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  2. Avedis Zildjian Company - Wikipedia

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    The Avedis Zildjian Company, simply known as Zildjian (/ ˈ z ɪ l dʒ ən,-dʒ i ə n /), [2] is an American musical instrument manufacturer specializing in cymbals and other percussion instruments. Founded by the ethnic Armenian Zildjian family in the 17th-century Ottoman Empire , the company relocated to the United States in the 20th century.

  3. Thomas Edison - Wikipedia

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    Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).

  4. Robert Zildjian - Wikipedia

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    The company was founded in 1981 in Meductic, New Brunswick, Canada, by Robert Zildjian, son of Avedis Zildjian III, the head of the Avedis Zildjian Company located in Quincy, Massachusetts. Family tradition had it that the head of the company would pass its secrets down only to the oldest son, but Avedis III gave the information to both his ...

  5. How the 173-year-old glassmaker behind Edison’s light bulb ...

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    A photo of the original purchase order from Thomas Edison to Corning for the glass encasement for Edison’s lightbulb in 1880. CEO Wendell Weeks keeps the purchase order framed in his office as a ...

  6. Edisonade - Wikipedia

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    A series of stories featuring "Tom Edison, Jr." by Philip Reade were published between 1891 and 1892. The story "Tom Edison's Electric Mule, or, The Snorting Wonder of the Plains" (1892) is a parody of the earlier Frank Reade series. [6] The Jack Wright series was created and written by Luis Senarens. The character first appeared in 1891, and ...

  7. Armand Zildjian - Wikipedia

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    Armand Zildjian (February 18, 1921 – December 26, 2002) was an American manufacturer of cymbals and the head of the Avedis Zildjian Company. Born in Milton, Massachusetts , Armand Zildjian was the first Zildjian to be born in the United States.

  8. A 134-year-old talking doll invented by Thomas Edison managed to spook social media users ahead of Halloween.

  9. History of the Kinetograph, Kinetoscope, and Kinetophonograph

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    An early version of the book's contents appeared in the June 1894 issue of The Century Magazine. [3] That year, the siblings had published a biography of Edison. [6] For the time of its publishing, the book served as not only a history of film but also as advertisement and a directory pertaining to the subjects in the films addressed in it. [7]