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Wm. H. Meadowcroft. The boys' life of Edison
The boys' life of Edison
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
THE BOYS' LIFE OF EDISON
I. THE EARLY DAYS OF ELECTRICITY
II. EDISON'S FAMILY
III. EDISON'S EARLY BOYHOOD
IV. THE YOUNG NEWSBOY
V. A FEW STORIES OF EDISON'S NEWSBOY DAYS
VI. THE YOUNG TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
VII. ADVENTURES OF A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
VIII. WORK AND INVENTION IN BOSTON
IX. FROM POVERTY TO INDEPENDENCE
X. A BUSY YOUNG INVENTOR
XI. THE TELEPHONE, MOTOGRAPH, AND MICROPHONE
XII. MAKING A MACHINE TALK
XIII. A NEW LIGHT IN THE WORLD
XIV. MENLO PARK
XV. BEGINNING THE ELECTRIC LIGHT BUSINESS
XVI. THE FIRST EDISON CENTRAL STATION
XVII. EDISON'S ELECTRIC RAILWAY
XVIII. GRINDING MOUNTAINS TO DUST
XIX. EDISON MAKES PORTLAND CEMENT
XX. MOTION-PICTURES
XXI. EDISON INVENTS A NEW STORAGE BATTERY
XXII. EDISON'S MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS
XXIII. EDISON'S METHOD IN INVENTING
XXIV. EDISON'S LABORATORY AT ORANGE
XXV. EDISON HIMSELF
XXVI. EDISON'S NEW PHONOGRAPH
XXVII. EDISON'S WORK DURING THE WAR
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Wm. H. Meadowcroft
Published by Good Press, 2021
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This talent for sketching seems to run in the family, for Thomas A. Edison's first impulse in discussing any mechanical question is to take up the nearest piece of paper and make drawings. Scarcely a day passes that this does not happen. His immense number of note-books contain thousands of such sketches.
His sister, who in later life became Mrs. Tannie Edison Bailey, had, on the other hand, a great deal of literary ability, and spent much of her time in writing.
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