Among Edison’s more important inventions are his system of multiplex telegraphy; the carbon telephone transmitter; the phonograph; the incandescent lamp and light system; the kinetoscope; and the talking-moving-picture. In all he has had seven hundred patents granted to him.
In 1878 Edison was made Chevalier and afterward Commander of the Legion of Honor by the French government.
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ILLUSTRATION FOR THE MENTOR, VOL. 1, No. 29, SERIAL No. 29