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Thomas Alva Edison is chiefly known as the inventor of the phonograph, and as one of the inventors of the electric lamp. It is less well known that Edison nearly invented the thermionic diode-the ‘breakthrough’ device that heralded the beginning of the science of electronics.
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© 1990 John Watson
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Watson, J. (1990). Thermionic devices. In: Mastering Electronics. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11911-0_5
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