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Thomas Edison, Final Installment …

After leaving the library (last stop in installment #2) we headed upstairs to the precision machinery floor..

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Behind this wall below, in 1888, in a small room long since dismantled, Thomas Edison and W. K. L. Dickson created the first motion picture camera.

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I think the electric light is probably the thing Thomas Edison is most famous for .  Although he did not invent the first electric light, Edison made the first practical electric light bulb that could be manufactured and used in the home. He also invented other items that were needed to make the light bulb practical for use in homes including safety fuses and off/off switches for light sockets.

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Our last stop was downstairs to the heavy machinery floor.

I myself have no idea what this sign means but that doesn’t mean you all don’t 🙂

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I can’t imagine the noise level when all these machines were in use at the same time.

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 I really enjoyed learning about this incredible man.

(Thomas Edison National Historic Park)

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Thomas Edison Installment #2 …

After ascending the stairs in the previous post we came to what I imagine is referred to as the archives.  Rows and rows and rows of inventions… memorabilia… anything and everything.  Way too much to look at in one visit.  Here’s a glimpse of some of what we saw.

Phonograph .. filaments .. record player .. typewriters .. calculator .. toasters .. irons .. camera .. film projector… and I have no idea what the last picture is .. lol

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He also invented the first electric pen…

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By 1880 the electric pen was in decline but had a second life in the 1890’s when it was converted into the first electric tattoo needle.    CLICK HERE

You may be wondering what Dawn & Deb are looking at …

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These two bibliophiles are looking at the 3-story tall… library…

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Not only filled with books and statues…

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… but a bed as well !

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Right outside the library is the time clock and what I think is also a clock of some kind… whatever it is it’s beautiful.

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 As eyes are the windows of a persons soul I think windows are the soul of a building… here are just a few of the window pictures I took.

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Join me for the next installment when we see the light ! 🙂

(Thomas Edison Nat’l Historic Park)