Author:Thomas Alva Edison

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Thomas Alva Edison
(1847–1931)

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American inventor of Dutch origin and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph and a long lasting light bulb. Edison is 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.

Works

"Edison's Invention of the Kineto-Phonograph: Introduction" in Century Magazine, 48 (2)

Works about Edison

McClure's Magazine/Volume 1 (1893)
Century Magazine/Volume 48/Issue 2 (1894)
"Edison, Thomas Alva," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
"Edison, Thomas Alva," in The New Student's Reference Work, Chicago: F.E. Compton and Co. (1914)
"Edison, Thomas Alva," in The Cyclopædia of American Biography, New York: (1918)
"Edison, Thomas Alva," in Men of the Time (eleventh edition), by Thompson Cooper, London: George Routledge and Sons (1884)

The New York Times

Thomas A. Edison's Workshop (1880)
Edison's Talking Machine (1888)
Dangerous Operation on Thomas A. Edison (1905)
Edison Head Resigns (1912)
Send Greetings to Edison (1915)
Edison Is Working On New War Device (1917)

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1929.

This author died in 1931, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 92 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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