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prolific U.S. inventor of such things as the long lasting light bulb, recorded sound, and motion picture camera. (1847-1931)- Many think Thomas Edison set up the first industrial research laboratory.
- I nodded my head as Thomas Edison Elementary School came into view.Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy
- Thomas Edison's last words were: "It's very beautiful over there."John Green -- Looking for Alaska
- He droned on insultingly, invoking Lincoln, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Dale Carnegie, Spinoza, Thomas Edison, Sigmund Freud.William Styron -- Sophie's Choice
- There's a poster with Thomas Edison's quote: GENIUS IS 1 PERCENT INSPIRATION AND 99 PERCENT PERSPIRATION.Lauren Oliver -- Before I Fall
- Tesla, who did at least as much for electricity as Thomas Edison, had a quasi-romantic fascination with pigeons.John Green -- An Abundance of Katherines
- By now, it had become something of a family joke, their Thomas Edison Mami, their Benjamin Franklin Mom.Julia Alvarez -- How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents
- I mean, who's there been, really, since Thomas Edison?Thomas Pynchon -- The Crying of Lot 49
- A few weeks earlier Thomas Edison, known widely as "the Wizard of Menlo Park," had paid a visit to Burnham's shanty.Erik Larson -- The Devil in the White City
- And supposing he happens to be a Thomas Edison?Roger Zelazny -- Lord of Light
- I mean, my father was Thomas Edison when it came to inventing punishments.Sue Monk Kidd -- The Secret Life of Bees
- As he drives me up the street, away from Thomas Edison Elementary School, I see some kids who seem to be fazed by my departure.Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It
- He himself had been renamed after Thomas Edison, the great inventor.James Dashner -- The Scorch Trials
- For example, many important people throughout history were considered different, such as Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein, Harriet Tubman, Peter Tchaikovsky, and Abraham Lincoln.Jay Allison, et al. -- This I Believe II
- My mind returned to the Thomas Edison School in Daly City, California, September, 1972.Dave Pelzer -- A Child Called It
- The next day after school, I physically dragged Carlos to Thomas Edison Elementary.Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy
- One day, out of boredom I convinced Carlos to walk across the street to the new Thomas Edison Elementary School.Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy
- I felt a coldness that was worse than the one at Thomas Edison Elementary School.Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy
- Without a word, Colin grabbed his book (a biography of Thomas Edison)56 and headed upstairs to his room, where he lay on his bed and read in peace.John Green -- An Abundance of Katherines
- Larry and I rode down the small street that led into the parking lot of Thomas Edison Elementary School.Dave Pelzer -- The Lost Boy
Thomas Edison = prolific U.S. inventor of such things as the long lasting light bulb, recorded sound, and motion picture camera. (1847-1931)
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