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.
Edison invented the first phonograph in 1877. He got the patent for it at the same time. The name phonograph was originally given by Edison; the word was derived from Greek words meaning sound or voice. Edison did not work on developing a phonograph but it was invented while he was working on a telegraph machine. Edison had started working on the telegraph machine when he was a teenager.