Suffix [edit]. -en. 1  Suffix for definite form singular of many common gender nouns, in particular those which end in a consonant or a stressed-i; see also-n. 2  Suffix for definite form plural of neuter nouns ending with consonant.
Events Leading up to Heliograph When NiÃ©pce first began working with his son who would draw the images they used in lithography because NiÃ©pce could not draw well. During that time the camera obscura was only used as a guide for drawing. This collaboration stopped when his son was drafted into the army and went to fight in the Battle of Waterloo.
The phonograph was developed as a result of Thomas Edison's work on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone. In 1877, Edison was working on a machine that would transcribe telegraphic messages through indentations on paper tape, which could later be sent over the telegraph repeatedly.