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CONTENTS
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
II. THE QUADRUPLEX AND PHONOPLEX
III. AUTOMATIC TELEGRAPHY
IV. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY
V. THE ELECTROMOTOGRAPH
VI. THE TELEPHONE
VII. EDISON'S TASIMETER
VIII. THE EDISON PHONOGRAPH
X. EDISON'S DYNAMO WORK
XI. THE EDISON FEEDER SYSTEM
XII. THE THREE-WIRE SYSTEM
XIII. EDISON'S ELECTRIC RAILWAY
XIV. TRAIN TELEGRAPHY
XV. KINETOGRAPH AND PROJECTING KINETOSCOPE
XVI. EDISON'S ORE-MILLING INVENTIONS
XVII. THE LONG CEMENT KILN
XVIII. EDISON'S NEW STORAGE BATTERY
XIX. EDISON'S POURED CEMENT HOUSE
LIST OF UNITED STATES PATENTS
FOREIGN PATENTS
About the Authors
FRANK LEWIS DYER
General Counsel For The Edison Laboratory And Allied Interests
THOMAS COMMERFORD MARTIN
Ex-President Of The American Institute Of Electrical Engineers
