The idea business.(Thomas Alva Edison)

Cobblestone | December 1, 2005| | Copyright

Many of Edison's inventions seemed magical to his adoring public, which earned him the nickname "the Wizard of Menlo Park." Notice how the wizard's robe is decorated with mechanical devices. Can you pick out the early phonograph and the stock printer?

Samuel Edison, father of Thomas, was on the lookout for some real estate. He discovered two tracts of land in a farming village called Menlo Park, New Jersey. A secluded, rural site, located about 25 miles southwest of New York City, it was the perfect setting for a laboratory. Not yet 30 years old, Thomas Alva Edison ...

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