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Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off. All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple. - Thomas A. Edison Quotes

Through all the years of experimenting and research, I never once made a discovery. I start where the last man left off. All my work was deductive, and the results I achieved were those of invention pure and simple.

Source:Scientific American: Supplement, Volume 59 (1905), p. 1526.
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  • Profession: Businessman, Inventor
  • Born: February 11, 1847 - October 18, 1931
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