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he promised to turn out "a minor invention every ten days and a big thing every six months or so." All told, he played a vital role in shaping the modern world. Citing both the Thomas Edison ...

Through experimentation and with skilled scientific and technical teams working in his modern and sophisticated laboratories, Thomas Edison, the chemist, is remembered for inventions that improved the ...

As schoolchildren, we learned the names of famous inventors from history: Alexander Graham Bell, Eli Whitney, Thomas ... owe them all a debt for making our lives easier. The best inventions ...

Thomas Edison, the autodidactic telegraph operator turned entrepreneur, is often considered the greatest inventor of all time ...