Edison, Thomas A.

1. An American inventor of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He patented more than a thousand devices, including the phonograph and the incandescent light bulb.

Edison originated the proverb “Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration.”

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Edison, Thomas A., anecdotes of, 79, 270.

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Edison, Thomas A., 328, 361-367, 373.

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Edison, Thomas A., ii, 238; xi, 196; xii, 21; prophecy of, regarding 20th century, i, 320; mother of, i, 321; birthplace of, i, 323; early life of, i, 324; first invention of, i, 325; success of, i, 328; some inventions of, i, 329; appearance of, i, 330; humor of, i, 337; position of, in history, i, 341; age of, i, 345; Leonardo compared with, vi, 41; on science, xi, 386; quoted, vi, 41.

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