By Frank Lewis Dyer General Counsel For The Edison Laboratory And Allied Interests And
Thomas Commerford Martin Ex-President Of The American Institute Of Electrical Engineers
INTRODUCTION
EDISON HIS LIFE AND INVENTIONS
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
