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February 14, 1887
Lancaster Daily Intelligencer
Lancaster, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A Washington Post writer interviews inventor Thomas Edison, who describes his 'nutricator' machine that combines natural elements to produce wholesome food from dirt and water, claiming it will replace traditional farming and meat production worldwide within ten years.
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Food From Dirt And Inventor Edison To Supply The Tables Of The World By A Remarkable Process.
A writer in the Washington Post gives an account of a recent interview of a most remarkable character with Edison, the inventor. In this interview Edison is made to describe a new machine which he calls the nutricator. This machine, the writer says, has accomplished the problem of combining the natural elements so as to manufacture wholesome food. Edison is made to say in this interview: "In ten years my machine will be used to provide the tables of the civilized world. Meat will be no longer killed and vegetables no longer grown, except by savages, for my methods will be so much cheaper."
Mr. Edison then exhibited samples of food which he said he had made from dirt in his cellar and from water taken from the water pipes in the house.
A writer in the Washington Post gives an account of a recent interview of a most remarkable character with Edison, the inventor. In this interview Edison is made to describe a new machine which he calls the nutricator. This machine, the writer says, has accomplished the problem of combining the natural elements so as to manufacture wholesome food. Edison is made to say in this interview: "In ten years my machine will be used to provide the tables of the civilized world. Meat will be no longer killed and vegetables no longer grown, except by savages, for my methods will be so much cheaper."
Mr. Edison then exhibited samples of food which he said he had made from dirt in his cellar and from water taken from the water pipes in the house.
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Curiosity
Extraordinary Event
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Triumph
Exploration
What keywords are associated?
Edison Invention
Nutricator Machine
Food From Dirt
Synthetic Food
Technological Breakthrough
What entities or persons were involved?
Edison
Writer In The Washington Post
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Edison
Writer In The Washington Post
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Edison describes his nutricator machine that manufactures food from dirt and water, exhibiting samples and predicting it will supply the civilized world's tables in ten years, making traditional meat and vegetable production obsolete.