[DOC] [TLE] Motion Pictures - Thomas Edison National Historical Park (U.S. ... [PAR] In October 1888 Edison wrote, "I am experimenting upon an instrument which 
does for the Eye what the phonograph does for the Ear . ... Around 1889 Edison 
picked a team of muckers to work on this project, headed by William ... Edison 
was one of the inventors of motion pictures, but he should not get all the credit. [DOC] [TLE] This Month in Physics History - American Physical Society [PAR] In 1869, when he was 22 years old, Edison patented his first invention (the ... 
upon an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear, 
which is the recording and reproduction of things in motion," he wrote in 1888. 
Decades before Edison began his work on what would become the first 
kinetoscope... [DOC] [TLE] Edison:The Life of Thomas A. Edison - Eastern Illinois University [PAR] His first invention to receive a patent was the electric vote recorder, in June 1869. 
... He formed the American Telegraph Works to work on developing an automatic 
.... including Edison's, and set up the North American Phonograph Co. in 1888. ... 
an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear.". [DOC] [TLE] The Undiscovered World of Thomas Edison - 95.12 - The Atlantic [PAR] He created things that transformed our world--among them the phonograph, ... 
Luckily for posterity, the process by which Edison invented is documented in ... 
breaks from work he tried out some of these experiments in a baggage car. ... 
unusual odor (this so fascinated the inventor that he wrote to Charles Darwin 
about it). [DOC] [TLE] Thomas Edison - EarlyCinema.com [PAR] When he was seven, the Edison family moved to Port Huron, Michigan where ... It 
was while working as a telegraph operator that Edison made his first invention - a 
... by the work of Marey and Muybridge Edison wrote on October 8th 1888 that, ... 
an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear. [DOC] [TLE] Find in a library : America's film legacy : a guide to the Library of ... [PAR] <p> Edison, inspired by the work of photographer Eadweard Muybridge, 
embarked on his motion picture project in 1888. In October of that year he wrote, "
I am experimenting upon an instrument which does for the Eye what the 
phonograph does for the Ear, which is the recording and reproduction of things in 
motion, and in... [DOC] [TLE] Life of Thomas Alva Edison - Inventing Entertainment: The Early ... [PAR] In his 84 years, he acquired an astounding 1093 patents. ... Besides other 
telegraph inventions, he also developed an electric pen in 1875. ... 2 Edison liked 
to work long hours and expected much from his employees. .... "I am 
experimenting upon an instrument which does for the eye what the phonograph 
does for the ear. [DOC] [TLE] The History of The Discovery of Cinematography - 1885 - 1889 [PAR] Le Prince begins initial work on his motion picture experiments and in 1886 ... As 
history dictates, he never accomplished this dream even though he wrote to 
Edison ... In his first caveat (Motion Picture Caveat 1) of 1888, Edison began with; 
I ... an instrument which does for the Eye what the phonograph does for the 
Ear . [DOC] [TLE] Al Gets Involved: Movie Movie - The History of World Cinema [PAR] 27/2/1888 - "Al" Gets Involved ... Edison, however, was not so easily discouraged, 
and began working on a device for ... He envisaged a series of 42,000 tiny 
images, each no more than 1/32 of an inch ... I am experimenting upon an 
instrument, he wrote, which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the 
ear, which... [DOC] [TLE] Edison's First Movie Projector: A Phonograph for Pictures | The Story ... [PAR] Oct 17, 2013 ... Today in 1888, Thomas Edison filed a patent for the first movie projector, the ... 
He was used to working by analogy with earlier inventions: the movie camera 
and projector ... 'I am

Question: In 1888 he wrote he was working on an invention "which does for the eye what the phonograph does for the ear"
Answer: Thomas Alva Edison