Frank Lewis Dyer
Thomas Commerford Martin
EDISON, HIS LIFE AND INVENTIONS
General Index
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. THE AGE OF ELECTRICITY
CHAPTER II. EDISON'S PEDIGREE
CHAPTER III. BOYHOOD AT PORT HURON, MICHIGAN
CHAPTER IV. THE YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
CHAPTER V. ARDUOUS YEARS IN THE CENTRAL WEST
CHAPTER VI. WORK AND INVENTION IN BOSTON
CHAPTER VII. THE STOCK TICKER
CHAPTER VIII. AUTOMATIC, DUPLEX, AND QUADRUPLEX TELEGRAPHY
CHAPTER IX. THE TELEPHONE, MOTOGRAPH, AND MICROPHONE
CHAPTER X. THE PHONOGRAPH
CHAPTER XI. THE INVENTION OF THE INCANDESCENT LAMP
CHAPTER XII. MEMORIES OF MENLO PARK
CHAPTER XIII. A WORLD-HUNT FOR FILAMENT MATERIAL
CHAPTER XIV. INVENTING A COMPLETE SYSTEM OF LIGHTING
CHAPTER XV. INTRODUCTION OF THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT
CHAPTER XVI. THE FIRST EDISON CENTRAL STATION
CHAPTER XVII. OTHER EARLY STATIONS--THE METER
CHAPTER XVIII. THE ELECTRIC RAILWAY
CHAPTER XIX. MAGNETIC ORE MILLING WORK
CHAPTER XX. EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT
CHAPTER XXI. MOTION PICTURES
CHAPTER XXII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDISON STORAGE BATTERY
CHAPTER XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS
CHAPTER XXIV. EDISON'S METHOD IN INVENTING
CHAPTER XXV. THE LABORATORY AT ORANGE AND THE STAFF
CHAPTER XXVI. EDISON IN COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURE
CHAPTER XXVII. THE VALUE OF EDISON'S INVENTIONS TO THE WORLD
CHAPTER XXVIII. THE BLACK FLAG
CHAPTER XXIX. THE SOCIAL SIDE OF EDISON
INTRODUCTION TO THE APPENDIX
APPENDIX I. THE STOCK PRINTER
APPENDIX II. THE QUADRUPLEX AND PHONOPLEX
APPENDIX III. AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPHY
APPENDIX IV. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
APPENDIX V. THE ELECTROMOTOGRAPH
APPENDIX VI. THE TELEPHONE
APPENDIX VII. EDISON'S TASIMETER
APPENDIX VIII. THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH
APPENDIX IX. THE INCANDESCENT LAMP
APPENDIX X. EDISON'S DYNAMO WORK
APPENDIX XI. THE EDISON FEEDER SYSTEM
APPENDIX XII. THE THREE-WIRE SYSTEM
APPENDIX XIII. EDISON'S ELECTRIC RAILWAY
APPENDIX XIV. TRAIN TELEGRAPHY
APPENDIX XV. KINETOGRAPH AND PROJECTING KINETOSCOPE
APPENDIX XVI. EDISON'S ORE-MILLING INVENTIONS
APPENDIX XVII. THE LONG CEMENT KILN
APPENDIX XVIII. EDISON'S NEW STORAGE BATTERY
APPENDIX XIX. EDISON'S POURED CEMENT HOUSE
LIST OF UNITED STATES PATENTS
FOREIGN PATENTS
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