes a personal interest — not an
adaptation of his idea by others. As a reproducer of music
it brings into the home, every form of music, some of
which would never be heard.And the November Edison Records Where there is the list of new Records for November which will be for sale in every Edison store in the country October 26th. These Records represent the best judgment of our large staff of editors as to the most amusing, the most entertaining, the most classical, the most inspiring and the most interesting music and spoken dialogue the world has produced in the past thirty days. Own this photo of Thomas Alva Edison in his early 20's as a Poster or Canvas Print below
“I want to see a Phonograph in every American home.” The Phonograph is Mr. Edison's pet and hobby. Though he has invented hundreds of other wonderful patents he has retained his interest only in the Phonographic Company, of which he owns practically every share of stock. Mr. Edison knows of the wonderful pleasure his instrument has provided and is providing in thousands of homes. - Thomas Edison - The Birth Of The Telephone 1914 - Audio Clip
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Edison At Sixty - He talks about the mysteries of life and God (an interesting read)
New York Tribune, February 17, 1907 - Thomas
A. Edison was sixty years old last Monday,
but Instead of taking chloroform, according to the so-called
Oslcrian theory that a man's life ends at threescore years, the
famous inventor announced that he was going to start fresh in a
new field of scientific endeavor. For the last forty years Mr.
Edison has devoted his energies almost wholly to the perfection
of Inventions which he believed "could be made to pay," and
which in some instances have met with such success that they
have revolutionized ordinary phases of modem life, have brought
the Inventor fame and riches and have added so greatly to the
wealth of the whole world that at the present time there are
two hundred and fifty thousand persons in various countries
employed In Industries which he has founded. In the future Mr.
Edison plans to work untrammelled by commercial fetters. He
hopes to solve many a scientific problem vitally associated
with human life, even though his discovery may not be a money
making scheme. "For many years I have longed to take up purely
scientific These side vistas into the realms of science, however, have so charmed me that now I have started to retrace my steps and strike out in search of the truths that I know must lie somewhere beyond my former horizon. By means of investigations based on the data of my note books and scrap book I hope to throw light on many subjects which now appear to me as dark mysteries." Thomas Edison Sketch T Shirt - Available for women and kids styles too! THE SECRET OF LIFE - In the course of Mr. Edison's experiments, from which he hasevolved so many practical devices to broaden, brighten and quicken life, he has frequently been startled by what would seem a glimpse at the secret of life Itself. At the same time that he has been perfecting Instruments to enlarge man's material resources, as, for example, his telegraph and telephone appliances now in universal use, the phonograph, the Incandescent lamp and the kinetoscope, he has often stopped to study the mystery of man. But his pauses were brief. As soon as he realized that he was dallying along the way which he had marked out toward from certain "commercial goals” as he has himself expressed It, he would drop these wayside investigations and hurry on again.
 Edison On God (Rare old photo of Thomas Edison)
The photo of Thomas Edison above first appeared in the Crittenden Press, Marion KY. In 1902 with this caption: One of the most pleasant traits of the great American electrical inventor is the readiness to cheer and applaud the work of other experimenters in his chosen science. When it was first announced that Marconi had flashed a wireless signal across the Atlantic, Edison sent him the heartiest congratulations he received from any source, and the “wizard of Menlo Park” believes that the young Italian inventor will carry wireless telegraphy to a commercial success, considers it a great achievement and Marconi one of the greatest experimenters of the age. In his turn Marconi reveres Edison more than any other scientist. Below is a photo of the Edison Family from the New York Tribune 1907 
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Thomas A. Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) was probably the most
important person in terms of achievement and how they
effected people of the era. He had discovered hundreds of
important inventions including electricity (as we know
it), improved the light bulb and phonograph as well as
early moving pictures. The name Edison was on the tip
of every tongue and in every newspaper of the day. If it
wasn't an article about his latest invention, it was
an ad selling one of his inventions. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1,093 U.S. patents in his name, and as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. Here you will see many sketches and photos of Thomas Alva Edison you can't find anywhere else.
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Which Ran In Many Newspapers - The fine
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Investigation." said Mr. Edison. In talking
with Borne friends on his sixtieth birthday, "but there
have been so many things to engross my attention that I
have had to defer this kind of work. For years, however. I
have been making preparations for this task. I have kept
notes of curious things which I have observed In my
various experiments, but which at the time were only side
Issues. When a man is In a laboratory working on a problem
he comes across all kinds of phenomena, and he can't take
the time to trace these manifestations to their source,
because that would Interfere with the task he Is wrestling
with. He Is compelled to put these things aside, for If he
is striving for the commercial end of the business he must
abandon the Ideal, unless that, too, will aid him In
attaining the commercial goal.
Although the problem of human life has baffled
all who have tried to approach it, nevertheless, the man
who has succeeded In so many other places where his
fellows have failed is now said to be contemplating this
most stupendous of all intellectual undertakings. Indeed,
he has already studied into the subject so far as to say
that man is an "aggregation of nervous Influences." and
that behind man there is a power which some call "God" and
others a "Supreme Intelligence," and whose existence he
hopes to prove as conclusively as by a mathematical
demonstration. "A man resembles a municipality like New
York City." said Mr. Edison not long ago. In speaking of
this most profound of all problems. "NewYork City is nothing but an aggregation of an almost
infinite number of influences or energies. When combined
they make New York. It is a great giant individual, so to
speak. So a man is an aggregation of cells analogous to
those material and immaterial Influences which go to make
up a great city ― an aggregation of cells, each playing
its part n the economy of life. "I also believe firmly in
what Is called the doctrine of evolution. The law of the
survival of the fittest, which may seem cruel, governs
mankind notwithstanding. It will ultimately develop the
perfect man, master of all the forces of nature."
When the Inventor was asked if his theories of
evolution and cellular adjustment made him a disbeliever
In God he replied: "Not at all. No person can be brought
into close contact with the mysteries of nature or make a
study of chemistry or of the laws of growth without being
convinced that behind It all there is a supreme
Intelligence. I do not mean to say a supreme law, for that
Implies no consciousness, but a supreme mind operating
through unchangeable laws. I am convinced of that, and I
think that I could, perhaps I may some time demonstrate
the existence of such an intelligence through the
operation of these mysterious drawn with the certainty of
a demonstration In mathematics "
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