Finally I chose the Thomas A. Edison Company.

最后我选择了托马斯·爱迪生的公司。

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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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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。

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He was a historical figure on the scale of a Thomas Edison or Henry Ford, and set the mold for many other corporate leaders in many other industries.

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Today, the electricity we use is carried along a grid of lines and wires that dates back to Thomas Edison, a grid that can't support the demands of clean energy.

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Another pictured a Thomas Edison stand-in.

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