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 Feb 11 2012, 08:15 PM
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To the man who's invention started it all... born on this date in 1847.
Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) Edison quotes Don... |
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Feb 15 2012, 06:10 AM
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QUOTE (Roseman @ Feb 11 2012, 02:15 PM)  To the man who's invention started it all... born on this date in 1847. Thomas Alva Edison (February 11, 1847 – October 18, 1931) Edison quotes Don... I just purchased a 1929 Edison C-4 radio phonograph. This was the third and last radio/phonograph that Edison made. |
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Feb 16 2012, 12:09 AM
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See this from a Library of Congress link on Edison's thoughts of possible use for his new invention. I find it rather amusing and ironic that the use as a music reproducer was originally not considered worthy of one of the top three spots.
But from these quotes, he must have changed his mind. "Just because something doesn't do what you planned it to do in the first place doesn't mean it's useless.... Of all my inventions, I liked the phonograph best...." Don... |
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