... camera; and to this man we owe more than 1,200 other contributions and inventions. THOMAS ALVA EDISON was born at Milan Ohio, February 11, 1847. Arthur E. Kennelly (1932) mentioned that Thomas Edison's ancestor were originally from Holland and in the year 1730 they moved to New Jersey. His father, Samuel ... of this great mind, the inventions that he offered to the world, and the conditions that made him a remarkable icon in the field of inventions. Arthur E. Kennelly (1932) gives us a detailed account of the history of Edison's family and ancestors. He mentions that Edison's great-grandf...

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