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In its superabundance of detail — steely facts and figures, great plates of text riveted with nouns and graffitied with cryptic drawings (Edison was an untrained but natural draftsman) — the book has the same kind of physical impact as that which stuns you when you enter his laboratory in West Orange, N.J.
A mine of material... Scrupulously edited... No one could ask for more... A choplicking feast for future Edison biographers—well into the next century, and perhaps beyond.
What is most extraordinary about the collection isn't necessarily what it reveals about Edison's inventions... It's the insight into the process.
Those interested in America's technological culture can eagerly look forward to the appearance of each volume of the Edison Papers.
His lucidity comes through everywhere... His writing and drawing come together as a single, vigorous thought process.
A triumph of the bookmaker's art, with splendidly arranged illustrations, essential background information, and cautionary reminders of the common sources on which Edison's imagination drew.
In the pages of this volume Edison the man, his work, and his times come alive... A delight to browse through or to read carefully.
Beyond its status as the resource for Edison studies, providing a near inexhaustible supply of scholarly fodder, this series... will surely become a model for such projects in the future... The sheer diversity of material offered here refreshingly transcends any exclusive restriction to Edisonia.
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Book Details
Publication Date
Status
Available
Trim Size
7
x 10
Pages
864
ISBN
9781421400907
Illustration Description
140 halftones, 32 line drawings
Table of Contents
Calendar of Documents
List of Editorial Headnotes
Preface
Chronology of Thomas A. Edison, April 1883– December 1884
Editorial Policy and User's Guide
Editorial Symbols
List of Abbreviations
1. April– June
Calendar of Documents
List of Editorial Headnotes
Preface
Chronology of Thomas A. Edison, April 1883– December 1884
Editorial Policy and User's Guide
Editorial Symbols
List of Abbreviations
1. April– June 1883 (Docs. 2418– 2476)
2. July– September 1883 (Docs. 2477– 2531)
3. October– December 1883 (Docs. 2532– 2578)
4. January– March 1884 (Docs. 2579– 2638)
5. April– June 1884 (Docs. 2639– 2691)
6. July– September 1884 (Docs. 2692– 2737)
7. October– December 1884 (Docs. 2738– 2769)
Appendix 1: Edison's Autobiographical Notes
Appendix 2: Edison Village Plants
Appendix 3: Specifications of Dynamos Produced at the Edison Machine Works, April 1883– December 1884
Appendix 4: Edison's Patents, April 1883– December 1884
Bibliography
Credits
Index
Resources
