W.K.L. Dickson: Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze
Image from the experimental motion picture Edison Kinetoscopic Record of a Sneeze, January 7, 1894, also called Fred Ott's Sneeze, produced by Thomas Edison's technician W.K.L. Dickson.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (edmp.0026A)
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Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz; Thumbnail © Neeraj Charurvedi/Dreamstime.comLearn about India's efforts to improve its education system, 2009 film.
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Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.The revolution in the automobile industry from the early years to now with greener, electric, high-technology cars.
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Thomas Edison, seen late in life in this video, was the most famous inventor in American history. Though he is best known for his invention of the phonograph and incandescent electric light, Edison took out 1,093 patents in a variety of fields, including electric light and power, telephony and telegraphy, and sound recording. His public image as a homespun, untutored genius actually concealed a thinker who was quite systematic and methodical and who collaborated closely with machinists, designers, and scientists in his laboratory at Menlo Park, N.J.
