THOMAS A. EDISON 



The famous American electrical engineer and inventor, 

 who began life as a railway newsboy. Among non- 

 electrical inventions we owe him the phonograph and the 

 cinematograph. As an electrician he produced the first 

 satisfactory glow-lamp, improved dynamos, and tele- 

 graphic and telephonic apparatus, and invented the 

 nickel-iron storage battery. 





