Edison his Life and Inventions

About this eBook

Author

Martin, Thomas Commerford, 1856-1924

Title

Edison: His Life and Inventions

Credits

Produced by Charles Keller and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

TK: Technology: Electrical, Electronics and Nuclear engineering

Subject

Inventors -- United States -- Biography

Category

Text

eBook-No.

820

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/820

Release Date

January 21, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EDISON HIS LIFE AND INVENTIONS
2. 2.Thomas Commerford Martin — Ex-President Of The American Institute Of Electrical Engineers
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.EDISON HIS LIFE AND INVENTIONS
5. 5.CHAPTER I — THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY
6. 6.CHAPTER II — EDISON'S PEDIGREE
7. 7.CHAPTER III — BOYHOOD AT PORT HURON, MICHIGAN
8. 8.CHAPTER IV — THE YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
9. 9.CHAPTER V — ARDUOUS YEARS IN THE CENTRAL WEST
10. 10.CHAPTER VI — WORK AND INVENTION IN BOSTON
11. 11.CHAPTER VII — THE STOCK TICKER
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII — AUTOMATIC, DUPLEX, AND QUADRUPLEX TELEGRAPHY
13. 13.CHAPTER IX — THE TELEPHONE, MOTOGRAPH, AND MICROPHONE
14. 14.CHAPTER X — THE PHONOGRAPH
15. 15.CHAPTER XI — THE INVENTION OF THE INCANDESCENT LAMP
16. 16.CHAPTER XII — MEMORIES OF MENLO PARK
17. 17.CHAPTER XIII — A WORLD-HUNT FOR FILAMENT MATERIAL
18. 18.CHAPTER XIV — INVENTING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF LIGHTING
19. 19.CHAPTER XV — INTRODUCTION OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT
20. 20.CHAPTER XVI — THE FIRST EDISON CENTRAL STATION
21. 21.CHAPTER XVII — OTHER EARLY STATIONS—THE METER
22. 22.CHAPTER XVIII — THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY
23. 23.CHAPTER XIX — MAGNETIC ORE MILLING WORK
24. 24.CHAPTER XX — EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT
25. 25.CHAPTER XXI — MOTION PICTURES
26. 26.CHAPTER XXII — THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDISON STORAGE BATTERY
27. 27.CHAPTER XXIII — MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS
28. 28.CHAPTER XXIV — EDISON'S METHOD IN INVENTING
29. 29.CHAPTER XXV — THE LABORATORY AT ORANGE AND THE STAFF
30. 30.CHAPTER XXVI — EDISON IN COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURE
31. 31.CHAPTER XXVII — THE VALUE OF EDISON'S INVENTIONS TO THE WORLD
32. 32.CHAPTER XXVIII — THE BLACK FLAG
33. 33.CHAPTER XXIX — THE SOCIAL SIDE OF EDISON
34. 34.INTRODUCTION TO THE APPENDIX
35. 35.APPENDIX
36. 36.I. THE STOCK PRINTER
37. 37.II. THE QUADRUPLEX AND PHONOPLEX
38. 38.III — AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPHY
39. 39.IV. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
40. 40.V. THE ELECTROMOTOGRAPH
41. 41.VI. THE TELEPHONE
42. 42.VII. EDISON'S TASIMETER
43. 43.VIII. THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH
44. 44.X. EDISON'S DYNAMO WORK
45. 45.XI. THE EDISON FEEDER SYSTEM
46. 46.XII. THE THREE-WIRE SYSTEM
47. 47.XIII. EDISON'S ELECTRIC RAILWAY
48. 48.XIV. TRAIN TELEGRAPHY
49. 49.XV. KINETOGRAPH AND PROJECTING KINETOSCOPE
50. 50.XVI. EDISON'S ORE-MILLING INVENTIONS
51. 51.XVII. THE LONG CEMENT KILN
52. 52.XVIII. EDISON'S NEW STORAGE BATTERY
53. 53.XIX. EDISON'S POURED CEMENT HOUSE
54. 54.LIST OF UNITED STATES PATENTS
55. 55.FOREIGN PATENTS

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.