4 0 c m
31cm
actual image size: 23cm x 32cm
Description
Engraving. Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was a prolific American inventor who registered over 1000 patents. His inventions include the automatic telegraph, the electric lamp, the phonograph (gramophone) and the kinetoscope, an early form of cinematography.
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