An edition of Thomas A. Edison
(2000)
Thomas A. Edison
the world's greatest inventor
1st U.S. ed.
by Anna Sproule
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Details the life and work of Thomas Edison, who developed the electric light bulb and patents for numerous other inventions and innovations.
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Thomas A. Edison: the world's greatest inventor
2000, Blackbirch Press
in English
- 1st U.S. ed.
1567113311 9781567113310
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Table of Contents
The Sound of the Past -- 5
The Man Who Could Not Hear -- 6
A Whole New World -- 7
The Skeptics Were Wrong -- 9
A Risky Birth -- 11
Full of Curiosity -- 11
Bottom of the Class -- 12
Education at Home -- 13
The Newsboy -- 14
Trains and Chemicals -- 15
The Battle of Shiloh -- 15
The Electric Telegraph -- 16
Short Taps and Long Taps -- 19
Read All About It -- 20
Perfecting the Telegraph -- 20
Experiments--and Getting Fired -- 21
Boston--the Heart of Science -- 23
A Prank Brings Out the Inventor -- 23
Risks and Failures -- 23
Hungry in New York -- 25
Edison Saves Wall Street -- 26
Edison Names His Price -- 26
The Newark Workshop -- 27
Mr. Bell's Telephone -- 27
Electromagnets -- 29
Human Hearing -- 29
Currents and Carbon -- 30
A Battery-Powered Telephone -- 31
Night Owls -- 32
A "Splendid" Button -- 33
A Talking Toy -- 34
A Recording of the Human Voice -- 35
The Needle in the Furrow -- 36
The Wizard of Menlo Park -- 37
Creating Light -- 37
Making the Electric Lightbulb -- 39
The Light That Lasted -- 40
A Rival to Gaslight -- 41
The First Priority -- 42
Ohm's Law -- 43
Cost Cutting -- 44
"Long-Waisted Mary Ann" -- 44
All Aboard! -- 45
Will the Lamps Light? -- 47
Edison Waits -- 48
Mission Accomplished -- 49
New Frontiers -- 50
Improving the Phonograph -- 51
The Entertainment Machine -- 51
Moving Pictures -- 52
The Grand Old Man of Science -- 53
Losing a Fortune -- 54
No Giving Up -- 56
The Lights Dim -- 57
The Legacy of a Creative Genius -- 58
Thanks, Mr. Wizard -- 60
Important Dates-- 61.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 62) and index.
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