Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's Sons · leaf 244
abor, and are the re-sult of countless experiments all directed towardattaining some well-defined object. All mechan-ical improvements may safely be said to be in- THOMAS A. EDISON 227 ventions and not discoveries. The sewing-ma-chine was an invention. So were the steam-engine and the typewriter.… … Edison Listening to his Phonograph. character, but never found time to develop itfully. There is one great invention, however, forw^hich Edison deserves credit, both as discovererand practical inventor—the phonograph. Herewas a genuine discovery. The phonographknows no other parent than Edison, and…
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