US$ 104.50
'The Length of the Missouri'
Rene Dreyfus is in car 20
1245x953mm
Peterborough House
10th - 13th July 1963
Thomas Alva Edison sitting beside his invention, the phonograph mb-height 1950 'The Length of the Missouri'Thomas Alva Edison sitting beside his invention, the phonograph, 1878. Dubbed The Wizard of Menlo Park by a newspaper reporter, Edison (1847 1931) was one of the first inventors to apply the principles of mass production to the process of invention, and therefore is often credited with the creation of the first industrial research laboratory. Edison is considered one of the most prolific inventors in history, holding 1093 US patents in his name, as