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Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention Book

Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention
Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention, In September 1878, Thomas Alva Edison brashly-and prematurely-proclaimed his breakthrough invention of a workable electric light. That announcement was followed by many months of intense experimentation that led to the successful completion of his Pearl S, Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention has a rating of 3 stars
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  • Edison's Electric Light: The Art of Invention
  • Written by author Robert Friedel
  • Published by Johns Hopkins University Press, June 2010
  • In September 1878, Thomas Alva Edison brashly-and prematurely-proclaimed his breakthrough invention of a workable electric light. That announcement was followed by many months of intense experimentation that led to the successful completion of his Pearl S
  • In September 1878, Thomas Alva Edison brashly-and prematurely-proclaimed his breakthrough invention of a workable electric light. That announcement was followed by many months of intense experimentation that led to the successful completion of his Pearl S
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Preface to the Johns Hopkins Edition vii

1 "A Big Bonanza" 1

2 "The Throes of Invention" 24

The Search for a Vacuum 45

3 "Some Difficult Requirements" 48

Carbon and the Incandescent Lamp 67

4 The Triumph of Carbon 69

Who Invented the Incandescent Lamp? 91

5 Business and Science 94

The Menlo Park Mystique 118

6 A System Complete 121

7 Promises Fulfilled 155

Afterword 189

A Note from the Authors with Acknowledgments 201

Notes 205

Recommended Additional Reading 221

Index 225


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