Edison His Life and Inventions

Thomas Commerford Martin, american electrical engineer and editor (1856-1924)

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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- INTRODUCTION

-03- THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY

-04- EDISON'S PEDIGREE

-05- BOYHOOD AT PORT HURON, MICHIGAN

-06- THE YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATOR

-07- ARDUOUS YEARS IN THE CENTRAL WEST

-08- WORK AND INVENTION IN BOSTON

-09- THE STOCK TICKER

-10- AUTOMATIC, DUPLEX, AND QUADRUPLEX TELEGRAPHY

-11- THE TELEPHONE, MOTOGRAPH, AND MICROPHONE

-12- THE PHONOGRAPH

-13- THE INVENTION OF THE INCANDESCENT LAMP

-14- MEMORIES OF MENLO PARK

-15- A WORLD HUNT FOR FILAMENT MATERIAL

-16- INVENTING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF LIGHTING

-17- INTRODUCTION OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT

-18- THE FIRST EDISON CENTRAL STATION

-19- OTHER EARLY STATIONS THE METER

-20- THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY

-21- MAGNETIC ORE MILLING WORK

-22- EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT

-23- MOTION PICTURES

-24- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDISON STORAGE BATTERY

-25- MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS

-26- EDISON'S METHOD IN INVENTING

-27- THE LABORATORY AT ORANGE AND THE STAFF

-28- EDISON IN COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURE

-29- THE VALUE OF EDISON'S INVENTIONS TO THE WORLD

-30- THE BLACK FLAG

-31- THE SOCIAL SIDE OF EDISON

-32- INTRODUCTION TO THE APPENDIX

-33- APPENDICES