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Thomas Edison in His Laboratory

Thomas Edison in His Laboratory
American inventor Thomas Edison was an enterprising experimenter from an early age. Well-known for developing the first practical electric light bulb, electric generating system, sound-recording device, and motion picture projector, he patented more than 1000 inventions during his lifetime.
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