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10 Edison Inventions You Never Heard Of...
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10 Edison Inventions You Never Heard Of...
#1 - The "Spirit Phone" to contact deceased friends and relatives...
https://science.howstuffworks.com/10-in ... n.htm#pt10
https://science.howstuffworks.com/10-in ... n.htm#pt10
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
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Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
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Re: 10 Edison Inventions You Never Heard Of...
Nice list, but I've heard of all 10 of them.
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Re: 10 Edison Inventions You Never Heard Of...
I enjoyed reading the list of inventions and I wasn't familiar with all of them.
"You can't take the phonographs nor the money with you, but the contentment the phonographs bring may well make your life better, and happier lives make the world a better place."
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Re: 10 Edison Inventions You Never Heard Of...
Jim, you didn't write the article. Your version wouldn't have gotten the same attention...
The "expert" author needs a history lesson. I agree, I have heard of all of them except the "Spirit Phone", unless an ouija board is a variation...
I still want to know what happened to those cement phonographs.
"The phonograph is not of any commercial value."
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife
Thomas Alva Edison - Comment to his assistant, Samuel Insull.
"No one needs a Victrola XX, a Perfected Graphophone Type G, or whatever you call those noisy things."
My Wife