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AportraitofCharlesCros,inventorofthepaleophone.Hewasthepredecessorforthe
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APortraitofJosephSwan,aBritishinventor(18281914).Digitalimage.CommercialLamps.
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E
disonKinetoscopicRecordofaSneeze,December7,1894
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Thissourceisavideothatincludesasneezingguy.ItwasmadeusingoneofThomas
Edisonsfamousinventionkinetographic

camera
.
Thissourcehelpedmeunderstand
moreaboutthisinventionbyseeinghowthefilmcomesoutwhenyouuseit.

Edison,ThomasA.ElectricLamp.Patent223898.27Jan.1880.Print.

Patentofanelectriclamp(lightbulb)wasusedinmywebsiteontheinventionpage.

Edison,ThomasA.ElectricVoteRecorder.ThomasAEdison,assignee.PatentUS90646.22
June1869.Print.

Thispatentofelectricvoterecordermakesvotingeasierforeveryone.Iusedthisinmy
websiteontheinventionpage.

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

Thispatentofthephonographwasincludedontheinventionpage.

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

Thispatentofthestencilpen/electricpenwasusedontheinventionpage.

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

ThisPatentisofthemoreadvancedtelegraph.Iusedthisinmywebsiteintheinvention
page.

Edison,ThomasA.
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byViking,1971.Web.7Dec.2015.

ThisbookisadiarythatwaskeptbyThomasEdisonduringoneofhisvacationduring
thesummerof1885.Itiscompletelyunscientific,however,itdoeshavesmallnoteson
peoplewhoheworkwithinhisexperimentandwhohehadhired.

Edison,ThomasA.
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Thisimageisrelevanttothisprojectbecauseitshowsthegreatinventor,ThomasEdison,
seatedwithhisfirsttypewritingmachinewhichshowsoneofhisgreatinventionswhich
advancedsocietyandtechnology.

Edison,ThomasA.,andCharlesBachelor.ElectricSignallingInstrument.PatentUS169972.16
Nov.1875.Print.

Patentoftelegraphwasusedontheinventionpage.

NancyElliott.PicturestakenbymecourtesyofNationalParkService

IusedthesepicturestakeninhislabinEdisontoenrichmywebsite..

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ThissitediscussedThomasEdison'sfeudwithNikolaTesla.Iusedthisinmy
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"FordandEdison'sExcellentCampingAdventures."
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ThiswebsitehighlightedtherelationshipbetweenEdisonsandHenryFord.Iusedthis
onmyencounterspage.

"LemelsonMITProgram."
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ThiswebsiteprovidedinformationaboutEdison'slifeandencounters.Iusedthistobetter
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ThiswebsitegavemethequoteIneededformywebsite.

"TheInventionsofThomasEdison."
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ThiswebsitewasveryhelpfulbecauseitshowedEdisonsinventions.
Iuseditformywebsiteandshowhowmanydevicesheinventedandhowmuchworkhe

putintodoeverything.

"ThomasA.EdisonQuotes."
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Iuseaquoteonmyhomepage.

"ThomasEdisonHomePage."
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ThisincludesanarticleaboutEdisonsmanyachievementstooursociety.Italso
includedmanyinformationalquotesandagallery.Thegalleryincludesseveralpictures
ofhiminhischildhood,oneofthemwhichweusedonmywebsite.

"ThomasEdisonTimeline."
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IusedthistomakeatimelineofEdisonslife.

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Thissourcewasveryusefulinamanyways.ThiswebsiteincludedThomasEdison
growingup,hisinventions,hisexchanges,himservingthenation,andmuchmore.It
eventalkedaboutEdison'sfailureofoneofhisinventions

"WhyEdisonIsRelevantToday?"
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Dec.2015.

ThissourceprovidedmewithinformationaboutEdisonsimpactonourworldtoday.It
alsotoldmeabouttheEdisonInnovationFoundationthatwasfoundedbyCharles
Edison,ThomasEdisonsson.Thefoundationisworkinghardtokeephisfathers
legacyalivethroughTheThomasEdisonInventionChallenge.

{ThomasEdisonandElectricity}Parker,Steve.Philadelphia:ChelseaHouse,1995.Print.

ThisbookisaboutThomasEdisonandhisinventions.Ittalkedabouthisinventionof
electricityandThomasEdisonslife.Iusedthisinmybackgroundinformation.

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Thisisaveryusefulsourceinmyhistoricalcontextbecauseitisachartthatshowsa
timelineofEdisonsinvention,whenandwhatwascreatedinthatyear.


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ThisarticletalksaboutsomeofThomasEdison'sInventionsthatweprobablyneverknew
about.Iwillusethisintheexchangesection.

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

BlackMaria,HoochieCoochie(1894)ThomasA.Edison
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IwillusethisclipfromtheblackmariainmyExchangepage.

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ThiswebsitewasveryusefulinmanywaysbyfindingThomasEdisonsmanyexchanges
andshowinghisproudencounterswithpeople.ThewebsiteshowsEdisonsmany
inventions.Italsoevenshowshisjournalwherehedesignedanddrewhisprecious
inventions.

Edison,ThomasA.LettertoJohnE.Hale.20Dec.1927.
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urageousdisabledperson>.

ThisletterwillshowhowEdisonhassupportedmanypeople,especiallythedisabled.

Edison,ThomasA
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BasedonwhatIread,thissourcewasveryhelpful.ItexplainsmoreaboutThomas
Edisonandhishardships.

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ThiswebsitegavemeapictureofEdisontakingthefirstmotionpicturerecording.

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Iwillusethiswebsiteasanexternalsource.Iwillhaveitonmyexhangesiteforittotalk
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Thiswebsitewillbeusedasanexternalsource.Itwillexplainhowthephonographhas
changedtheworld.

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Thewebsitetalksaboutthelightbulbinmoredetail.Thiswebsitewillbeanexternal
pageonmywebsite.