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February 11 – Thomas Alva Edison

Thomas Alva Edison, inveterate American inventor, was born on February 11, 1847.  In 1891,  Edison submitted a patent application for a kinetoscope, more commonly referred to today as a motion picture camera. Edison wanted to “do for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear.” Later, he submitted patent applications, like this one in [...]

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