Edison's Electric Light The Art of Invention / Robert Friedel and Paul Israel with Bernard S. Finn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Friedel, Robert D. (Robert Douglas), 1950-

Contributor:

Finn, Bernard S., 1932-

Israel, Paul.

Series:

Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology.

Johns Hopkins introductory studies in the history of technology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Inventors--United States--Biography.

Inventors.

Incandescent lamps--History.

Incandescent lamps.

Edison, Thomas A. (Thomas Alva), 1847-1931.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 233 p. ) ill. ;

Edition:

[John Hopkins ed.].

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2011

Place of Publication:

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Revised 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.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Preface

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

A

B

C

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

R

S

T

U

V

W

Y.

Notes:

Rev. ed. of Edison's electric light / Robert Friedel & Paul Israel with Bernard S. Finn. 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8018-9944-3

OCLC:

794700355