Soon after, the company sent me a book about the life of Thomas Edison.
不久之后，公司寄给我一本关于托马斯·爱迪生的生活的书。
Thomas Edison was a famous inventor.
托马斯·爱迪生是著名的发明家。
Finally I chose the Thomas A. Edison Company.
最后我选择了托马斯·爱迪生的公司。
Thomas Edison, the inventor of the light bulb believed that every failure was a step towards success.
电灯的发明者托马斯·爱迪生认为，每一次失败都是迈向成功的一步。
You can sleep like a baby (or Thomas Edison)?
你可以睡得像婴儿或是托马斯·爱迪生(一样听而不闻？)
Thomas Edison was at the forefront of the search for alternative ways to power vehicles, a search that continues today.
托马斯爱迪生致力于寻找电动车的能源替代方式，直到现在这仍是一个难题。
Thomas Edison said, “Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.
托马斯.爱迪生说：“给我引见一个完全满意的人来，而我就能给你找出一个失败。”
There is also evidence that in 1888 he shared with Thomas Edison some thoughts on combining a new projection system he had invented—the zoopraxiscope—with Edison’s phonograph.
有证据表明，1888年迈布里奇与托马斯·爱迪生讨论过将爱迪生的留声机技术与他发明的新的投影系统--动物实验镜--结合起来。
Behind one hides a standard incandescent bulb, the familiar lighting technology that has gone largely unchanged since Thomas Edison invented it 132 years ago.
其中一个后面藏着一个标准白炽灯泡——这项人尽皆知的托马斯·爱迪生在132年前就发明的，至今仍无什么大变化的照明技术。
Famous American inventor Thomas Alva Edison was a master of developing ideas into commercial successes and died a rich and powerful man after a long prolific life.
著名的美国发明家托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生就是将设想开发成商业成果的大师。他度过了富有创造力的漫长的一生，死时是一位富有而有权威的人。
A thousand failures later, Thomas Edison burned a steel wire white hot that never burned up. Continuous white heat creates light.
不过爱迪生在千次失败尝试后，的的确确找到了一种可以升温至白炽却不会烧起来的钢丝，持续的白炽就带来了灯光。
The invention of the incandescent light bulb by Thomas A. Edison in 1879 created a demand for a cheap, readily available fuel with which to generate large amounts of electric power.
托马斯·爱迪生1879年发明的白炽灯导致对便宜、易得、可生产大量电能的燃料的需求。
Thomas Alva Edison invented the light bulb. He began his experiments in 1878 and by 21 October 1879 he made a working electric light bulb.
托马斯·爱迪生发明了灯泡，他从1878年开始试验，到1879年的10月21日发明了一个可以正常工作的电灯泡。
Image: Thomas Edison received a patent for his light bulb in January 1880.
图片：january 1880年一月，托马斯·爱迪生获得了一项他的灯泡的专利。
Thomas Edison performed 9, 000 experiments before coming up with a successful version of the light bulb.
爱迪生做了9000次实验才想出了一只成功的灯泡雏形。
Many people with Asperger's take pride in a diagnosis that probably describes some major historical figures, including Albert Einstein and Thomas Edison, Carley says.
Carley说，很多阿斯·伯格综合症患者对自己的诊断有着一种自豪感，因为历史上的一些重要人物，比如爱因斯坦和爱迪生，也被描述成有此特征的人。
” Tyler Rollins, a musician, wears the drawing that accompanied a patent granted to Thomas Edison on Feb. 19, 1878.
：音乐家泰勒·罗林斯（Tyler Rollins）在身上纹了一副收录于1878年2月19日托马斯爱迪生某个专利许可中的机械草图。
Thomas Edison made thousands of wrong attempts before he was able to create a working light bulb.
托马斯·爱迪生在发明灯泡之前，做了成千上万的尝试。
All of us know that Thomas Edison was a great American inventor.
我们大家都知道爱迪生是美国的一位伟大的发明家。
Thomas Edison was often said to be the greatest genius of his time, but he could never be happy only because people said he was a genius.
人们常说托马斯·爱迪生是他那个时代最伟大的天才，但是他决不仅仅因为人们说他是天才而感到高兴。
Thomas Edison made a great contribution to the world.
托马斯·爱迪生为世界做出了巨大贡献。
Thomas Edison was a great inventor.
爱迪生是一位伟大的发明家。
Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison.
天才的百份之一是灵感，百分九十九是血汗。——爱迪生。
Geniuss is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration. — Thomas A. Edison.
天才的百份之一是灵感，百分九十九是血汗。——爱迪生。
Thomas Alva Edison was a great American inventor.
爱迪生是美国人，他是一位伟大的发明家。
Thomas Edison was a great American inventor.
托马斯。爱迪生是美国伟大的发明家。
Thomas Edison was a great American inventor.
托马斯。爱迪生是美国伟大的发明家。
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