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Considered his most original invention, the Phonograph was patented in 1878. Edison sketched out this new and different idea he had, handed it down to two men who worked in his shop, John Kruesi and Charles Batchelor, and they made the machine. Edison took tin foil, wrapped it around the cylinder and casually said, "This machine is going to talk." He recited "Mary had a little lamb" into the strange device and to everyone's amazement (even Edison's) the machine repeated the words exactly. Also on display is a collection of over 200 Edison phonographs.
 
 
 

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