Author: David A. Adler
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ISBN: 9780823412464
Category : Electric engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items."--Title page verso.
A Picture Book of Thomas Alva Edison
Author: David A. Adler
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ISBN: 9780823412464
Category : Electric engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items."--Title page verso.
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ISBN: 9780823412464
Category : Electric engineers
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"An introduction to the genius with a curious mind who loved to experiment and who invented the phonograph, light bulb, movie camera, and numerous other items."--Title page verso.
The Syren & Shipping Illustrated
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Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Thomas Alva Edison; Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life
Author: Jones Francis Arthur
Publisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781377074900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781377074900
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 426
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Thomas Alva Edison
Author: Francis Arthur Jones
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497902404
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN: 9781497902404
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1907 Edition.
Thomas Alva Edison
Author: Francis Arthur Jones
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ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Languages : en
Pages : 448
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Edison
Author: Edmund Morris
Publisher:
ISBN: 081299311X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Morris comes a revelatory new biography ofThomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.
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ISBN: 081299311X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 801
Book Description
From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Morris comes a revelatory new biography ofThomas Alva Edison, the most prolific genius in American history.
Thomas Alva Edison, Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life (Classic Reprint)
Author: Francis Arthur Jones
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ISBN: 9781330538333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Excerpt from Thomas Alva Edison, Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life In the preparation of this book the author has received, and here acknowledges, the invaluable cooperation of many persons who knew Mr. Edison in his younger days, and who cheerfully placed at his service the result of their acquaintance and association with the inventor. To the American Press generally the writer is indebted for much valued assistance, and especially grateful does he feel towards the following: to the Editor of the Electrical Review for permission to incorporate Edison's own account of the circumstances under which he erected the first power-house for the distribution of the electric light; to Mr. W. K. L. Dickson, the consulting electrician; to Mr. J. R. Randolph, private secretary to Mr. Edison, Mr. Frank L. Dyer, chief of the Legal Department, and the late Dr. Wangemann, phonographic expert, for much interesting "inside" information; and also to the Cassier Magazine Company, holders of the copyright, for courteous permission to use certain pictures and to quote from Dickson's "Life of Edison," now out of print. To the inventor himself the writer is grateful for all the time he spent away from his experimental laboratory to give, with his customary cheerfulness and good-nature, much of the personal history which is here recorded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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ISBN: 9781330538333
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
Excerpt from Thomas Alva Edison, Sixty Years of an Inventor's Life In the preparation of this book the author has received, and here acknowledges, the invaluable cooperation of many persons who knew Mr. Edison in his younger days, and who cheerfully placed at his service the result of their acquaintance and association with the inventor. To the American Press generally the writer is indebted for much valued assistance, and especially grateful does he feel towards the following: to the Editor of the Electrical Review for permission to incorporate Edison's own account of the circumstances under which he erected the first power-house for the distribution of the electric light; to Mr. W. K. L. Dickson, the consulting electrician; to Mr. J. R. Randolph, private secretary to Mr. Edison, Mr. Frank L. Dyer, chief of the Legal Department, and the late Dr. Wangemann, phonographic expert, for much interesting "inside" information; and also to the Cassier Magazine Company, holders of the copyright, for courteous permission to use certain pictures and to quote from Dickson's "Life of Edison," now out of print. To the inventor himself the writer is grateful for all the time he spent away from his experimental laboratory to give, with his customary cheerfulness and good-nature, much of the personal history which is here recorded. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Edison: A Biography
Author: Matthew Josephson
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
