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Edison's baby.(Thomas Alva Edison)
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December 1, 2005|
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A young Edison, shown here with an early version of the phonograph in 1878, claimed, "This is my baby and I expect it to grow up to be a big feller and support me in my old age." INSET: Even in this preliminary sketch of the phonograph, a few parts are recognizable, such as the hand crank and the tinfoil cylinder.
Whenever reporters asked Thomas Alva Edison to name his favorite invention, he always replied, "The phonograph." It was the only invention he ever referred to as "my baby."
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