" Edison is quoted as saying "I am not an individual—I am an aggregate of cells, as, for instance, New York City is an aggregate of individuals | This period of success was marred by the death of Edison's wife Mary in 1884 |
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— started at the Menlo Park machine shop 1879• He also stated, "I do not believe in the God of the theologians; but that there is a Supreme Intelligence I do not doubt | The natural rubber used for tires up to that time came from the rubber tree, which does not grow in the United States |
cork, resin, varnish and oil, ostrich feathers, a peacock's tail, jet, amber, rubber, all ores.
13In the Netherlands, the major music awards are named the after him | Modern-day historians and medical professionals have suggested he may have had |
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Initially, only Ford and Firestone were to contribute funds to the project while Edison did all the research | — manager of in New York, 1886• The main house and guest house are representative of and |
Over the years, factories to manufacture Edison inventions were built around the laboratory.
8It is known that early in his career he enrolled in a chemistry course at , to support his work on a new telegraphy system with | Despite his frail condition, Edison was at the throttle of the first electric MU Multiple-Unit train to depart Lackawanna Terminal in Hoboken in September 1930, driving the train the first mile through Hoboken yard on its way to |
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Chicago: University of Chicago Press | John Eyre Sloane Has a Son at the Harbor Sanitarium Here" |
It was during this time that he said: "We will make electricity so cheap that only the rich will burn candles.
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