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Edison's lab developed the phonograph as a sort of accidental side project while working on the telephone. For most of the time he was perfecting it, he had absolutely no idea what practical purpose it could serve. So it was not an invention that came forth out of a real need for storage and reproduction of sound, but rather it came forth out of pure happenstance and research.
The invention of the phonograph was very important to society. The invention itself was very useful during the time of Edison and has impacted many similar inventions that have proved to be useful today.
This was a tin foil phonograph. The phonograph played cylinders and not disks which led to his discovery that he could playback messages via this invention.
Edison's most famous invention was the electric light and the system for powering it.
it is used all over the world by billions of people daily..
Thomas Edison's favorite invention, despite all of the inventions he did, was always the phonograph.The phonograph.
Thomas Edison's favorite invention was the phonograph.
The phonograph.
Some may think it was the light bulb, but Edison had so many inventions. He also did the phonograph. He also did an early movie projector called the kinetoscope.
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Edisons major inventions are Electric Bulb, Phonograph, telegraph among others
Edison's lab developed the phonograph as a sort of accidental side project while working on the telephone. For most of the time he was perfecting it, he had absolutely no idea what practical purpose it could serve. So it was not an invention that came forth out of a real need for storage and reproduction of sound, but rather it came forth out of pure happenstance and research.
one of thomas edisons inventions were the phoneograph and ther light bulb
lightbulb and phonograph
Phonograph
The Light Bulb
the phonograph