Edison's most well-known inventions included the electric light bulb.

爱迪生最著名的发明包括电灯泡。

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Even before the invention of the electric light bulb, the author produced a remarkable work of speculative fiction.

甚至在电灯泡发明之前，作者就创作了一部杰出的推理小说。

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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。

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Edison tried 1, 600 materials before settling on carbonized cotton fiber as the filament for his electric light bulb.

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The electric light bulb has made darkness optional, eliminating the enforced idleness that used to begin at sunset.

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Similarly, Thomas Edison and his Muckers changed our world with the phonograph when he was just thirty years old, and the incandescent electric light-bulb at thirty-two.

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