Edison: His Life and Inventions - a 1929 book by Dyer and Martin

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EDISON
HIS LIFE AND INVENTIONS

BY

FRANK LEWIS DYER
GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE EDISON LABORATORY
AND ALLIED INTERESTS

AND

THOMAS COMMERFORD MARTIN
EX-PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE
OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS

Published in New York by Harper Brothers, 1929

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION
THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY
EDISON'S PEDIGREE
BOYHOOD AT PORT HURON, MICHIGAN
THE YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
ARDUOUS YEARS IN THE CENTRAL WEST
WORK AND INVENTION IN BOSTON
THE STOCK TICKER
AUTOMATIC, DUPLEX, AND QUADRUPLEX TELEGRAPHY
THE TELEPHONE, MOTOGRAPH, AND MICROPHONE
THE PHONOGRAPH
THE INVENTION OF THE INCANDESCENT LAMP
MEMORIES OF MENLO PARK
A WORLD-HUNT FOR FILAMENT MATERIAL
INVENTING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF LIGHTING
INTRODUCTION OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT
THE FIRST EDISON CENTRAL STATION
OTHER EARLY STATIONS--THE METER
THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY
MAGNETIC ORE MILLING WORK
EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT
MOTION PICTURES
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDISON STORAGE BATTERY
MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS
EDISON'S METHOD IN INVENTING
THE LABORATORY AT ORANGE AND THE STAFF
EDISON IN COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURE
THE VALUE OF EDISON'S INVENTIONS TO THE WORLD
THE BLACK FLAG
THE SOCIAL SIDE OF EDISON
APPENDIX
LIST OF UNITED STATES PATENTS
FOREIGN PATENTS

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