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  <name><![CDATA[Thomas A. Edison]]></name>
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  <about><![CDATA[Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor, scientist and businessman who developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed &quot;The Wizard of Menlo Park&quot; (now Edison, New Jersey) by a newspaper reporter, he was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production and large teamwork to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory.

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. He is credited with numerous inventions that contributed to mass communication and, in particular, telecommunications. His advanced work in these fields was an outgrowth of his early career as a telegraph operator. Edison originated the concept and implementation of electric-power generation and distribution to homes, businesses, and factories – a crucial development in the modern industrialized world. His first power station was on Manhattan Island, New York.

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  <title><![CDATA[Diary and Sundry Observations of Thomas Alva Edison]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[Thomas A. Edison Papers: A Selective Microfilm Edition]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Edison &amp; Ford Quote Book]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The A B C Of Electricity (1909)]]></title>
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      <name><![CDATA[William Henry Meadowcroft]]></name>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Papers of Thomas A. Edison: Electrifying New York and Abroad, April 1881-March 1883]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Papers of Thomas A. Edison: Research to Development at Menlo Park, January 1879-March 1881]]></title>
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  <title><![CDATA[The Thomas Edison Book of Easy and Incredible Experiments]]></title>
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  <published>1988</published>  
  
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