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  2. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    The first was released in 1929 at Menlo Park, NJ, two years before his death; a 2-cent red, on the 50th anniversary of his invention of the incandescent light, and again in 1947, 3-cent violet, on the 100th anniversary of his birth, first released in Milan, Ohio, his place of birth.

  3. Edison Records - Wikipedia

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    Thomas A. Edison invented the phonograph, the first device for recording and playing back sound, in 1877.After patenting the invention and benefiting from the publicity and acclaim it received, Edison and his laboratory turned their attention to the commercial development of electric lighting, playing no further role in the development of the phonograph for nearly a decade.

  4. History of sound recording - Wikipedia

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    An Edison Home Phonograph for recording and playing brown wax cylinders, c. 1899. The phonograph, invented by Thomas Edison in 1877, [12] could both record sound and play it back. The earliest type of phonograph sold recorded on a thin sheet of tinfoil wrapped around a grooved metal cylinder.

  5. Phonograph cylinder - Wikipedia

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    The first cylinders were ... This song was released on Factory Showroom in 1996 and re-released ... Thomas Edison in 1888 listening to a wax cylinder phonograph at ...

  6. Phonograph - Wikipedia

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    Patent drawing for Edison's phonograph, May 18, 1880. Thomas Edison conceived the principle of recording and reproducing sound between May and July 1877 as a byproduct of his efforts to "play back" recorded telegraph messages and to automate speech sounds for transmission by telephone. [29] His first experiments were with waxed paper. [30]

  7. How the 173-year-old glassmaker behind Edison’s light bulb ...

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    Dated Nov. 17, 1880, it’s Thomas Edison’s $311.97 order for Corning Glass Works to produce the glass for a risky new invention of his: the lightbulb. ... 2025's first meteor shower. Weather.

  8. The Kiss (1896 film) - Wikipedia

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    The film was directed by William Heise for Thomas Edison. The film was produced in April 1896 at the Edison Studios of Edison, the first film studio in the United States. At the time, Edison was working at the Black Maria studios in West Orange, New Jersey.

  9. Thomas Edison Conducted the First Job Interview in 1921 ... - AOL

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    By Jacquelyn Smith The job interview was born in 1921, when Thomas Edison created a written test to evaluate job candidates' knowledge. Since then, the process has come a long way.