Description
Book SynopsisRevised and updated from the original 1986 edition, this definitive study of the most famous invention of America's most famous inventor is completely keyed to the printed and electronic versions of the Edison Papers, inviting the reader to explore further the remarkable original sources.
Trade ReviewQuite readable... Friedel and Israel provide a good description of the process of inventing a functional, marketable incandescent light bulb as well as an electric power grid. Choice Any library strong in scientific inventions and the process of theories and exploration will find this a winning survey. Midwest Book Review 2011
Table of ContentsPreface to the Johns Hopkins Edition
1. "A Big Bonanza"
2. "The Throes of Invention"
The Search for a Vacuum
3. "Some Difficult Requirements"
Carbon and the Incandescent Lamp
4. The Triumph of Carbon
Who Invented the Incandescent Lamp?
5. Business and Science
The Menlo Park Mystique
6. A System Complete
7. Promises Fulfilled
Afterword
A Note from the Authors with Acknowledgments
Notes
Recommended Additional Reading
Index
