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EDISON AT THE OFFICE DOOR OF THE ORE-CONCENTRATING PLANT AT EDISON, NEW JERSEY, IN THE NINETIES

   

EDISON
HIS LIFE AND INVENTIONS
IN TWO VOLUMES

ILLUSTRATED

VOL II


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

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1910 Copyright, 1910, HARPER & BROTHERS
Published November, 1910.
Printed in the United States of America

CONTENTS

XIX. MAGNETIC ORE MILLING WORK. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473

XX. EDISON PORTLAND CEMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .506

XXI. MOTION PICTURES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527

XXII. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EDISON STORAGE BATTERY . . . 551

XXIII. MISCELLANEOUS INVENTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573

XXIV. EDISON'S METHOD IN INVENTING . . . . . . . . . . . .596

XXV. THE LABORATORY AT ORANGE AND THE STAFF . . . . . . . 629

XXVI. EDISON IN COMMERCE AND MANUFACTURE . . . . . . . . .660

XXVII. THE VALUE OF EDISON'S INVENTIONS TO THE WORLD . . .682

XXVIII. THE BLACK FLAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .706

XXIX. THE SOCIAL SIDE OF EDISON. . . . . . . . . . . . . .741

APPENDIX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .785

LIST OF UNITED STATES PATENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .943

FOREIGN PATENTS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .971

INDEX. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .973

ILLUSTRATIONS

EDISON AT THE OFFICE DOOR OF THE ORE-CONCENTRATING
PLANT AT EDISON, NEW JERSEY, IN THE
NINETIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Frontispiece

MR. EDISON AND A GROUP OF MOTION-PICTURE MEN
CAUGHT BY THE MOTION-PICTURE CAMERA IN THE
ENJOYMENT OF A JOKE -- DECEMBER 18, 1909 . . . . . .Facing p. 544

MR. EDISON LAUGHINGLY PROTESTING -- DECEMBER
18, 1909. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550

MR. EDISON BUSY WRITING -- DECEMBER 18, 1909
EDISON AT WORK IN ONE OF THE CHEMICAL ROOMS AT
THE ORANGE LABORATORY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592

EDISON AT THE DRAUGHTING-BOARD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .618

SOME OF THE MEDALS AND DECORATIONS AWARDED TO
EDISON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770

MR. EDISON AND PROFESSOR STEINMETZ IN CONVERSATION --
BRIARCLIFF MANOR, SEPTEMBER 2, 1909 . . . . . . . . . . . . 774

EDISON IN THE GARDEN OF HIS FLORIDA HOME . . . . . . . . . .778