EDISON'S DISCOVERIES
No less than ,£3,000,000, it is com* puted,: was added to the world's wealth' by the inventions- of the late Thomas A. Edison. That estimate .was-used by; ■ Sir James' Jeans, in his;presidential address to. members of the British As-< sociation at Aberdeen. ' Sir Jame^ gave an ■; impassioned denial to thai I charge that science does more harm: than. good. Although 'some new inventions had thrown people out ofi work, he said; scientific discoveries' had provided work 'for millions. "Soilence in the Coort!" the Bobby ericdj And I really thought I should have died With the coughing here, and the sniffling there, Till the Judge, enraged, said: "I declar* This vow no longer I'll endure. Just scud for Woods' Great Peppermint Cure!"—Advt. ' . '
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Evening Post, Issue 36, 12 February 1935, Page 3
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123EDISON'S DISCOVERIES Evening Post, Issue 36, 12 February 1935, Page 3
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