Martin Thomas Commerford, Dyer Frank Lewis. Edison: his life and inventions

NY.: Floating Press, 2006. — 620 p. — ISBN: 9781775418450.Gain new insight into the life of quintessential American inventor Thomas Alva Edison with this comprehensive biography. Delving deeply into the personal and professional life of "The Wizard of Menlo Park," author Frank Lewis Dyer offers a fascinating glimpse into Edison's extraordinary mind and remarkable ambition.The age of electricity
Edison’s pedigree
Boyhood at port Huron, Michigan
The young telegraph operator
Arduous years in the central west
Work and invention in Boston
The Stock Ticker
Automatic, duplex and quadruplex telegraphy
The telephone, motograph and microphone
The phonograph
The invention of the incandescent lamp
Memories of Menlo Park
A word-hunt for filament material
Inventing a complete system of lighting
Introduction of the Edison electric light
The first Edison central station
Other early stations – the meter
The electric railway