What was the name of Thomas Edison’s nickel–iron rechargeable battery?
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Edison battery
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What was the name of Thomas Edison’s nickel–iron rechargeable battery?
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Edison battery
How many carbon-filament lamps did Thomas Edison’s Pearl Street Station initially serve in 1882?
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About 400 lamps
What was the name of Thomas Edison’s first wife’s eldest child?
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Marion Estelle Edison
Which company did Thomas Edison help establish in 1890?
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Edison General Electric Company
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What was the name of Thomas Edison’s first wife’s eldest child?
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Marion Estelle Edison
Which company did Thomas Edison help establish in 1890?
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Edison General Electric Company
What was the name of Thomas Edison’s West Orange home?
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Glenmont
What type of battery did Thomas Edison develop in the early 1900s?
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Nickel-iron battery
Which New Jersey town did Thomas Edison’s Menlo Park laboratory occupy?
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Menlo Park
What stock-market device did Thomas Edison improve while working for Gold and Stock Telegraph?
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Universal stock ticker
Which inventor was Thomas Edison’s principal collaborator on early motion-picture technology?
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William Kennedy Laurie Dickson
What was Thomas Edison’s motion-picture viewing machine called?
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Kinetoscope