to the embossing needle. In his first demonstration, Edison recited "Mary Had A Little Lamb," which the phonograph was perfectly able to reproduce. With the ability to record, the phonograph led to the development of the music industry today. This invention earned Edison the nickname, "The Wizard of Menlo Park". While the Wizard's earliest hopes for the phonograph focused on education and business, Edison envisioned the phonograph as a
             "way to record books for blind people, to teach elocution, to record lectures, to
             preserve the voices of historically important people, to perform office dictation, to
             log telephone messages, and finally to record music. "
             He even imagined the application of the phonograph towards talking dolls and other toys. Also at this time, Edison began his work with the development of the incandescent electric light. Although he did not invent the electric light or incandescent lamp, Edison was the first to construct an economically viable model. His
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