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ThisisaFilmcreatedusingtheMotionPictureCamera.ThisMotionPictureCamera
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"HenryFord."
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"TheWesternChampion(Barcaldine,Qld.:19221937)."
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showthatthepeopleknewwhathedidfortheworldandhowtheyalsoknewthathe
wasoneofthegreatestminds.


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APortraitofCharlesCros.Digitalimage.
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APortraitofJosephSwan,aBritishinventor(18281914).Digitalimage.CommercialLamps.
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ThisisaportraitofJosephSwan,aBritishinventorthathadinventedthelightbulb
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bulb.

E
disonKinetoscopicRecordofaSneeze,December7,1894
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Thissourceisavideothatincludesasneezingguy.ItwasmadeusingoneofThomas
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camera
.
Thissourcehelpedusunderstand
more
aboutthisinventionbyseeinghowthefilmcomesoutwhenyouuseit.


Edison,ThomasA.ElectricLamp.Patent223898.27Jan.1880.Print.
ThisPatentofanelectriclamp(lightbulb).Iusedthisinmywebsiteintheinvention
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Edison,ThomasA.ElectricVoteRecorder.ThomasAEdison,assignee.PatentUS90646.22
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ThisPatentofelectricvoterecordermakesvotingeasierforeveryone.Iusedthisinmy
websiteintheinventionpage.

Edison,ThomasA.Phonograph.Patent227679.18May1880.Print.
ThisPatentofthephonograph.Iusedthisinmywebsiteintheinventionpage.

Edison,ThomasA.StencilPen.PatentUs196747.6Nov.1877.Print.

ThisPatentofthestencilpen/electricpen.Iusedthisinmywebsiteintheinvention

page.

Edison,ThomasA.TA.EdisonTelegraph.PatentUs91527.22June1869.Print.

ThisPatentisofthemoreadvancedtelegraph.Iusedthisinmywebsiteintheinvention
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Edison,ThomasA.
TheDiaryofThomasA.Edison
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byViking,1971.Web.7Dec.2015.

ThisbookisadiarythatwaskeptbyThomasEdisonduringoneofhisvacationduring
thesummerof1885.Onthemostpart,itiscompletelyunscientific,howeveritdoeshave
smallnotesonpeoplewhoheworkwithinhisexperiment,andwhohehadhired.

Edison,ThomasA.
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Thisimageisrelevanttothisprojectbecauseitshowsthegreatinventor,ThomasEdison,
seatedwithhisfirsttypewritingmachinewhichshowsoneofhisgreatinventionswhich
advancedsocietyandtechnology.

Edison,ThomasA.,andCharlesBachelor.ElectricSignallingInstrument.PatentUS169972.16
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ThisPatentoftelegraph.Iusedthisinmywebsiteintheinventionpage.NancyElliott.

PicturestakenbymecourtesyofNationalParkService
IusedthesepicturestakeninhislabinEdisontomakemywebsitelookbetter.Iwill
alsoshowsomeofthepatentsthereandhowitlooked.

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ThissitetellsmeaboutThomasEdison'sfeudwithNikolaTesla.Iusedthisinmy
encounterspage.

"FordandEdison'sExcellentCampingAdventures."
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encoun terspage.

"LemelsonMITProgram."
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ThiswebsitegivesmeinfoaboutEdison'slifeandencounters.Thiswillbeusedinthe
encounter'spage.


"TheInventionsofThomasEdison."
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ThiswebsitewasveryhelpfulbecauseitshowedalotofinventionsThomasEdisonhad.
Iuseditformywebsiteandshowhowmuchthingsheinventedandhowmuchworkhe
putintodoeverything.

"ThomasEdisonHomePage."
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ThisincludesanarticleabouttheachievementsThomasEdisonmadeandthedifferences
itmadetooursociety.Alsothisincludesmanyinformationalquotesandagallery.The
galleryincludesseveralpicturesofhiminhischildhood,oneofthemwhichweusedin
mywebsite.

"ThomasEdisonTimeline."
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Iusedthistomakeatimelineforthewebsite.ItisatimelineofThomasEdisonslife.

"ThomasEdison'sBiography::EdisonInvents!::SmithsonianLemelsonCenter."
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Thissourcewasveryusefulinamanyways.ThiswebsiteincludedThomasEdison

growingup,hisinventions,hisexchanges,himservingthenation,andmuchmore.Iteven
talkedaboutEdison'sfailureofoneofhisinventions

"WhyEdisonIsRelevantToday?"
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Dec.2015.
ThissourceprovidedmewithinformationabouthowThomasAlvaEdisonimpactour
worldtoday.ItalsotoldmeabouttheEdisonInnovationFoundationthatwasfoundedby
CharlesEdison,ThomasEdisonssonthatareworkinghardtokeephisfatherslegacy
imprintedineveryonesmindtoday,byholdinganannualeventTheThomasEdison
InventionChallengeandnotonlythatinfluencemanyyoungmenandwomenontothe
roadforacareerinscienceandtechnology.

{ThomasEdisonandElectricity}Parker,Steve.Philadelphia:ChelseaHouse,1995.Print.
ThisbookisaboutThomasEdisonandhisinventions.Ittalkedabouthisinventionof
electricityandThomasEdisonslife.Iusedthisinmybackground.

AmericanHistory.Edu.
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Thisisaveryusefulsourceinmyhistoricalcontextbecauseitisachartthatshowsa
timelineofEdisonsinvention,whenandwhatwascreatedinthatyear.

Barksdale,Martha."10InventionsbyThomasEdison(ThatYou'veNeverHeardOf)."

HowStuffWorks
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ThisarticletalksaboutsomeofThomasEdison'sInventionsthatweprobablyneverknew
about.Iwillusethisintheexchangesection.

Biography.comEditors."ThomasEdisonInventorsBiography.com."
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briefinformationabouthowhestartedinventing.Iusedthistounderstandhisearly
inventions.Thissourcewasveryhelpful.Thissourcehelpedmebyshowingme
informationonThomasEdison'sencountersandexchanges.

Crum,Maddie."PeekInsideThomasEdison'sCreativeJournals(NEWBOOK)."
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ThiswebsiteisveryusefulinmanywaysbyfindingThomasEdisonsmanyexchanges
andshowinghisproudencounterswithpeople.ThewebsiteshowsEdisonsmany
inventions.Italsoevenshowshisjournalwherehedesignedanddrewhisprecious
inventions.

Edison,ThomasA
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BasedonwhatIread,thissourcewasveryhelpful.ItexplainsmoreaboutThomas
Edisonandhishardships.

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usethisintheexchangesection.

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Edisononhismanyinventions.TheyaresmartandintelligentmenlikeThomasA.Edison
andwithmanydifferenttalents.

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ThisbiographyofThomasEdisonhelpedmeunderstandthatwithoutThomasEdisonwe
wouldnotbewherewearetoday.Italsogavemeinformationabouthislife.Iusedusea
lotofinformationfromthispassage.