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Auction: 17020 - Autographs, Historical Documents, Ephemera and Postal History
Lot: 986

Autographs
Australia
Thomas Edison
1882 (13 January) State of Victoria Latter Patent on vellum for "improvements in Systems of Electric Lighting to Thomas Alva Edison". The patent opens with, "Thomas Alva Edison of Menlo Park in the State of New Jersey United States of America Electrician" and bears £1 (2) and 10/- revenue stamps dated in manuscript 17th February; the wax seal has suffered and with the usual folding creases, otherwise in a fine state of repair

Thomas Alva Edison (1847 – 1931) was an American inventor and businessman, who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and the long-lasting, practical electric light bulb. Dubbed "The Wizard of Menlo Park". Edison was a prolific inventor, holding 1,093 US patents in his name, as well as many patents in the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. More significant than the number of Edison's patents was the widespread impact of his inventions: electric light and power utilities, sound recording, and motion pictures all established major new industries worldwide.

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