A great folk hero in American history, Edison is viewed by the public as a facile inventor, the electrical wizard and the perfect symbol of the self-made and practical creator. But he was also a paradoxical figure: deaf, impoverished and with no formal education as a youngster, Edison nevertheless became a fertile and versatile inventor, accumulated fortunes for himself and others but remained indifferent to wealth except as a means towards more inventions. Edison’s key contributions include the carbon microphone, the electric light bulb, electricity distribution systems, the phonograph and the motion-picture camera. Edison’s methods were also remarkable: halfway between the craftsman-tinkerer of the early 19th century and the scientist of today, he established and ran pioneering research laboratories with large staffs, yet lacked training in mathematics or the basic sciences. Matthew Josephson’s Edison: A Biography won the Society of American Historians’Francis Parkman Prize in 1960. “This is an outstanding biography... [Josephson] establishes the developing relationship between finance and invention which constitutes the basis for Edison’s success... [He] has mastered the substance of Edison’s inventive activity and has written of it quite authoritatively and vividly.” — Thomas P. Hughes, Technology and Culture “... It is clear that there is reason to welcome yet another book about a man of whom so much has been written. It must have been precisely because so much in the Edison record is myth, fostered by adulators and by Edison himself that Mr. Josephson turned his skillful, corrective hand to a saga that may have seemed more familiar than it actually is. From his well-presented, well-written findings emerges a giant without whom much of life as we live it would simply not exist. It is a first-rate job that needed doing.” — John K. Hutchens, New York Herald Tribune “A well-researched account of the life of one of America’s authentic folk heroes--Thomas Alva Edison--an original creator with a genius for strategic invention... Thoroughly absorbing, this significant volume is a competent contribution to the history of American science, and gives not only a sharply drawn picture of this self-educated giant of invention, but also of the beginnings of the telegraph, electrical, record, motion picture and automobile industries, as well as the sociological changes that were wrought by Edison’s practical discoveries.” — Kirkus Review “A biography that is dignified, detailed, and objective, sprinkled with moments of humor, pathos, and drama... One of the chief virtues of this book is the care taken by the author to build up a realistic picture of Edison the man.” — F. Garvin Davenport,The American Historical Review
Publisher: Plunkett Lake Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 493
Book Description
A great folk hero in American history, Edison is viewed by the public as a facile inventor, the electrical wizard and the perfect symbol of the self-made and practical creator. But he was also a paradoxical figure: deaf, impoverished and with no formal education as a youngster, Edison nevertheless became a fertile and versatile inventor, accumulated fortunes for himself and others but remained indifferent to wealth except as a means towards more inventions. Edison’s key contributions include the carbon microphone, the electric light bulb, electricity distribution systems, the phonograph and the motion-picture camera. Edison’s methods were also remarkable: halfway between the craftsman-tinkerer of the early 19th century and the scientist of today, he established and ran pioneering research laboratories with large staffs, yet lacked training in mathematics or the basic sciences. Matthew Josephson’s Edison: A Biography won the Society of American Historians’Francis Parkman Prize in 1960. “This is an outstanding biography... [Josephson] establishes the developing relationship between finance and invention which constitutes the basis for Edison’s success... [He] has mastered the substance of Edison’s inventive activity and has written of it quite authoritatively and vividly.” — Thomas P. Hughes, Technology and Culture “... It is clear that there is reason to welcome yet another book about a man of whom so much has been written. It must have been precisely because so much in the Edison record is myth, fostered by adulators and by Edison himself that Mr. Josephson turned his skillful, corrective hand to a saga that may have seemed more familiar than it actually is. From his well-presented, well-written findings emerges a giant without whom much of life as we live it would simply not exist. It is a first-rate job that needed doing.” — John K. Hutchens, New York Herald Tribune “A well-researched account of the life of one of America’s authentic folk heroes--Thomas Alva Edison--an original creator with a genius for strategic invention... Thoroughly absorbing, this significant volume is a competent contribution to the history of American science, and gives not only a sharply drawn picture of this self-educated giant of invention, but also of the beginnings of the telegraph, electrical, record, motion picture and automobile industries, as well as the sociological changes that were wrought by Edison’s practical discoveries.” — Kirkus Review “A biography that is dignified, detailed, and objective, sprinkled with moments of humor, pathos, and drama... One of the chief virtues of this book is the care taken by the author to build up a realistic picture of Edison the man.” — F. Garvin Davenport,The American Historical Review
The Guide to Nature
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 582
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The Hibbert Journal
Author: Lawrence Pearsall Jacks
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
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Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 1116
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