Originally donated to the fire station, the bulb was actually designed by Adolphe Chaillet, who - get this - originally competed with Thomas Edison to make the best light bulb in town.

这个灯泡是被捐赠给消防站的，它的设计者是Adolphe Chaillet。值得一提的是，他设计这个灯泡是为了和爱迪生比赛为小镇制作最好的灯泡。

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The inventor of the saxophone, Adolphe sax also hails from Belgium.

发明萨克斯风的阿道夫·萨克斯也是比利时人。

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The composer Bruce Adolphe first met Yo-Yo Ma at the Juilliard School in New York City in 1970.

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They went through the piece again, and when Mr. Ma came to the impossible chord, Mr. Adolphe yelled "Stop!"

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Before Mr. Adolphe could correct the music, however, Mr. Ma decided to rehearse the composition in his dorm room.

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