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Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin
Edison, His Life and Inventions.........................................................................................................................1
Frank Lewis Dyer and Thomas Commerford Martin..............................................................................1INTRODUCTION...................................................................................................................................2CHAPTER I. THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY.........................................................................................3CHAPTER II. EDISON'S PEDIGREE....................................................................................................5CHAPTER III.BOYHOOD AT PORT HURON, MICHIGAN...........................................................10CHAPTER IV.THE YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATOR................................................................18CHAPTER V. ARDUOUS YEARS IN THE CENTRAL WEST.........................................................23CHAPTER VI.WORK AND INVENTION IN BOSTON...................................................................33CHAPTER VII.THE STOCK TICKER...............................................................................................38CHAPTER VIII. AUTOMATIC, DUPLEX, AND QUADRUPLEX TELEGRAPHY........................46CHAPTER IX.THE TELEPHONE, MOTOGRAPH, AND MICROPHONE.....................................56CHAPTER X. THE PHONOGRAPH...................................................................................................67CHAPTER XI.THE INVENTION OF THE INCANDESCENT LAMP.............................................77CHAPTER XII.MEMORIES OF MENLO PARK...............................................................................88CHAPTER XIII. A WORLD−HUNT FOR FILAMENT MATERIAL................................................98CHAPTER XIV. INVENTING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF LIGHTING......................................105CHAPTER XV.INTRODUCTION OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT.....................................115CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST EDISON CENTRAL STATION........................................................126CHAPTER XVII. OTHER EARLY STATIONS−−THE METER.....................................................137CHAPTER XVIII. THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY...............................................................................148CHAPTER XIX. MAGNETIC ORE MILLING WORK....................................................................156CHAPTER XX.EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT............................................................................167CHAPTER XXI. MOTION PICTURES.............................................................................................174CHAPTER XXII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDISON STORAGE BATTERY....................181CHAPTER XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS....................................................................189CHAPTER XXIV. EDISON'S METHOD IN INVENTING..............................................................197CHAPTER XXV. THE LABORATORY AT ORANGE AND THE STAFF....................................209CHAPTER XXVI. EDISON IN COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURE.........................................219CHAPTER XXVII. THE VALUE OF EDISON'S INVENTIONS TO THE WORLD......................227CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BLACK FLAG..........................................................................................235CHAPTER XXIX. THE SOCIAL SIDE OF EDISON.......................................................................248LIST OF UNITED STATES PATENTS.............................................................................................320FOREIGN PATENTS..........................................................................................................................340
Edison, His Life and Inventionsi
Edison, His Life and Inventions
INTRODUCTION
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I. THE AGE OFELECTRICITY
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II. EDISON'S PEDIGREE
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III. BOYHOODAT PORT HURON, MICHIGAN
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V. ARDUOUSYEARS IN THE CENTRAL WEST
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VI. WORK AND INVENTION IN BOSTON
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VII. THE STOCK TICKER
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VIII. AUTOMATIC, DUPLEX, AND QUADRUPLEX TELEGRAPHY
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X. THE PHONOGRAPH
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XI. THE INVENTION OF THE INCANDESCENT LAMP
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XII. MEMORIES OF MENLO PARK
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XIII. A WORLD−HUNT FOR FILAMENT MATERIAL
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XIV. INVENTING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF LIGHTING
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XVI. THE FIRST EDISON CENTRAL STATION
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XVII. OTHER EARLY STATIONS−−THE METER
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XVIII. THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY
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XIX. MAGNETIC ORE MILLING WORK
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XX. EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT
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XXI. MOTIONPICTURES
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XXII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDISON STORAGE BATTERY
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XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS
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XXIV. EDISON'S METHOD IN INVENTING
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XXVIII. THE BLACK FLAG
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XXIX. THE SOCIAL SIDE OF EDISON
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LIST OF UNITED STATES PATENTS
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FOREIGN PATENTS
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